Registration for the 15th Annual Oklahoma Transition Institute (OTI) is open! We are going virtual this year, and the event is free to all participants.

Detailed information can be found in the attached agenda and flyer. We are excited at the range of topics provided this year from experts across the state. We are hosting 3 sessions in English and 2 sessions in Spanish each day. Please share the attached agenda in Spanish to your colleagues, families, and friends who may be Spanish speakers. For the English sessions, they will all have ASL interpreters and captioning provided.

You can submit your registration at this link to reserve your spot. You can choose to attend 1, 2, or all 3 days. Registration closes 9/21/2020 at 5:00 pm. Once registration closes, each participant will be emailed with the Zoom login information for each day in which registered. This email will come from me, Kim Osmani (kosmani@cornell.edu or ko259@cornell.edu). Please be sure to check your spam/junk mail if you have not received the email by 9/26/2020.

We are excited to have Melinda Fruendt, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, provide our opening welcome, which you can view here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

Sincerely,

Kim Osmani
Chair, Oklahoma Transition Council

Additional Resources can be viewed below:

15th OTI Agenda English 

15th OTI Agenda (Spanish)

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.  In the time of COVID19, and the subsequent societal changes, anxiety has become ever-present in students of all ages. It is probable that during a pandemic that heavily impacts everyday life, levels of anxiety in children and teens are even higher, and the possibility of subsequent trauma greater. 

Through the use of case studies, humorous stories, and examples of everyday challenging situations, participants will learn easy to implement preventive tools, strategies, and interventions for reducing anxiety, increasing self-regulation, accurate thinking, and self-monitoring in students.  Virtual classroom and traditional classroom examples will be shared.

Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA, is a licensed and board-certified behavior analyst, special educator, as well as a consultant to schools internationally (www.jessicaminahan.com). Jessica has over seventeen years of experience supporting students who exhibit challenging behavior in urban public school systems.  She is the co-author of The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students (Harvard Education Press, 2012) and author of The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behaviors (Harvard Education Press, 2014).

This event will be held virtually on September 25th from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.

Please click here to register in advance for this event.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

If you have any other questions, please direct them to Jill Hilst at Jill.Hilst@sde.ok.gov.