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June LIVE Trainings from the OPI Montana Autism Education Project and our partners.
Jessica Minahan trainings courtesy of Region IV CSPD
Jessica Minahan, Ph.D., BCBA, LABA, is a licensed and board-certified behavior analyst, author, special educator, and consultant to schools internationally. Since 2000 she has worked with students who struggle with mental health issues and challenging behavior in in public school systems. She specializes in training staff and creating behavior intervention plans for students who demonstrate explosive and unsafe behavior. She also works with students with emotional and behavioral disabilities, anxiety disorders, trauma histories, and autism. Her particular interest is to serve these students by combining behavioral interventions with a comprehensive knowledge of best practices for those with complex mental health profiles and learning needs.
She is a blogger on The Huffington Post, the author of The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students with Nancy Rappaport, and the author of The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behaviors.
Practical Trauma-Informed Strategies to Reduce Anxiety
East Helena High School, June 10, 2024 8:00-4:00
With up to one in three children struggling with anxiety in this country, overwhelmed adults require a new approach as well as a practical and easy-to-implement toolkit of strategies that work. Anxiety has become ever-present in students of all ages. Several strategies will be shared and time will be spent developing FAIR plans.
Behavioral and Educational Practices for Students with Mental Health Disabilities
University of Montana Western, June 11, 2024 8:00-4:00
About 10 percent of kids in school struggle with mental health problems. Whether they're running out of a class, not doing their homework, disrupting others, or quietly being defiant, their behavior is often misread and misdiagnosed. Behavior plans are often ineffective, even unhelpful, in addressing certain behaviors because they do not acknowledge the underlying causes. The training will provide guidance on developing FAIR behavior intervention plans as well as empathetic, flexible, practical, and more importantly effective strategies for preventing inappropriate behavior in the classroom.
Pyramid Consulting: Building Functional and Creative Learning Systems
Hampton Inn, Kalispell: June 10/11, 2024 8:30– 4:30
This practical, interactive workshop provides a blueprint for building effective learning environments, resulting in direct positive outcomes for learners. Through lectures, video examples, discussions, and activities, participants will understand the rationale for implementing each of the nine elements of the Pyramid Approach as well as how to apply the information in a myriad of settings. The “why” of learning and the “how” of teaching are described using the three-dimensional shape of the pyramid, which symbolizes an integrated and interactive framework for teaching. This workshop will guide professionals, parents, caretakers, and teams in designing an effective program.
Fourteen OPI renewal units and 1.3 ASHA CEUs are available for this training.
Register here.
Pyramid Consulting: Teaching Critical Communication Skills
Double Tree Edgewater, Missoula: June 12th, 8:30-4:30
Participants will learn how to teach critical communication skills that lead to greater independence in the home, work, school, and community settings. We review nine specific skills: requesting reinforcers, requesting help, requesting a break, indicating yes and no, waiting, following directions, schedule-following, and transitioning. You will acquire specific teaching strategies that are relevant for anyone who has limited communication skills, regardless of their communicative modality (e.g., Picture Exchange Communication System [PECS], signing, device use, speech).
7 OPI renewal units and 0.6 ASHA CEUs are provided for this training.
Register here.
iPad Boot Camp
Double Tree Edgewater, Missoula: June 13/14, 8:30-4:30
Therese Willkomm is back for this training on what is new in the world of awesome apps, adaptations, and accessories. This has consistently been one of our highest-rated trainings.
Participants must bring an iPad to to which they can add apps or other software.
Registration is limited to 50 people.
14 OPI renewal units will be offered for this training.
register here.
AAC & Proloquo2Go: How to Design a Better Implementation
Holiday Inn Riverside, Missoula: June 28 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
What is “best practice” for the use of AAC with a student? Attendees will walk away from this presentation with renewed or new knowledge to confidently help individuals who rely on AAC. This presentation will provide the attendees with the “ins and outs” of the iOS app, “Proloquo2Go” from www.assistiveware.com.
Attendees will learn to navigate the app and discover new features. They will practice programming the app in a way that is salient to the user and support persons. This presentation offers a review of case studies and a chance to talk about your specific student’s needs. Julie will share her teaching strategies with you to create interactions with AAC/Proloquo2Go that are enjoyable for your student, the family, you, and your staff.
7 OPI renewal units are available for this training.
Upcoming Trainings: You can always find our virtual and live trainings at the Montana Autism Education Project
For more information, contact:
Katie Mattingley, Statewide Coordinator, OPI Montana Autism Education Project
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