Workshops available to your agency, school, or parent group:


With Open Arms: Creating School Communities of Support For Socially Challenged Kids

This workshop is designed for those looking to create acceptance for kids with conditions such as Asperger Syndrome, ADD, and Behavioral Disorders, which can result in isolation, bullying, and acting out. Learn how to create an environment which provides kids continual, daily opportunities to appropriately socialize with peers and adults in the school environment.

Participant Outcomes:

  • Learn a presentation to educate peers on conditions which lead to social challenges.
  • Learn how to implement Circle of Friends for the purpose of providing a small group of peer mentors who provide daily feedback and interaction with the socially challenged child.
  • Learn how to implement effective staff Learning Teams to foster an understanding of kids with social and behavioral challenges, and develop strategies to successfully engage them in the school setting.

Recommended Audience: Regular Educators, Special Educators, Paraprofessionals, Administrators, Speech Language Therapists, and Parents who work with upper elementary, middle school and high school students. Contact Mary for details

Teach Them All: Creating School Communities of Support for Kids with Behavioral Challenges

Kids with behavior problems can disrupt the classroom, repeatedly wind up in the principal´s office, and experience feelings of failure on a daily basis. Examine real life case studies of students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Behavior Disorders as you discover how to create supportive school communities for ALL students.

Participant Outcomes: Learn how to incorporate the following 8 strategies:

  • Choose a Personal Position
  • Using Your Service Delivery System
  • Becoming a Behavior Detective
  • Interventions That Work
  • Peer Education/Circle of Friends
  • Behavior Baskets
  • Using Extracurricular Activities
  • Effective Learning Teams

Recommended Audience: Administrators, Educational Professionals, Family Members, Paraprofessionals, Community Providers, Related Service Providers working with upper elementary, middle school, and high school students. Contact Mary for details

Learning Teams: The Key to Creating Professional Learning Communities In Support of At-Risk Students

Increasingly, schools are attempting to create Professional Learning Communities as they commit to ongoing school improvement. Learning teams are an effective way for staff to study current issues and collaborate ways to successfully engage at-risk students for the benefit of the entire school population. This workshop will demonstrate the “nuts and bolts” of how to implement learning teams to create school communities of support for all kids.

Participant Outcomes:

  • Discover what a learning team is and how it can benefit the entire school community.
  • Become skilled in implementing a learning team.
  • Gain knowledge of valuable books and study guides for learning teams which foster a healthy school social environment.

Recommended Audience: Administrators, and Educational Professionals including special educators, regular education teachers, speech therapists, and clinicians working with all age level students. Contact Mary for details