Early Intervention Strategies to Help Young Children with Developmental Delays and Challenging Behaviors (Preschool - Kindergarten)

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This outstanding seminar has been designed for educators who want to strengthen their early intervention skills in working with students with special needs in preschool and kindergarten. Lisa Rogers will introduce you to numerous, research-based practices that will broaden your teaching repertoire and increase the opportunities for students with a variety of special needs, including those with challenging behaviors, developmental delays and students on the autism spectrum. She will bring her toolkit of practical strategies for developing a proactive learning environment where students can learn and you can teach, even those students who have difficult, challenging behaviors. Participants will gain dozens of academic, social and behavioral strategies to use immediately.

You will leave this outstanding seminar with greater confidence to begin or continue your support of young children with special needs and a toolbox full of effective strategies that can be implemented with your preschool and kindergarten students immediately.

It goes without saying that all teachers, parents and school staff strive to prepare their students for a productive and happy life. I am excited to share the latest research and early intervention strategies that I have found really work with our young students. Over the last several years, there has been a significant increase in the number of students with challenging behaviors and pervasive developmental disorders, including autism, Asperger's Syndrome and PDDNOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified), identified at earlier and earlier ages. Each of these present challenges in the areas of behavior, social skills and communication, which can create neurological stress and impact learning and living. Moreover, many of these children with an autism spectrum disorder have some type of sensory processing difference.

In spite of these challenges, parents and educators can celebrate that we now have greater access to proven instructional strategies, research on optimal conditions for the brain to process information, and supports and strategies to assist our students throughout the learning process. By taking full advantage of the most recent evidence-based information and resources, we can begin to face these challenges with increased confidence resulting in increased student success, no matter which setting you teach in.

In our day together, we will explore instructional and behavioral strategies to better meet students' vast learning needs, ideas for dealing with specific student behaviors and data collection techniques to better show underlying causes of the struggles that our students with special needs experience. Dozens of practical strategies and tips for creating quick visual tools will be presented to help you build your own successful program in support of young children with diverse needs. My goal is that you leave with new strategies, various resources and a renewed passion for working with your more challenging students.

I look forward to meeting you and sharing specific early intervention strategies and ideas that you can implement immediately in your own preschool and kindergarten classroom.

P.S. You will leave with dozens of practical ideas and an extensive digital resource handbook to help you implement the strategies in your classroom!

Educators Serving Children From PreK-K: Classroom Teachers, Preschool Staff, Special Education Staff, Occupational Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Instructional Assistants, and Administrators

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in intervention strategies for young students.

Consultation Available Lisa Rogers will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Semester Credit Option Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

What you'll learn

• Dozens of early intervention strategies to successfully work with your preschool and kindergarten students with challenging behaviors and pervasive developmental disorder needs, now under the umbrella of ASD
• Proven and proactive management techniques to maximize learning and minimize disruptions and distractions
• Practical ways to build positive behavioral interventions and supports in an inclusive setting while also meeting the needs of typically developing children
• Models, activities and video examples of effective practices in action, and an extensive, highly useful digital resource handbook filled with outstanding sample materials, tools and strategies