Handouts

This session will focus on the body of knowledge related to human development and diversity as well as evaluating for environmental accessibility. Participants will learn the stages in typical development and how to apply that knowledge to support students/clients with visual impairments. Additionally, participants will learn the strategies to purposefully plan to utilize environmental characteristics for route plan. Webinar 8 Study Guide Module 8 and 9 Powerpoint

Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Renshaw

Developing resiliency in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing is one skill that we can help them to cultivate in order to have the most positive outcomes later in life. How can we help children to bounce back after setbacks and to learn from challenging situations? Thriving in the face of adversity comes from resilience, a super power that we can cultivate in young children. Children who are deaf or hard of hearing may be at higher risk for experiencing bullying, abuse from others, or being taken advantage of. Developing protective strategies in order to build resilience is one way that professionals, caregivers and families can decrease risk and promote positive later outcomes. Strategies for developing resilience in young children will be reviewed, with opportunities for practice and development of strategies to apply to the young children you work with. 1) PowerPoint Presentation: This document has the slides to be followed by attendees during the presentation. 2) Essential Building block of Resilience handout. 3) A brief summary of essential findings on resilience handout. 4) Tips for resilience guide for parents and teachers handout.

Presenter: Jennifer Linton Reesman, Ph.D.,ABPP

This session describes the implementation of a school-wide PBIS emotional and behavioral health assessment to intervention model within an urban school district. Presenters will discuss the evidence for and logistical challenges of a trauma-informed approach with a high-needs student population, and development of a decision-making framework.

Presenter: Devereux Center for Effective Schools, School District of Philadelphia, Temple University

This session has two focus areas. The first body of knowledge is related to developing the integration of one’s senses to confirm and execute safe and efficient travel. The second body of knowledge presented considers the adaptations and modifications needed to provide orientation and mobility services to students/clients with additional disabilities. 1. Orientation & Mobility Test Prep Module 8 and 9 powerpoint

Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Renshaw

Consider that there are 23,363 schools using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. That is approximately 11,762,345 students receiving supports within a PBIS framework (pbis.org). Each student attends approximately 180 days per school year which translates to 950 hours or 57,000 minutes of instruction (www.centerforpubliceducation.org). This equates to 670,453,665,000 moments per student per year. Education is a profession with challenges and demands every minute; a high rate of decision-making every minute; and, high stakes. In each moment, we have the opportunity to improve the likelihood of our students’ and educators’ success. If we have a bad moment, we can turn that moment around and make the next moment better! Let’s make every moment count!

Presenter: Dr. Brandi Simonsen, University of Connecticut

This session will preview a model for developing and implementing systems to support teachers’ implementation of classroom PBIS. Specifically, Dr. Simonsen will discuss critical systems features, describe a decision-making framework to guide implementation of systems features, and share examples of what systems may look like in practice.

Presenter: Dr. Brandi Simonsen, University of Connecticut

Participants will be provided essentialized examples for alternate eligible content related to writing and science across grades. Examples of application to lesson/unit plans will be provided. Data collection and reporting will be explored and described as they relate to the essentialized examples provided.

Presenter: Sharon Leonard

We had questions...What do we do with our screening data? What evidence based programs should we use? Who can help us implement these programs? We will share the answers that we found to help meet the needs of our students and strive to integrate with the mental health system.

Presenter: Bellefonte School District, Central Mountain School

During this session, the presenters will discuss how they continually develop positive character traits of their students. The SWPBS team has chosen the traits of Responsibility, Respect, Caring, Trustworthiness, Fairness, and Citizenship. In this session the team will share experiences with the 4 Be's and developing a character education program. These efforts are helping students to become “Motivated Millionaires”.

Presenter: Williamsport Area School District

Handout for speech training 5/11/17.

Presenter: Stacey Pavelko