Workshop Materials
Below you will find links to various workshops covering a variety of special education and general education topics. Please do not use for group settings.
Construction Underway: Creating and Maintaining a Resource Program |
Southeastern Christian School Convention, Fall 2014
Synopsis: Creating a special education program can be a daunting task. Learn how to create and maintain an effective resource program in any size Christian school. Discussion points will include the definition, goal, organization, and implementation of an effective resource program. |
Learning Disabilities: Defined and Identified
Parent Workshop at Wilmington Christian Academy, Spring 2013
Synopsis: This hour-long workshop will provide you with
1) a working definition of a learning disability,
2) a checklist of characteristics for the following disabilities: dyslexia, ADD, auditory processing disorders, and mild autism
3) the opportunity to meet our special education team at Wilmington Christian Academy including our on-site counselor, speech therapist, parent-support team, and special education director
Synopsis: This hour-long workshop will provide you with
1) a working definition of a learning disability,
2) a checklist of characteristics for the following disabilities: dyslexia, ADD, auditory processing disorders, and mild autism
3) the opportunity to meet our special education team at Wilmington Christian Academy including our on-site counselor, speech therapist, parent-support team, and special education director
Constructive Creative Communication
AACS Teachers' Convention (NC, SC, and GA), Fall of 2012
Synopsis: We all communicate a thousand ways each day. Do you ever grow weary of words? Is there a way to say fewer words and still communicate the same information? What do you do with those unexpected face-to-face opportunities with parents? How do you constructively criticize and still make a child or parent smile? This workshop will give practical tips on streamlining communication, making the most of every communication opportunity, and deciding when it is appropriate to turn off the cell phone, shut down the email, and simply enjoy the silence.
Synopsis: We all communicate a thousand ways each day. Do you ever grow weary of words? Is there a way to say fewer words and still communicate the same information? What do you do with those unexpected face-to-face opportunities with parents? How do you constructively criticize and still make a child or parent smile? This workshop will give practical tips on streamlining communication, making the most of every communication opportunity, and deciding when it is appropriate to turn off the cell phone, shut down the email, and simply enjoy the silence.
E3: Encourage, Educate, Embolden
Preschool Teachers' Convention, Summer of 2012: (mini-workshop)
NCACS Teachers' Convention, Fall of 2013: (full-session workshop)
Synopsis: Steven is a student enrolled in your classroom, but he functions academically and socially at a much lower level than his peers. You know this; and with your years of experience red flags are going up everywhere ever day, but how do you inform his parents? Steve is their first-born son, thus the apple of their eye. Parents can be DDD (Devastated by Developmental Delays). How can we as educators ease their burdens, encourage them on their long journey ahead, and partner with them in the t training of their children? The answer: E3 (Encourage, Educate, Embolden).
NCACS Teachers' Convention, Fall of 2013: (full-session workshop)
Synopsis: Steven is a student enrolled in your classroom, but he functions academically and socially at a much lower level than his peers. You know this; and with your years of experience red flags are going up everywhere ever day, but how do you inform his parents? Steve is their first-born son, thus the apple of their eye. Parents can be DDD (Devastated by Developmental Delays). How can we as educators ease their burdens, encourage them on their long journey ahead, and partner with them in the t training of their children? The answer: E3 (Encourage, Educate, Embolden).
Problem: Developmental Delay
Solution: DUCT Tape
Preschool Teachers' Convention for NC, Summer of 2012: (mini-workshop)
NCACS Teachers' Convention, Fall of 2013 (Full-length workshop)
Synopsis: Ever wonder what duct tape, clapping, sandpaper, strange facial contortions, and a student all have in common? It is called learning. More so than any other decade of the past, the students entering our classrooms today are coming from a vast and varied combination of backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, and home situations. We often wonder how to reach each child, and find ourselves scratching our heads over those students who have delays in the developmental levels, Can we fully prepare them in time for successful citizenship in this society and in the one to come? The answer is a resounding YES! Dotty Dice, Walking Letters, Still Time, Count and Clap, graphic organizers, elapse time, and Hands-On Equations are just a few of the techniques we will cover in this informative workshop meant to arm you with a variety of techniques to use in your classroom instruction.
NCACS Teachers' Convention, Fall of 2013 (Full-length workshop)
Synopsis: Ever wonder what duct tape, clapping, sandpaper, strange facial contortions, and a student all have in common? It is called learning. More so than any other decade of the past, the students entering our classrooms today are coming from a vast and varied combination of backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, and home situations. We often wonder how to reach each child, and find ourselves scratching our heads over those students who have delays in the developmental levels, Can we fully prepare them in time for successful citizenship in this society and in the one to come? The answer is a resounding YES! Dotty Dice, Walking Letters, Still Time, Count and Clap, graphic organizers, elapse time, and Hands-On Equations are just a few of the techniques we will cover in this informative workshop meant to arm you with a variety of techniques to use in your classroom instruction.
Is He ADHD or Just in Middle School: Navigating the Unusual World of the Usual Middle School Student
NHACS Teachers' Convention, Fall of 2009:
Synopsis: Have you ever wondered how exactly to reach into the hearts and lives of your middle school classes? This workshop is a discussion forum. Topics of discussion will be as follows: study skills, the emotional language of middle school students, lessons which are engaging but also educational, and loving your middle school students even on their most unusual days.