Events in October 2017
- Speech/Language Countywide In-service Day
Speech/Language Countywide In-service Day
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10/09/2017You are invited to participate in a professional development day designed for both school district and Intermediate Unit speech/language pathologists. Our featured ASHA presentations include: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: What SLPs Need to Know Successful Classroom Engagement for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Peer-Mediated Interventions for Preschool and School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 0.60
Location: BLaST IU 17, Williamsport OfficeClick Here to Register
Cost: 50.00
Registration open until 10/2/20172400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Advance Skills High Severity Behavior 1 & 2
Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Advance Skills High Severity Behavior 1 & 2
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10/10/2017Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Advance Skills High Severity Behavior 1 & 2
Description:High Severity Behavior 1 This training will serve as certification in High Severity Behavior 1 & 2 as well as Re-certification for those individuals previously certified in High Severity Behavior 1. The High Severity Behavior modules are designed for organizations that support individuals with the potential for extremely dangerous behavior. It includes strategies for developing safety plans,advanced physical safety procedures (releasing from rear chokes and hair pulls) team safety strategies, and safe floor hold procedures. Participants will learn advanced verbal and physical de-escalation techniques including the rear hair pull release, rear choke release, head lock release, triad and supine. Various therapeutic holds will be demonstrated and practiced. Participants will learn to de-escalate a crisis situation and check out of core competencies. High Severity Behavior 2 The second High Severity Behavior module provides training in physical management of dangerous objects, prevention and management of fights, and procedures for prevention and management of dangerous behavior in vehicles and on trips.
Facilitator: Trisha Patterson
Credits: 5.00
Course Dates: 10/10/2017 to 10/10/2017
Session Times: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM (Registration starts at 8:00 AM)
Registration Deadline: 10/3/2017
Semester: Fall
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Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Directions: Please refer to our webpage at www.iu17.org for directions. The Canton Office is located at 33 Springbrook Drive, Canton, PA 17724
Cost: 40.00
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This is a physical training. Participants should dress appropriately in loose, comfortable clothing. Please refrain from wearing flip flops, sandals, clogs, or open toed shoes. Athletic shoes such as sneakers are most appropriate. The training will require participants to shuffle backward, twist and turn, and transition from a standing to floor position. Participants should only register if they are willing and able to demonstrate the physical competencies. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the facilitator. This training is not open to parents, outside agencies, or districts not within IU 17. School districts will be invoiced upon completion.Lunch will be provided.33 Springbrook DriveCanton, PA 17724USA570-673-6001 - School Wide Information Systems Training
School Wide Information Systems Training
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10/19/2017This is a requested training for schools purchasing the SWIS system and implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Support. The training details getting to know SWIS, using SWIS data for discipline decisions, SWIS data entry and reporting schedule, common navigation, logging into and out of SWIS, generating reports, tools, building fluency, and annual account activities.To register please click here.
BLaST IU 17 - Williamsport Office 2400 Reach Road Williamsport PA 17701Check In Check Out (CICO) School-Wide Information System Data Entry TrainingCheck In Check Out (CICO) School-Wide Information System Data Entry Training
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10/19/2017CICO-SWIS provides school staff with an online space to enter CICO point card data easily and efficiently online. Data are summarized across five reports allowing teams to: 1. Monitor individual student progress: Three reports give teams a way to see 1. If each student is meeting his/her goals each day. 2. How each student is doing at each check-in period. 3. The overall impact of plan changes made throughout the course of the intervention. 4. The impact of the intervention on each student’s office discipline referral count. 2. Review the overall integrity and fidelity of the program: Targeted (Tier II) and Universal (Tier I) teams can review two graphs in CICO-SWIS to see: 1. Overall student progress in the targeted intervention. 2. Overall effectiveness of the CICO intervention in the school.
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 2.00
Location: BLaST IU 17, Williamsport Office
Cost: 0.00
Registration open until 10/12/20172400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - Check & Connect
Check & Connect
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10/23/2017Check and Connect
Description:Check & Connect is a comprehensive intervention designed to enhance student engagement at school and with learning for marginalized, disengaged students in grades K-12, through relationship building, problem solving and capacity building, and persistence. A goal of Check & Connect is to foster school completion with academic and social competence. Of the dropout prevention interventions reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse, Check & Connect is the only program found to have strong evidence of positive effects on staying in school. Check & Connect is implemented by a trained mentor whose primary goal is to keep education a salient issue for disengaged students and their teachers and family members. The mentor works with a caseload of students and families over time and follows their caseload from program to program and school to school. The Check & Connect trained mentor continuously: ? Checks on students, assessing their engagement with school and learning through close monitoring of their attendance, behavior, and grades; and ? Connects with students, offering individualized intervention in partnership with school personnel, families, and community service providers.
Credits: 6.50 Course Dates: 10/23/2017 to 10/25/2017
Session Times: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration Deadline: 9/20/2017
Location: BLaST IU 17, Williamsport Office
Directions: For directions, please visit our website at www.iu17.org. The Williamsport Office is located at 2400 Reach Rd. Williamsport, PA 17701
Cost: 75.00 includes lunch and materials
2400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Specialist Re-certification
Quality Behavior Solutions - Safety Care Specialist Re-certification
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10/24/2017This 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 10/17/201733 Springbrook DriveCanton, PA 17724USA570-673-6001School-Wide Positive Behavior Support System - Team Training for Tier One InterventionSchool-Wide Positive Behavior Support System - Team Training for Tier One Intervention
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10/24/20172400 Reach RoadWilliamsport, PA 17701USA570-323-8561 - Planning, Organization, and Students with Autism
Planning, Organization, and Students with Autism
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10/26/2017Planning, Organization, and Students with Autism 10/26/2017 to 10/26/2017
Many students with autism have issues with executive function. Some skills related to executive function include planning, organization, impulse control, and sustained attention. This training will review and discuss classroom support strategies for students who have these and other issues related to executive function.
Activity Subject Area: Teaching and Learning Professional Development
Credit: 5.50
Location: BLaST IU 17, Canton Office
Cost: 40.00
Registration open until 10/19/201733 Springbrook DriveCanton, PA 17724USA570-673-6001Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (YMFHA)Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (YMFHA)
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10/26/2017This training runs from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm full participation is required. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
Cost: $60
Credits: 8
33 Springbrook DriveCanton, PA 17724USA570-673-6001