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Dyslexia: A Beautiful Brain
Executive Function, ADHD and Stress in the Classroom
Join ADHD and Executive Function expert Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ACAC, for practical and effective TIPS, TOOLS and STRATEGIES to:
- Improve motivation to learn and engage
- Ease stress and anxiety to help kids anticipate and prepare effectively
- Strategies to help manage their homework and improve accountability
- Decrease...
Join ADHD and Executive Function expert Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ACAC, for practical and effective TIPS, TOOLS and STRATEGIES to:
- Improve motivation to learn and engage
- Ease stress and anxiety to help kids anticipate and prepare effectively
- Strategies to help manage their homework and improve accountability
- Decrease time spent off task and out of compliance
Do you need new strategies to get kids to pay attention and learn more effectively? Are you...
Join ADHD and Executive Function expert Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ACAC, for practical and effective TIPS, TOOLS and STRATEGIES to:
- Improve motivation to learn and engage
- Ease stress and anxiety to help kids anticipate and prepare effectively
- Strategies to help manage their homework and improve accountability
- Decrease time spent off task and out of compliance
Do you need new strategies to get kids to pay attention and learn more effectively? Are you struggling with kids who can’t get started, stay involved, or complete their class work?
This seminar teaches techniques and tools for children who struggle to focus, cooperate, and perform to their potential.
- Take advantage of the latest brain research and evidence-based best practices to get kids motivated, focused, organized, and performing closer to their true potential.
- Empower students to take charge of their challenges and take responsibility for their own success in school and in life
- Improve collaboration with parents who struggle to effectively help their children
This seminar draws on Cindy's clinical expertise of working with teachers other support professionals and parents as she brings to life how to bridge the gap between theory/research and actual implementation to address learning and behavior challenges in school. She will help you design subtle changes in the classroom to improve time management, working memory, motivation and emotional regulation that will benefit all children, not only those with ADHD. Walk away with new ideas, valuable handouts and important resources for teachers, parents, and students to manage homework, home/school communication, study-skills, behavior and more.
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Max Becoming Max
This is a story about a special needs 12-year-old and some of the remarkable people who helped him get to a very good place in his life. Max Blackwin seems like any grade-sixer, but unlike the other kids, he has already faced more challenges, and won more personal victories, than most of them will see in a lifetim...
This is a story about a special needs 12-year-old and some of the remarkable people who helped him get to a very good place in his life. Max Blackwin seems like any grade-sixer, but unlike the other kids, he has already faced more challenges, and won more personal victories, than most of them will see in a lifetime.
Our film follows Max in and around his new school in New Hampshire, where just six months in, he was improving in every class, excel...
This is a story about a special needs 12-year-old and some of the remarkable people who helped him get to a very good place in his life. Max Blackwin seems like any grade-sixer, but unlike the other kids, he has already faced more challenges, and won more personal victories, than most of them will see in a lifetime.
Our film follows Max in and around his new school in New Hampshire, where just six months in, he was improving in every class, excelling at every sport. And along his way, bringing a smile to every face.
This is an intimate family portrait, complete with twists and turns and a happy ending. It says a lot, too, about integrated learning, and what we all stand to lose if programs like this are reduced or eliminated. It is indeed a joy to behold but it's also a cautionary tale – and timelier than ever.
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Play & Language: The Roots of Literacy
Pre-K ASD Teacher, Orange County Public Schools
Part 1: How to Work with Children: A Sensory Approach
- Successfully deliver sensory strategies
- Eliminate control battles, while keeping the child regulated
- Design sensory add-ons to classwork, homework and therapy
This workshop focuses on the art of working with a child. Using the "10 core elements of good sensory interventions" as our guide, we will discuss strategie...
- Successfully deliver sensory strategies
- Eliminate control battles, while keeping the child regulated
- Design sensory add-ons to classwork, homework and therapy
This workshop focuses on the art of working with a child. Using the "10 core elements of good sensory interventions" as our guide, we will discuss strategies for therapists, educators and caregivers to deliver sensory interventions. Topics include: grading activities for the just-right ch...
- Successfully deliver sensory strategies
- Eliminate control battles, while keeping the child regulated
- Design sensory add-ons to classwork, homework and therapy
This workshop focuses on the art of working with a child. Using the "10 core elements of good sensory interventions" as our guide, we will discuss strategies for therapists, educators and caregivers to deliver sensory interventions. Topics include: grading activities for the just-right challenge; making the child an ally and partner in interventions; keeping the child regulated; ensuring the child’s safety; and setting up the environment. We will also discuss ways to seamlessly incorporate sensory input into the day.
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Self-Regulation in Children: Keeping the Body, Mind and Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders
- DSM-5® updates for autism and sensory modulation
- Build and enhance self-regulation in any setting
- Come away with:
- Sensory therapy techniques
- Self-management and video modeling programs
- Sensory lifestyle
- First person stories
- Energy regulation techniques
Children who have trouble self-regulating throughout the day a...
- DSM-5® updates for autism and sensory modulation
- Build and enhance self-regulation in any setting
- Come away with:
- Sensory therapy techniques
- Self-management and video modeling programs
- Sensory lifestyle
- First person stories
- Energy regulation techniques
Children who have trouble self-regulating throughout the day are missing out on typical childhood experiences in school, on the playground and with their families. This workshop looks at the underl...
- DSM-5® updates for autism and sensory modulation
- Build and enhance self-regulation in any setting
- Come away with:
- Sensory therapy techniques
- Self-management and video modeling programs
- Sensory lifestyle
- First person stories
- Energy regulation techniques
Children who have trouble self-regulating throughout the day are missing out on typical childhood experiences in school, on the playground and with their families. This workshop looks at the underlying factors of poor self-regulation and how they affect the child.
Experienced presenter, Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/l will teach you practical interventions and how to create simple, but effective programs in clinical, school and home settings:
- Sensory therapy techniques
- Simple self-management and video modeling programs
- Sensory lifestyle
- First person stories
- Energy regulation techniques
- Emotional regulation techniques
- Communication methods
- Transition strategies
- Behavioral strategies
Clinical programs such as Interactive Metronome® and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT™) will be discussed, as will timely topics such as medication vs. non-medication for ADHD and new insights from research into biomedical aspects of autism. You will receive written handouts and a list of resources.
OUTLINE
How Self-Regulation Affects a Child’s Physical, Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
- Overlay of systems
- Overlap with sensory modulation disorder, ADHD, autism, giftedness, anxiety and related conditions
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- Vestibular, proprioceptive, and sensory modulation characteristics
- Strategies for home and school
- Making it right: case studies and videos
- Sensory diet vs. a sensory lifestyle
- The big therapies: Interactive Metronome® (IM), brushing and sensory diets
ADHD Strategies
- Parker’s guidelines for giving meds
- Greenspan’s strategies for avoiding meds
- Cognitive strategies, attention strategies and mindfulness meditation
Self-Management
- As a powerful behavior program for ADHD
- Case study on breaking "stimming" habits
Utilizing Video
- Role play & video modeling
- Teaching functional skills
- Catching child "being good"
- Working with emotions
- Art and music
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Polyvagal Theory and autism
iPad® Apps
- Visual schedules
- Social stories
- Visual timers
Autism Strategies
- Communication strategies that provide control
- Match-and-repeat technique for social engagement
- Dealing with picky eating and poor sleep habits
- Behavioral strategies for eliminating difficult behavior
First Person Stories & Strategies for Smooth Transitions
- Discuss social interactions
- Describe relevant social cues and behaviors
- Examples of transitional activities
Other Approaches
- Alternative therapy
- Qi massage
Calming Strategies
- Music, Me-Moves™
- Deep pressure, Ease™
OBJECTIVES
- Summarize characteristics of sensory modulation disorder, ADHD and autism and how they overlap.
- Illustrate specific treatments for SPD that can be duplicated at school or home.
- Describe the ingredients of a sensory lifestyle.
- Tell examples of elements of successful first person stories and transitional activities.
- Describe ADHD interventions to be used with or without meds.
- Apply a simple self-management and video modeling program.
- Describe how clinic-based therapies can reduce symptoms of SPD and ADHD.
Autism/Asperger's Conference with Dr. Temple Grandin
Dr. Temple Grandin has served as inspiration and role model to hundreds of thousands of families and persons with autism. In this unique presentation, Temple eloquently and candidly describes the challenges she has faced and offers no-nonsense ideas on how others dealing with autism can meet these obstacles and im...
Dr. Temple Grandin has served as inspiration and role model to hundreds of thousands of families and persons with autism. In this unique presentation, Temple eloquently and candidly describes the challenges she has faced and offers no-nonsense ideas on how others dealing with autism can meet these obstacles and improve the quality of their lives. Backed by her personal experience and evidence-based research, Temple shares her valuable insights on...
Dr. Temple Grandin has served as inspiration and role model to hundreds of thousands of families and persons with autism. In this unique presentation, Temple eloquently and candidly describes the challenges she has faced and offers no-nonsense ideas on how others dealing with autism can meet these obstacles and improve the quality of their lives. Backed by her personal experience and evidence-based research, Temple shares her valuable insights on a wide variety of topics, and offers useful do’s and don’ts.
Eustacia Cutler, the mother of Temple Grandin, will offer her view of autism through personal experience. Her daughter is now one of the most accomplished spokespersons on autism and animal behavior in the world. Eustacia will discuss observations from her award-winning documentaries on challenged and emotionally disquieted children. She has an impressively varied background, including having written A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin’s Mother Tells the Family Story. A talented playwright, author, and actress, Eustacia is a graduate of Harvard University and has reared four children.
Dr. Jim Ball, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, has been in the autism field for over twenty years providing educational, residential, and employment services to children and adults affected by autism. As President/CEO of JB Autism Consulting,he provides private consultation to organizations, schools, and families regarding staff training, parent training, home support services, classroom design/support, and behavior management/ assessment.
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I See Your (Dis)Ability: Inclusion in the Classroom
Best Kept Secret
JFK High School, located in a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate, they will leave the security of the public school system forever.
Best Kept...
JFK High School, located in a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate, they will leave the security of the public school system forever.
Best Kept Secret follows Ms. Mino and her students over the year and a half before graduation. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the a...
JFK High School, located in a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate, they will leave the security of the public school system forever.
Best Kept Secret follows Ms. Mino and her students over the year and a half before graduation. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the adult world - a job or rare placement in a recreational center - so they do not end up where their predecessors have, sitting at home, institutionalized, or on the streets.
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