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Sensory Processing 101
Presented by Tonya R. Hayes, MEd, Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
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Course: #31563Level: Introductory1 Hour
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and sensory issues are terms we hear more and more frequently as we care for and work with young children. It seems more children have sensory needs or issues that disrupt their lives and the learning environments they are in throughout the day. This course will cover what SPD is, why is it occurring more often, and how you can help a child with sensory issues cope in your home or the early childhood classroom.

Twice-Exceptional Students
Presented by Francis Wardle, BS, MS, PhD
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Course: #31513Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course discusses the challenge of meeting the unique needs of twice-exceptional students in early childhood programs. These students are both gifted and talented, and have one or more special needs or developmental delays. Several approaches to teaching these children are provided, including three specific teaching models.

Understanding Temperament: Strengths and Strategies for Relationship-Based Teaching
Presented by Karen Deerwester, EdS
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Course: #31461Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Understanding different temperament styles helps teachers create an optimal learning environment for their students and individualize teaching for optimal effectiveness. This course makes "goodness of fit" achievable in all early childhood classrooms with awareness, acceptance and social-emotional skills.

IEP and IFSP 101: Everything You Need to Know - Planning to Implementation
Presented by Laura Ritter, BA, MA
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Course: #31441Level: Introductory1 Hour
Educators at all levels benefit from learning more on the IEP and IFSP process. This course will review the legal requirements, cover qualifying disabilities, and establish procedures for meetings with students and families.

ADHD 101: Bringing Focus to the Confusion
Presented by Alison Peak, LCSW
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Course: #31427Level: Introductory1 Hour
Behavior is frequently the first sign of underlying emotional difficulties in early childhood. Many times these early symptoms are signs of diagnoses such as ADHD. This course will provide information regarding ADHD, the common manifestations of ADHD symptoms, the neurological impact of ADHD, common interventions for ADHD and potential differential diagnosis.

Collaboration to Support Children with Special Needs
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
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Course: #31415Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Providing an inclusive classroom for a child with special needs is a challenge with tremendous benefits. Learn your role and some strategies to provide an inclusive classroom.

Family Engagement for Children with Disabilities and/or Special Health Care Needs
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
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Course: #31414Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Families of children with disabilities and/or special health care needs work with many different providers and require individualized approaches. Participate in this session to learn more about the everyday context of these families and strategies to engage them in your classroom or program.

Supporting Young Children's Social-Emotional Literacy - Part 2
Presented by Pamelazita Buschbacher, EdD, CCC-SLP
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Course: #31350Level: Intermediate1 Hour
A large and complex feeling vocabulary is a prerequisite skill to emotional regulation and successful interpersonal interactions for children and adults. This presentation, the second in a two-part series, will provide further information and specific evidence-based strategies for early childhood educators to utilize as they support babies and young children’s development of social-emotional literacy.

Supporting Young Children's Social-Emotional Literacy - Part 1
Presented by Pamelazita Buschbacher, EdD, CCC-SLP
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Course: #31212Level: Intermediate1 Hour
A large and complex feeling vocabulary is a prerequisite skill to emotional regulation and successful interpersonal interactions for children and adults. This presentation, the first in a two-part series, will provide information on the value, as well as evidenced-based strategies in resolving and preventing challenging behaviors in young children (ages 18 months through 7 years of age) by recognizing, acknowledging, and supporting children’s development of social-emotional literacy.

Understanding, Assessing, and Addressing Challenging Behavior in Young Children
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #31151Level: Advanced3 Hours
This course provides a framework for better understanding, assessing, and addressing challenging behavior. Participants will learn how to identify target behavior, create a hypothesis, and create an intervention plan. Participants also learn the five steps for creating a functional behavior assessment, including gathering background information, determining target behavior, collecting data, analyzing data, and creating a hypothesis. Participants will build on that knowledge to learn the steps of creating a behavior intervention plan to address the behaviors targeted in the functional behavior assessment.