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- Early Intervention Training - Richmond Infant Council Events Calendar
- Awareness Training for Professionals Working with Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (PREP)
- Working with Infants and Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Lemonade!!: Teaching Students to Be Responsible for Themselves
- Being a ParaPro: Paraprofessionals who Support Students with Autism and Related Disorders
Awareness
Level Training: This is a beginning level, 4-hour workshop that will
provide an overview of the following topics as they relate to children
who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families:
· Newborn Hearing Screenings
· Working with Families
· Partnerships with other Professionals
· Understanding Communication Options
· Managing Sensory Devices (hearing aids, FM systems, cochlear
implants)
· Maximizing Auditory and Speech Potential
· Accommodating Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in the
Inclusive Classroom
· Literacy
Training
Dates/Locations:
Winchester, July 23, 2002
(trainings in the southern and western regions of the state will be provided in fall, 2002.)
The registration
fee is $15.00
(includes continental breakfast)
For more
information, please call:
Laura Robertson, (804) 827-0196 or
lroberts@saturn.vcu.edu
Debbie Pfeiffer,
(757) 766-9750
bpfeiffer@cox.net
Working
with Infants and Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
This
training provides a broad overview of deafness at an awareness level.
Participants will view footage of newborns being screened, learn about
communication options, hear simulations of various degrees of hearing
loss, and troubleshoot with working hearing aids.
$15.00 registration fee includes continental breakfast
Sponsored
by PREP Project, Partnership for People with Disabilities/VCU and funded
by the Virginia Department of
Education, Department of Health, Department of Mental Health, Mental
Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (Part C) and the Virginia Department
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Target audience includes professionals who do not have a
background in deafness, but have the opportunity to work with infants
or
children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Ideal for early interventionists,
early childhood special educators, public health nurses, day care providers,
and regular educators, educational administrators, SLPs, OTs, PTs and
school nurses in inclusive settings.
To fill out a registration form for this training course click here. (Note: To view this form, Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. This form may be filled in on-line and printed.)
Training Dates/Locations:
- July
23, 8:30 - 12:30
Winchester, VA - September
24, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
VA Tech Higher Education Center, Roanoke, Va - October
15, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Radisson Inn, Hampton, Va - November
8, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Southwest Conference Center, Abingdon, VA - December
11, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
VA Tech southern Piedmont Agricultural Research Extension Center, Blackstone, VA
For more information, contact Laura Robertson, (804) 827 - 0196, lroberts@saturn.vcu.edu
When
Life Hands You Lemons, Make Lemonade!!: Teaching Students to Be Responsible
for Themselves
August 12, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Richard Bland College Lecture Room
Sometimes teachers are called on to make decisions beyond what to teach
and how best to teach it. They also have to support students having personal
problems. No matter how experienced or well prepared a teacher is, relating
to students and managing a classroom require sensitivity and insight.
In this training, participants will learn multiple ways to prevent obstacles
to teaching by using effective classroom management strategies. Participants
will also learn ways to support students with more challenging behavior
by teaching them problem-solving and anger-management skills.
URL: http://www.soe.vcu.edu/ttac/
Presenters: Phyllis Haynes, M.Ed. & Tracy Landon, Ed.D.
Sponsored by VCU Training & Technical Assistance Center
Target audience includes general education teachers, guidance counselors,
paraprofessionals, school psychologists and special educators.
For more information, please contact Paul Robertson, (804) 828-8151, plrobert@vcu.edu
Please register with us by August 5.
Being
a ParaPro: Paraprofessionals who Support Students with Autism and Related
Disorders
August 22, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Eastside Community Enhancement Center
7301 Boydton Plank Road
Petersburg, VA 23803
Click
here for driving directions to this location.
Paraprofessionals must learn understand the characteristics of autism
to make sound educational decisions for students in a variety of social
and educational settings. Learn to manage difficult behavior, understand
the goals of an educational program, adapt materials and activities to
increase the participation of students with autism, and communicate with
professional team members.
URL:http://www.soe.vcu.edu/ttac
Presenters: Carol Schall, Director, Virginia Autism Resource Center
Sponsored by VCU Training & Technical Assistance Center
Target audience includes Paraprofessionals who work with students with
autism from preschool to high school.
For more information, please contact Paul Robertson, (804) 828-8151, plrobert@vcu.edu
Please register with us by August 15, 2002.