Virtual Training Events
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10-week course
March 5 - May 7, 2024
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Presenter: Stacy York Nation has worked with families for over 20 years. Her passion lies with working with the "tough kids" and their families. Stacy has intense training in trauma-informed practices and excels at providing real-life, applicable strategies to parents, educators, mental health professionals.
Dates/Session Topics:
3/5: Can't Fight Physiology: Basic needs are addressed in the classroom to gain better understanding of how lack of basic needs presents as behaviors.
3/12: Sensory Systems in the Classroom: Learn about sensory inventories and how to create a culture of classroom emotional regulation. Discussion on the importance of understanding how the sensory system is tied to stress response systems.
3/19: Dose Regulation: Dig deeper into how to dose emotional regulation in a proactive approach to addressing student stress.
3/26: Building Safe and Connected Relationships: Focus on evaluating relationship building strategies for the toughest kids.
4/2: Supporting Students Through Feelings: Looking at their own blueprints around feelings participants will discuss supportive strategies for helping students navigate big feelings.
4/9: Money in the Bank: Discussion on this strategy and how it applies to all relationships within the education system; and how to individualize this strategy with the toughest students.
4/16: Parents and Caregivers: Session on how to explore barriers in connecting with parents and caregivers. Discuss how these relationships enhance the educational system.
April 23: Discipline and Behavior - Discussion on what schools currently do in this arena and how to move to a more science-based approach addressing stressed behaviors through connection/relationship.
4/30: Your Own Journey: Session allows participants to focus on themselves and their own wellness and resilience.
5/7: Review: Highlight previous sessions to allow to reflection on what's working and what's not. Discuss current stressors and ideas to help move through those stressors.
6-week course (Register individually for each course)
March 5 - April 30, 2024
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Presenter: Carrie Cole
Reading and understanding what you are reading are arguably the most critical skills learned in school, creating pathways for not only academic success but success in life. However, educators face the challenge of profound differences in their students' abilities to understand and interpret written text, especially across content areas. This training will focus on increasing educator understanding of the key contributors to comprehension and various high-impact strategies to increase student comprehension of text. Educators will walk away armed with strategies to strengthen student comprehension in any content area or academic discipline.
March 5, 2024
Session 1: Effective Comprehension Instruction: Understanding the Basics and Why Some Students Struggle
March 12, 2024
Session 2: Increasing Understanding of Text Through Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
March 19, 2024
Session 3: Implementing Active Strategies to Build Comprehension During Reading (Part 1)
April 9, 2024
Session 4: Implementing Active Strategies to Build Comprehension During Reading (Part 2)
April 16, 2024
Session 5: Leveraging Syntax and Writing as a Driving Force of Text Comprehension
April 30, 2024
Session 6: Discussion and Collaboration: Tools to Deepen Learning
April 22, 2024
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Presenter: Elisabeth (Liz) Kuehn it the Clinical Coordinator for the eastern Montana office of MonTECH. MonTECH provides technology, support, and services that improve the quality of life for Montanans with disabilities . . . assistive technologies and adaptive equipment.
Stop guessing and start collecting data to drive your decisions about students' reading accommodations. In this workshop, you will learn how to use the Protocol for Accommodations in Reading (PAR) by Don Johnston. The PAR is designed to help teachers make informed decisions on reading accommodations to support instruction and is not a diagnostic reading assessment tool. The PAR is suited to students grades 1 through 10 with high incidence disabilities; it is not suited for decision making for students who are blind or have low vision. This workshop includes a paper copy of the PAR for you to keep.
May 1, 2024
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Presenter: Stacy York Nation has worked with families for over 20 years. Her passion lies with working with the "tough kids" and their families. Stacy has intense training in trauma-informed practices and excels at providing real-life, applicable strategies to parents, educators, mental health professionals.
Participants will dig into the science behind behaviors and learn brain-informed strategies that assist students in the classroom. Our stress response system is like a rubberband. The more stressed we are, the more stretched we are. Students needs strategies to manage their stress and this class will help educators help students.
Students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities often struggle with reading and writing, even with high quality intervention strategies. Assistive technology can help! We'll show you a variety of different reading and writing supports to help your students succeed in class. Our focus will be on technology available on Chromebooks and iPads.