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Please contact us for more information on how these workshops may be customized for any audience. We offer half-day, full-day, and multi-day sessions.
Behavioral Health Institute's Center for Learning & Development is an approved Continuing Professional Education Provider by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC).
(Provider Identification Number: #500363)
Professional Development Workshop Topics
UPCOMING...
FEB 22 - WHO IS X AND Y IS HE HERE?: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF ALGEBRA
This workshop is designed to equip secondary math teachers with skills and intervention strategies needed to better support students struggling with Pre-algebra, Algebra I, and Algebra II concepts. Engage in strategies to teach these difficult concepts, using research-based learning tools, manipulatives, and presentation styles. There will also be a brief time to "make-it; take-it" to help you leave with some hands-on "power tools"!
Time: 8:30-3:30
Presented by: Dr. Trena Wilkerson, Baylor University Professor
Location: Center for Learning & Development
Cost: $65/person
Registration Deadline: February 19, 2012
UPCOMING...
APRIL 3 - THE DDI WORKSHOP: DOABLE DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION
Differentiated Instruction (DI) provides a solid framework for teachers to address students’ specific learning needs. Designed with the classroom teacher in mind, this interactive workshop will provide the basics for understanding the Who, What, When, Why and How of DI. Best of all, it will incorporate five of the most “practical” research-based strategies accompanied with handouts that provide step-by-step procedures to guide the teacher’s lesson planning process for Doable Differentiated Instruction (DDI).
Time: 8:30-3:30
Presented by: Marsha Thauwald, Educational Consultant
Location: Center for Learning & Development
Cost: $65/person
Registration Deadline: March 26, 2012
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JUNE 7 - MAKE-IT TAKE-IT MANIPULATIVE MADNESS: TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE STRUGGLING LEARNER
Back by popular demand is our Make-It / Take-It day! A learning lab guru will preside over a day of manipulatives and interventions. This day will begin with a short overview of how research-based strategies help at-risk students maximize their learning styles to master concepts. The rest of the day will be spent with paper, scissors, card stock, computers, and glue sticks -- creating your own manipulatives to have ready for the start of school! Come with your wagon to carry home your creations!
Time: 8:30-3:30
Presented by: Karen Rollins, L.P.C. & Lou Stevens, Middle School Learning Lab Teacher
Location: Center for Learning & Development
Cost: $65/person
Registration Deadline: May 31, 2012
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AUG 8 - LINKED INTO LEARNING: ENGAGING STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS
"Student engagement" is considered to be one of the best predictors of a student's success in school! This workshop provides practical strategies for engaging students in academic tasks and motivating them to be active participants in their own learning. Following this workshop, GCS teachers will be better equipped to work with struggling students who are frustrated with school and who have "shut down" in the learning process.
Time: 8:30-3:30
Presented by: Dr. Janet Bagby, Baylor University Professor
Location: Center for Learning & Development
Cost: $65/person
Registration Deadline: July 29, 2012
LOST IN LEARNING: HELPING STUDENTS LEARN ‘HOW-TO-DO’ SCHOOL
This exciting new workshop will turn on the light bulb for teachers in understanding the critical roles metacognition and executive function play in a student’s day at school. Students who struggle in these areas are the ones who always seem to be disorganized, unprepared, and clueless about just "how to do school"!
UNDERSTANDING & REACHING THE STRUGGLING LEARNER
Participants will gain an overall understanding of how the brain functions, what can break down in the process, how it feels to struggle with learning, and what can be done to help. This workshop is designed to provide broad learning disability research & interventions or may be customized to include the research and interventions for any topic or combination of topics below:
• Reading/Auditory Processing Disorders
• Metacognition, Memory & Motivation
• Visual-spatial & Visual-motor Difficulties
• ADHD and Executive Dysfunction
TOP RESEARCH-BASED STRATEGIES FOR STRUGGLING LEARNERS
The evidence is clear...this workshop will provide participants with some of the top strategies and best practices research says work along with protocols and examples for how those strategies may be used in the classroom!
WHO’S HOLDING MY REMOTE CONTROL: THE ADHD STUDENT’S WORLD
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in chaos? This workshop will give tremendous insight and understanding to the ADHD student and what life is like from his vantage point. In addition to research, specific strategies will be discussed for helping this student become more productive and gain control of "his world".
LEARNING IS TRICKY BUSINESS: METACOGNITION, MOTIVATION & MEMORY STRATEGIES
Take a fresh look at learning and memory, and how research-based strategies in these areas can enhance your students’ retention of academic material. Participants will also look at the critical role of metacognition or how students need to think about their learning. This workshop has gotten rave reviews!
THE READING BRAIN & STRATEGIES THAT HELP ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
When reading is a problem – school is a nightmare! Learn what research says are the best strategies to successfully navigate school - across the curriculum.
BUILD A BRIDGE: HELPING SLOW LEARNERS ACHIEVE MORE
The child everyone worries about - the slow learner! This workshop will discuss the break down in information processing skills and focus on strategies and interventions for this student who struggles across the board because of slow processing.
TIER 1 INTERVENTIONS & STRATEGIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
What makes RtI work for the general education classroom? Equipping teachers with research-based, practical tools which address non-responders in the classroom is the foundation for RtI success. Explore ways to integrate appropriate best-teaching practices, manipulatives, interventions, accommodations/modifications within a differentiated instruction framework.
SINK OR SWIM: STRUCTURES & STRATEGIES THAT MAKE RTI WORK FOR STRUGGLING LEARNERS!
Learn how a structured process to support teachers and struggling learners can help your campus increase student success! Using research-based structures and strategies as well as progress monitoring and documentation tools, this academic approach offers an effective cross-curricular Response-to-Intervention service delivery model for elementary and secondary schools. Students’ unique learning profiles are matched to the right strategies so that each child takes ownership of their own learning.
LET’S DO THIS: ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN MATH
This workshop is designed to equip math teachers (grades 2 - 6) with the skills and intervention strategies needed to better support those students struggling with the most often missed concepts from measurement to number concepts and geometry. Engage in strategies to teach difficult concepts using research-based learning tools and manipulatives, while also having fun. There will be a brief time to "make-it; take-it" to help you leave with some hands-on "power tools"!
AGES & STAGES: UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENTS’ GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
This interactive discussion will help participants understand how students grow and develop and how this knowledge is critical for designing and implementing quality educational environments. This presentation will focus on understanding the milestones of physical, cognitive, and social development to assist teachers with meeting individual students’ needs.
KIDS IN THE SYNDROME MIX OF ADHD AND ASPERGER’S
This workshop will offer an overview of presenting symptoms for ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome as well as behavioral issues and beneficial environmental structures for each disorder. Participants will also explore how these disorders overlap and how to make decisions regarding differentiated interventions for both types of struggling students.
LOOKING FROM THE INSIDE OUT: THE ED VS BD DILEMMA
Many educators are caught in a dilemma of uncertainty when a child presents with emotional and/or behavioral issues. This workshop addresses the difference between students with emotionally-based needs (ED) vs. students who present with behaviorally-based symptoms (BD). In order to develop the most appropriate, empirically-based intervention strategies, we must know the difference!
THE SITUATION ROOM: AVOIDING CONTROL BATTLES IN THE CLASSROOM
This workshop addresses some great tips for teachers dealing with really tough students. From responding to oppositional behaviors and preventing teacher burnout, the main points covered are:
• Variables that affect compliance
• Self-defeating teacher behaviors
• Creating an environment for success
• How/why we get into power struggles
• Prevention strategies
AT-RISK LEARNERS: BLOWING AWAY THEIR SMOKESCREENS
This workshop is a combination of two workshops, de-mystifying learning difficulties and the mindset behind at-risk student's behaviors. Teachers will learn management strategies, motivational techniques, and communication skills to help students change the way they think about themselves and their abilities in school.
THE FAMILY FACTOR: CONNECTING HOME & SCHOOL
Engaging the families of struggling students is critical in helping them achieve and maintain success in school. By building a united effort between the school team and the home team, engaging the learner becomes more effective! This workshop will give teachers valuable methods for communication, specific tools family members can use at home, and many tips to keep families informed and engaged in their students’ educational progress.
Family Education Workshops
DE-MYSTIFYING OUR CHILDREN: HELPING FAMILIES UNDERSTAND LEARNING DIFFERENCES
This workshop provides a general overview of learning disorders and attentional problems. The overall emphasis is to help families better understand why their child struggles, what it feels like to live with that struggle, and how they can help. The overview includes the specific nature of language-based, non-verbal, and/or attention-related disorders. Simulation exercises provide caregivers with an 'Ah-Ha' experience.
EXASPERATED AND EXHAUSTED! aka SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR FAMILIES OF ADHD STUDENTS
Sound familiar? This workshop will help to bring some sanity to your caregiver role by giving you specific strategies to use to help both you and your ADHD child.
