Inclusive Strategies for Special Needs Learners

When

20 Nov 2013 - 21 Nov 2013
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Asia/Singapore

Where

Hong Kong - Holiday Inn Golden Mile
50 Nathan Road, , Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Event Tag

A thought provoking and profoundly interactive workshop for providers, teachers, parents and school personnel who work or live with children who have special needs.  This workshop addresses time-proven effective strategies for children with learning, disabilities, attention difficulties, sensory processing problems and pervasive developmental disorders.  For those who work in the inclusive educational setting, this workshop is an absolute MUST.  Participants leave this workshop with an understanding of the characteristics, needs and educational experiences of different disabilities as well as dozens of practical strategies for providing quality and developmentally appropriate learning objectives for special needs learners.  This two-day workshop is pack with simple practical ideas, free resources, behaviour management ideas and dozens of effective ways to differentiate instruction.

Objectives
Upon successful completion of the workshop, the participants will:

  • Be skilled at identifying the differing characteristics of, and creating learning plans for, students with:
    • ADHD
    • Autism
    • Asperger’s Syndrome
    • Communication Disorders
    • Children affected by drugs and alcohol
    • Learning Disabilities
    • Non-verbal Learning Disabilities
    • Pervasive Developmental Disorders
    • Sensory Processing Disorders
  • Participate in interactive exercises intended to help identify and understand the obstacles and needs of special needs learners.
  • Develop simple accommodations and modification for practical use in the general education classroom
  • Address the needs of special students via communication systems, environmental accommodations, scheduling and multi-modality presentation and outcomes.
  • Identify triggers to behaviours exhibited by children with special needs and prevention strategies thereof.
  • Be skilled at utilizing standardized formats and checklists for identification of learning styles, developmental readiness, and input-outcome issues for planning purposes
  • Hands-on materials, games, resources teaching tools and learning outcome formats and opportunities to experience the materials as well as make and take.
  • Have dozens of practical strategies, proven interventions, resources for working with learning needs and social-emotional  issues of children with special needs
  • Reflect on individual students, and engage in problem solving, planning and developing strategies for these students via small group, large group and individual formats.
  • Be skilled in writing and implementing effective learning plans that address prevention, teaching, monitoring and evaluating the learning of special needs learners.
  • Develop and implement a simple learning plan that can be individualized, utilizes best practices and provides all who work with the student a consistent formula in working with the student to insure success.
  • Gain ideas for working successfully with parents as partners in their child’s education including key ways for presenting information, progress and planning to parents.

Outline
Day 1:

  • Paradigm Shift
  • The nature of special needs
  • Overview
  • Characteristics, Empathy and Strategies of these Special Needs Conditions:
  • Communication disorders
    • Auditory Processing
    • Sensory Processing of Language/Auditory
      • Interventions, Ideas and Resources, Materials (lab time)
  • Characteristics, Empathy, and Strategies of these Special Needs Conditions:
    • Learning Disabilities: written language, math, dyslexia  IOMI
    • ADHD Sensory Processing of motor and visual difficulties
    • Hands-on activities, videos, small group
      • Interventions, Ideas and Resources, Materials (lab time) 
  • Q and A learning logs, consultation planning for day two

Day 2:

  • Empathy activity and Strategies of these Special Needs Conditions:
    • Autism Spectrum Disorder
    • Aspergers Syndrome
    • Nonverbal Learning disabilities
    • Sensory Processing of vestibular, tactile,
    • Drugs and Alcohol
    • Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
      • Interventions, Ideas and Resources, Materials
  • Individual Learning Plans
    • Simple ways of Collecting Data
    • Communicating with Parents
    • Five point Plan
      • Accommodations
      • Environment
      • Scheduling
      • Teaching
      • Tracking results
      • Next steps
  • Consultations
  • Small group
  •  Q and A
  • Summary of Workshop
  • Conclusion

Trainer’s Profile
Kathryn is an internationally recognized presenter, consultant and author with more than 30 years of experience in education.  Her background includes teaching at all levels – preschool through university, behavioural and academic consultation, staff development and strategic planning for schools in working with special needs students.

Kathryn is a published author, consults with more than 100 school districts throughout North America each year as well as the ministry of education in the US. She speaks to more than 150 audiences a year and has trained over 14,000 educators in the last five years.   She has published nine books school professionals, including Successful Strategies for Working with Challenging Elementary School Children, A Smooth Ride: Management for Bus Drivers and Ideas that Work for Students with Sensory Processing Disorders. She is also the commentator on a full length DVD produced by the United States Bureau of Education and Research. She has made several radio and television appearances throughout the United States regarding a variety of current issues in education.

Kathryn has been providing workshops on learning issues for special needs students for over 30 years.  Her expertise of the content area is interwoven with videos, group activities, story telling, humour, and a plethora of practical strategies with hands-on examples.  A skillful educator, Kathryn recognizes that adult learners require a multi-modality approach with real life experiences, opportunities to practice and timely topic

Methodology
Multi-modality format including real life videos, small and large group activities, slide presentations, individual reflection and consultation, case studies, and activity based instruction.  Humor, reflection, question-answer opportunities are specifically formulated to meet the unique needs of adult learners.
*Participants are encouraged to bring a confidential case study of a child to the workshop with which they would like assistance.

Target Audience
Teachers pre-k through grade 8, ancillary personal, educational assistants, administrators, special needs teachers, mental health consultants, psychologists, social workers, behaviour and educational consultants, parents, support staff, speech and language pathologists, learning disabilities specialists, occupational therapists, autism specialists, program coordinators, principals

Investment
HKD5200.00/pax
HKD4500.00/pax if register by 15 Jul 13

Duration: 2 days, 12 hours
Closing Date: 1 Sep 13



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