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Understanding Early Childhood Diagnosis: What Preschool Teachers Need to Know

Karalynn Royster, PsyD, IMH-E®

July 15, 2024

Learn to recognize, understand, and respond to various presentations of mental health disorders in preschool-age children.   Read More


Meeting in the Middle: Parent’s Perspective of Educating a Child with Special Needs

Cara Koscinski, OTD, MOT, OTR/L, CAS

November 15, 2022

Learn ways to approach partnerships and communicate with parents of children with special needs.   Read More

 


Perspective-Taking: Understanding Challenges, Fears and Joys of Parents of Children with Special Needs

Christy Jones-Hudson, MA, IMH-E®

June 14, 2021

Learn about serving and working with diverse populations including parents of children with special needs.   Read More

 


Working with Children with Disabilities: Inclusion Works!, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association

Piret Leonetti, EdD

June 29, 2020

Working with children with disabilities.   Read More

 


IEP and IFSP 101: Everything You Need to Know - Planning to Implementation

Laura Ritter, BA, MA

February 3, 2020

Learn legal requirements of an IEP, qualifying disabilities, and procedures for meeting with students and families.   Read More

 


Collaboration to Support Children with Special Needs

Amanda Schwartz, PhD

November 25, 2019

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.   Read More

 


ADHD 101: Bringing Focus to the Confusion

Alison D. Peak, LCSW, IMH-E

July 24, 2019

Symptoms of ADHD, the process of making an ADHD diagnosis, and classroom interventions to support children with ADHD.   Read More

   


Unlocking the Mystery of Selective Mutism

Aimee Kotrba, PhD

February 27, 2019

This course describes selective mutism, how to assess for selective mutism characteristics, and what teachers and caregivers can do to support and help children.   Read More

 


Safety Tips for Young Children

Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L

November 26, 2018

This article guides the reader through tips on how to prevent accidents and injuries in the car, home, and at play for young children. A special section will also be presented specifically for wanderi...   Read More

  


Supporting Teachers in Addressing Challenging Behavior: A Team Approach (a workshop for Directors & Administrators of EC programs)

Barbara Kaiser, MA

November 21, 2018

To be effective, leaders must be self-reflective—think about who they are, become aware of their strengths and weaknesses, and look for ways to develop their own and their staff’s competencies and...   Read More

  


Visual Supports

Kimberly Norris, BS, MEd

October 26, 2018

Visual supports are especially helpful to use with young children who have autism or who may have communication difficulties. This course will describe designing and utilizing visual supports in the e...   Read More

  


Understanding and Supporting Children with Anxiety

Aimee Kotrba, PhD

September 26, 2018

Anxiety is becoming one of the most concerning childhood diagnoses, and one that impacts children in the classroom, therapy room, and community setting. Dr. Kotrba presents up-to-date information on h...   Read More

 


Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) - Impact on Children and Families

Dan Dubovsky, MSW

August 2, 2018

Description of FASD and the impact it has on children and families, including brain structure and their impact on behavior.   Read More

 


Autism Basics

Kimberly Norris, BS, MEd

July 16, 2018

This course examines autism through the lens of child development.   Read More


How to Grow a Young Child's Listening Brain

Carol Flexer, PhD, CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT

June 26, 2018

A description of hearing and listening from a neurological perspective, along with practical suggestions for enriching an infant, toddler and young child's auditory brain for the attainment and advanc...   Read More

 


Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders

Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L

April 17, 2018

An introduction to autism spectrum disorders, including information about the diagnosis of autism as it is described in the DSMV.   Read More


How to Grow a Young Child's Reading Brain

Carol Flexer, PhD, CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT

April 17, 2018

An overview of pre-literacy and literacy process from an auditory neurolinguistics perspective, along with practical suggestions for reading aloud to infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and for develo...   Read More

 


Feeding Tips for Young Children

Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L

April 17, 2018

The developmental stages of feeding and practical tips for teaching young children how to eat.   Read More

  


Behavior or Sensory? Understanding Challenging Behavior

Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L

April 17, 2018

A framework for better understanding challenging behavior including how to identify target behavior, create a hypothesis, and create an intervention plan.   Read More

 


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