This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Safety Care Training is a two-full-day training that teaches the goals of safety management, interdisciplinary treatment, creates an understanding of challenging behavior, establishing a safe environment, practicing safety habits, delivering and differential reinforcement. Safety care training teaches incident minimization, de-escalation procedures, incident management (physical safety techniques) and post incident procedures.
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 14.00
Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Cost: 55.00 Registration open until 3/19/2018
This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Safety Care Training is a two-full-day training that teaches the goals of safety management, interdisciplinary treatment, creates an understanding of challenging behavior, establishing a safe environment, practicing safety habits, delivering and differential reinforcement. Safety care training teaches incident minimization, de-escalation procedures, incident management (physical safety techniques) and post incident procedures.
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 14.00
Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Cost: 80.00 Registration open until 3/19/2018
These meetings are scheduled to discuss PDE updates and initiatives. Other meeting topics and/or content may be added to the agenda. If you have requests, please contact Jennifer Starner jstarner@iu17.org
Activity Subject Area: School Administration (Non-PIL)
Credit: 0.00
Location: BLaST IU 17, Williamsport Office
Cost: 0.00 Registration open until 3/30/2018
This meeting will cover Federal Program updates; Act 89 referrals, Behavioral Expectations. Networking Connection, Mental Health/Act 71, Non-Pub Psychological services and the introduction of Tele-therapy. We will also highlight the "lending library" and the procedure to check-out items for your school. For additional information, please contact Ardis Mason by email: amason@iu17.org or by phone: 570-323-8561 ext. 1032.
Training topics include:
• Transition Plan Integration for Career Readiness Benchmark Indicator Requirements
• Tools to assess readiness and implement individualized student career plans
• Life Skills and MDS Transition Indicators
• PIMS Reporting and PDE Monitoring
• Action planning materials
• Resources including portfolio management systems
• Team Resource Sharing Opportunities
In response to the Governor’s goals for the State, and overwhelming stakeholder engagement, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has included a Career Readiness Benchmark as part of Federal ESSA accountability and the Future Ready PA Index. Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, school entities will report student-level data for the Career Readiness Indicator in PIMS. BLaST is committed to offering systems of support to inform and assist the critical implementation of this new initiative.
These meetings are scheduled to discuss PDE updates and initiatives. Other meeting topics and/or content may be added to the agenda. If you have requests, please contact Penny Johnson at pjohnson@iu17.org.
Activity Subject Area: Standards Area Curriculum and Assessment
Credit: 0.00
Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Cost: 0.00 Registration open until 4/19/2018
You are invited to participate in a professional development day designed for both school district and Intermediate Unit regular education teachers, special education teachers, and speech and language therapists. Our featured presenters are Dana Vermilya and Christine Bear, speech-language pathologists & assistive technology consultants. Participants will gain a better understanding of supports that are available for students with assistive technology needs related to writing, what accommodations are allowable for state testing, and participate in a make and take activity. Participants will leave with knowledge & resources to consider implementing writing tools for AT as well as make appropriate accommodations.
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 5.25
Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Cost: 40.00
Registration open until 4/23/2018
These meetings are scheduled to discuss PDE updates and initiatives. Other meeting topics and/or content may be added to the agenda. If you have requests, please contact Jennifer Starner jstarner@iu17.org
Activity Subject Area: School Administration (Non-PIL)
Credit: 0.00
Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Cost: 0.00 Registration open until 4/25/2018
This in-service is for POCs and other staff who work with your eQUIP eLearning programs. Each member district should send at least one person, but additional team members are welcome. We will spend time looking at best practices in eLearning, success stories, and practical tips to get the most out of the systems we all use on a daily basis. It is a time to meet up with like-minded professionals from surrounding districts, find solutions to problems, and develop a network that can be relied on throughout the school year.
This In-Service begins at 9:00 AM and ends at 1:00 PM. Registration begins at 8:30 AM. Morning beverages, lunch and materials are supplied.
This training requires demonstration of 18 verbal and physical competencies. Participants should come prepared and willing to demonstrate mastery of each competency. Participants will recertify on verbal and physical de-escalation techniques. Various therapeutic holds will be demonstrated and practiced. They will learn to de-escalate a crisis situation and test out of core competencies.
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 6.50
Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Cost: 40.00 Registration open until 4/27/2018
7:30 am: Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Specialist Certification
9:00 am: Non-Public Administrators Spring 2018 Meeting
9:00 am: eQUIP Online Learning Services (In-Service)