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Helping Students with ASD Navigate to New EnvironmentsDate:Time:Location:01/17/14, Friday 9:00 AM - 3:30 PMSERC Classroom, MiddletownEvent Code:Fee:Closing Date:Contact Person:Linda Adorno(860) 632-1485, ext. 241adorno@ctserc.org14-43-110$90 per person01/07/2014Presenter(s):Patricia Anderson, Ph.D.Education Consultant, CSDEBarbara GiaquintoSERC ConsultantMissy WrigleySERC ConsultantAudience:K-21; General and Special Education Teachers and Administrators, Transition Coordinators, andStudent Support Services ProfessionalsStudents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty generalizing learned information to anew environment whether from home to school, class to class, school to school, school to community,to and from out-of-district placements, or school to adult life. This professional development activitywill model a process to provide seamless, structured, well-defined schedules and activities to assiststudents with ASD, ages 5-21, with typical “transitions.”The process includes a “set of coordinated activities”; when they are done in a planned,well-thought-out, and timely manner, these activities can provide a student with ASD at any level withthe “transition” skills necessary to navigate to a new environment. The process will address ASDstudents’ needs for structure, visual supports, scheduled/predictable outcomes, and consistent routines,thus reducing their anxiety and frustration and minimizing behavioral concerns. Participants will learnhow this process helps students become more flexible, independent, and able to handle typical“transitions” as well as unexpected situations.Participants will learn to identify an appropriate plan of “transition” services to ensure that students’individualized education programs (IEPs) are designed to minimize student difficulties and maximizethe skills necessary to transition from school to adult life. The services would be based on students’needs, interests, and preferences as well as on the Common Core State Standards.Let’s Talk Series:Cultural Perspectives on DisabilityDate:Time:Location:01/22/14, Wednesday 9:00 AM - 3:30 PMSERC Library Community Room, MiddletownEvent Code:Fee:Closing Date:Contact Person:Lauren D. Jones(860) 632-1485, ext. 256ljones@ctserc.org14-47-088$60 per person01/09/2014Presenter(s):Nitza M. DiazSERC ConsultantMarcus E. RiveraEducation Consultant, CSDEBarbara R. SloneCT PIRC Co-Coordinator, SERCConsultantAudience:Birth-21; Educators, Community Members/Leaders, and Family MembersSchools across Connecticut are becoming more and more diverse. By maintaining open dialoguewith all families, educators can better understand the short- and long-term goals that culturally diversefamilies have for their children. Frequent communication creates an environment in which educatorsand families work together to help achieve equity in education.This workshop is part of a four-day series designed for educators and families, as well as communityleaders, faith-based leaders, and policy makers who want to actively address educational disparities andeliminate inequities. The sessions focus on specific strategies and activities that promote culturallyrelevant family engagement and create stronger partnerships between home and school. If requested,participants can take advantage of follow-up supports or on-site technical assistance for an additionalfee. More information will be available at the sessions.Participants are welcome to register for any or all of the four sessions. Session One (10/30/13):“Culturally Relevant Family Engagement”; Session Two (1/22/14): “Cultural Perspectives onDisability”; Session Three (5/8/14): “Inter- and Intra-cultural Communication between Educators,Families and Communities”; and Session Four (5/29/14): “Dynamic Dedicated Dads.”Register Online at www.ctserc.org/catalog70
Paraeducator Learning Seminar on Autism and Challenging BehaviorsDate:Time:Location:01/25/14, Saturday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PMSERC Classroom, MiddletownEvent Code:Fee:Closing Date:Contact Person:Heather Dawes(860) 632-1485, ext. 263dawes@ctserc.orgPresenter(s):Various Presenters14-02-115$30 per person01/09/2014Audience:K-Grade 12; ParaeducatorsToday’s classrooms are constantly changing, and paraeducators working in these inclusiveenvironments have a wide variety of responsibilities. This learning seminar will provide paraeducatorswith the necessary skills, strategies, and information to work more effectively in collaborativepartnerships with general and special education teachers to meet the diverse needs of all students.This seminar has two sessions:Autism (9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.) This session will cover strategies and interventions to supportstudents in the general education classroom who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).Participants will understand the diagnosis of ASD, the interpretation and collection of data, and theimplementation and application of effective and evidence-based strategies and alternative methods inworking and educating students.Understanding Challenging Behaviors (12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) Paraeducators play an importantrole in providing behavioral support for students with disabilities. Working with more at-risk studentlearners requires using universal practices and specialized intervention strategies. Participants in thissession will analyze current practices of de-escalation while brainstorming strategies to increase behaviormanagement, growth and development, and academic achievement.Science Content Literacy: K-Grade 5Date:Time:Location:01/28/14, Tuesday 9:00 AM - 3:30 PMSERC Library Community Room, Middletown04/01/14, Tuesday 9:00 AM - 3:30 PMSERC Library Community Room, MiddletownEvent Code:Fee:Closing Date:Contact Person:Heather Dawes(860) 632-1485, ext. 263dawes@ctserc.org14-26-037$110 per person01/16/2014Presenter(s):Sarah JohnsonScience Teacher, WethersfieldSchool DistrictLillie StuartSERC ConsultantClare WurmSERC ConsultantAudience:K-Grade 5; Elementary School Teachers and AdministratorsStruggling students, including students with disabilities, need explicit instruction on how to transfertheir literacy comprehension and writing strategies to science content, including nonfiction texts. Inthis two-day professional development activity, presenters will demonstrate the use of science notebooksas a formative assessment to assess changes in student thinking throughout a scientific investigation.This session covers Connecticut’s Core Scientific Inquiry Standards as well as the Common CoreState Standards for Reading Informational Text. Participants will learn the commonalities betweenreading comprehension skills and the science processing skills; research-based strategies to improveoutcomes for students, particularly developing learners, and how to increase their meaningfulparticipation and achievement in the science content area; and how to facilitate discourse in order toimprove student comprehension of science content.After day one, participants will have an opportunity to implement what they have learned. On daytwo, they will receive feedback as a learning community and share ideas about implementation. As aresult of this training, participants will be able to teach K-5 students to read and communicate likescientists and transfer their literacy skills across content areas.A similar session covering grades 6 through 12 is scheduled to begin October 25, 2013 (see separatelisting).Register Online at www.ctserc.org/catalog71
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