I provide training in the following areas to individuals, families, groups and organizations such as social workers, justice, school board, paramedics and police.

Autism:

• create visual schedules in home and workplace
• suggest strategies to develop social skills
• provide strategies to support students within an inclusive environment
• assist with transitioning from home to school and school to work
• provide information on how to access services, for example, respite care, therapy dogs, medical care
• support with assistive technology

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Effects:

• suggest strategies to parent a child prenatally exposed to alcohol
• provide interventions (discipline management, communication and environmental adaptations).  
• provide strategies to support the student within an inclusive environment
• assist with transitioning from home to school and school to work
• support with assistive technology              

Students and young adults with Down’s Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and multiple handicaps

• early intervention support to families
• provide strategies to support students within an inclusive environment
• provide information on how to access services, for example, respite care, therapy dogs, medical care
• support with assistive technology

Assessment:

• Principles of Assessment
• Assessment/Evaluation-what’s the difference
• Types of Assessment
• Goal setting
• Giving descriptive feedback
• Reporting

Differentiation:

• What is differentiation?
• Why differentiate?
• Process, product, content
• Learning styles
• Multiple intelligences
• Developing a differentiated lesson plan

Running Records:

• How to administer a running record
• How to score and interpret records
• How to write a report

Effective Discipline Management:

• Goals of Misbehaviour
• Identifying reasons for behavior
• Intervention Strategies
• Functional Assessment

Visual Schedules and Work Systems:

• Benefit of supports
• Implementing the schedules & systems
• Opportunity to create supports during workshop

Tribes:

• Tribes TLC Basic Course
• Tribes TLC Middle School Course
• Engaging All By Creating High School Learning Communities
• Artistry for Learning

Student Support Assistants:

• Role of the SSA
• Ethical considerations
• Anecdotal record keeping
• Communication: receptive and expressive language
• Understanding of various disabilities