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Upcoming Trainings from the OPI Montana Autism Education Project
Making A.T. Solutions in Minutes to Achieve Educational Success – A Hands-on Virtual AT Maker Workshop from Therese Willkomm
June 20, 2023 8:30 AM – 4:00 P.M. Via Zoom
Six OPI renewal units are available for this training.
Description: This virtual hands-on workshop embraces the “ABLE” principles for creating rapid A.T solutions in schools that are adjustable, portable, collapsible, repositionable, reusable, expandable, and multi-use. Everyone can be a creative problem solver.
Explore a variety of methods, materials, and resources for creating A.T. solutions in five minutes or less. Learn the 3Ms of Making, Mounting and Modifying. Assistive technology has a very high failure rate, and therefore, creating rapid solutions or modifications to solutions are needed to achieve educational success for students with disabilities. Learn about the 85% of assistive technology in schools that doesn’t involve a computer.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is limited to only 25 people and requires the mailing of hands-on materials. Therefore, specific cancellation and No Show policies are in effect that could affect your participation in future trainings from the Autism Project.
Read more and register here.
Challenging Behavior: How To Prevent, Reduce and Replace – A One Day virtual training.
Virtual - June 6, 2023 Register here.
Virtual - June 8, 2023 Register here.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- Review the basic principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
- Identify the elements to creating effective learning environments: The Pyramid Approach to Education
- Identify behaviors requiring intervention
- Identify the functional control of the behavior
- Develop a behavior plan
- Identify how to assess the effectiveness of an intervention
This virtual and in-person trainings will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Seven OPI renewal units are available for each training.
Many Faces of Autism - virtual training
An Introduction to Autism Characteristics and Simple Strategies from OCALI.
This introductory module presents information about unique characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including social-communication, restricted interests and patterns of behavior, sensory, cognition and information processing, and emotional regulation. Five simple strategies are introduced that may be used anytime, anywhere with young children, students, and adults with ASD.
Learning Objectives:
- Provide an understanding of the spectrum of skills that characterize autism spectrum disorder, or ASD.
- Dispel common misconceptions about ASD.
- Provide simple strategies that may be helpful for individuals with ASD.
Estimated Time to Complete Module: 90 minutes
You can find more information and register for the OCALI training here.
If you wish to receive two OPI renewal units for completing the training, you must register here. We will then tell you what information from the OCALI training needs to be provided to receive your OPI renewal units upon the completion of the OCALI training.
MonTECH Assistive Technology series - virtual training series
Each month we will feature a different assistive technology (AT) training from MonTECH. These virtual trainings will be from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. Two OPI renewal units will be provided for each training.
April 18: Communication Part 2
May 16: Success with Communication
More information about each training and registration for the next upcoming workshop(s) can be found here.
Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson – virtual training series
We are bringing back these popular virtual trainings from last year AND have added more trainings. These 90 minute to three-hour virtual trainings are scheduled twice per month from September to June
Topics include:
Using Evidence-Based Practices to Teach Safety Skills
Breaking Down Executive Functioning Skills
Educating Parents and Peers about Autism
Neurodiversity Makes Life Better
Understanding Brain Differences in Autism
Evidence-Based Practices for ASD
Girls with Autism
Stop Behavior Before It Starts
You can view the full training schedule, session descriptions and register for upcoming trainings here.
Ongoing – Trainings from Social Thinking (virtual trainings)
The OPI Montana Autism Education Project has a limited number of scholarships for Montana public school educators to attend online Social Thinking Trainings. These are recorded trainings and we therefore cannot offer OPI renewal units. ASHA CEUs are available from Social Thinking. Access to these trainings will be available through May 31st. Three trainings are available per person.
Trainings may vary but currently include:
- What’s Alexithymia? And How Does It Affect Emotional Regulation and Awareness?
- Implementing Social Thinking® School-wide: Bringing the Concepts into Classrooms & Beyond
- 5 Critical Life Skills for Tweens, Teens and Young Adults
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Small Talk & Conversations: Strategies to Demystify Conversational Complexities
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What’s a Friend, and Do I Really Need Friends? (Tips & Strategies to Make and Keep Friends, Unpack Social Dislikes & Manage Social Anxiety)
- What’s It Mean to “Behave”? (Tips, Tools & Strategies for Teaching Students Self-Regulation)
- Raising an Organized Child: Strategies to Promote Executive Functions
New!! - Strategies for Expanding Social Emotional Learning in Emerging Social Communicators
New!! - Understanding and Supporting the Social Emotional Learning needs of Challenged Social Communicators
New!! - Part 1: The Social World: Practical Vocabulary and Concepts for Teaching How It Works
New!! - Part 2: Strategies and Concepts for How to Navigate to Regulate in the Social World
New!! - Helping Students Gain Perspective on Their Emotions
You can find more information and register here for up to three trainings.
LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning) - virtual training
April 21, 2023 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning) is an augmentative alternative communication (AAC) approach designed to give a method of independently and spontaneously expressing themselves through a speech generating device.
This course will cover the components of LAMP: readiness to learn, engaging the learner through joint engagement, and learning language through a unique and consistent motor plan paired with an auditory signal and a natural consequence. Discussion will include how this approach addresses the core language deficits of autism, device features that are beneficial to teaching language, and how to use those features to implement LAMP components. (LAMP web page)
Five OPI renewal units and .5 ASHA CEUs are available for this training.
You can read more and register here.
Moving Forward with LAMP - virtual training
April 28, 2023 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Moving Forward with Accent
This course is designed to further the communication partner’s ability to implement the Language Acquisition through Motor Planning approach at different language stages and across environments. The language structure of the LAMP Words for Life language system and use of device features to support language learning will be explored. The presenter will cover a variety of strategies and supports to support language development such as expanding vocabulary in natural environments, modeling, teaching the motor plan, and how to use aided language input. Previous attendance at a Language Acquisition through Motor Planning course is required.
Three OPI renewal units are available for this training.
You can read more and register here.
Upcoming Trainings: You can always find our trainings on the Montana Autism Education Project blog at: http://mtautism.opiconnect.org. We will be adding virtual and in-person trainings to the blog as we schedule trainings throughout the school year.
For more information, contact:
Doug Doty, Statewide Coordinator, OPI Montana Autism Education Project
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