Workshops
Our professional development workshops are customized specifically for your needs, and include a presentation and working session with on-site or virtual consultation and monitoring.
ParaProfessional Training: Fostering Independence & Inclusion with Students
This session provides training for general and special education paraprofessionals on their roles and responsibilities. This will include:
A brief overview of the special education process
Strategies to support student academics
Techniques to manage behavior and foster independence
Guidance on becoming an effective team member
Writing Quality IEPs
Designed for special education administrators, teachers and related service staff, this session provides an overview of the critical importance of Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and the responsibility to write and implement a legally compliant, appropriate, and accurate IEP. Workshop topics include the following:
What’s the purpose of the IEP?
Overview of the components of the IEP
Present Levels of Performance (PLPs)
Ensuring alignment
Goal setting
Progress Monitoring
Closing the Achievement Gap
How do we identify achievement gaps both school wide and in individual students? This session will explore how to examine student work during the task to make decisions in the moment, on how to best support students who are not progressing or meeting the learning target. Topics to include:
Formative assessment strategies
Understanding the data and prioritizing decisions
Why Mindfulness?
This session provides an introduction to Mindfulness. It can be tailored for staff, students or the school community and includes the following:
The science and benefits of Mindfulness
Techniques & strategies for stress reduction & Mindfulness
Establishing Mindfulness programs in schools
Elementary, Middle & High School student perspectives
Mindfulness toolkit, resources & handouts
Learning Targets & Success Criteria
This session covers the value, the why and the how of using learning targets and success criteria. Participants will learn how to:
Create a learning target from a standard
Ensure student ownership of learning targets
Transporting Students with Special Needs
This training will provide a basic understanding of the range of physical, emotional and cognitive disabilities that drivers and monitors are likely to encounter. Topics may include:
An overview of the laws and regulations that protect students with disabilities
Ensuring positive communication and relationships with colleagues, parents and guardians, school staff and students.
Updates on the impact of CoVid-19
School Nurses: Basic Training
This workshop addresses some of the many responsibilities and mandates that school nurses face today. It can be customized to meet the unique needs of a school. Topics may include:
Management of student health records
Health examinations & physicals: timelines & notifications
HIPPA, FERPA & confidentiality requirements
Medication management & storage
Roles & responsibilities for school RNs, LPNs & Health Aides
Working with Committees on Special Education (CSE) & Section 504
CoVid - 19 & school nursing
School Nursing: Beyond The Basics
This workshop explores more complex issues encountered by the school nurse and includes evidence-based practices addressing topics such as:
Supporting mental health for students
Substance use & abuse issues
Emergency care
Disaster preparedness
Students with specific medical conditions
Effective communication in difficult situations
Concussion & TBI management - Return to Learn/Play/Practice
Best Practices for Hybrid Learning
This session provides online teaching practices to improve the effectiveness of hybrid learning on student outcomes. Workshop topics include:
Guidelines for a collaborative classroom
Improving student engagement and motivation
Strengthening the home to school environment
Supporting students with learning differences