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Class teaches parents to cope with children's mental illness

NAMI Basics consists of six classes, each 2½ hours long and offered weekly. They are specially designed for parents and caregivers of children with mental illnesses.

The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind law, proposing to reshape divisive provisions that encouraged instructors to teach to tests, narrowed the curriculum, and labeled one in three American schools as failing.

This workshop will discuss the following:  1.  Preventive     How to create environments that are developmentally appropriate and meet the young child’s needs, understand how needs are communicated with behavior, and how we to meet those needs and prevent outbursts.   How to create a child friendly environment that prevents problems because children will be successful using socially appropriate behaviors. 2.Educational   How to create environments that teach the child replacement skills that are as easy or easier to perform, that are more socially acceptable, and that serve the same function as the behavior they are designed to replace.  3. Respectful   How to create environments that treat children with dignity and respect.   4. Individualize.  How to create environments where you can recognize each child’s individual needs and respond to each child according their individual needs. 5. Choices   How to create an environment where the young child can make choices and have a degree of control.  6. Gentle   How to create and maintain an environment that is gentle, without physical or mental distress. 7. On going    How to create an environment that gives a child ongoing support.  How to give the child the support they need to be successful with each new experience in new environments.  IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF A YOUNG CHILD OR WORK WITH YOUNG CHILDREN THIS TELE/WEBINAR IS FOR YOU. LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT YOUNG CHILDREN SO THEY LEARN APPROPRIATE SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS.

Research shows that a project to use the devices as teaching tools in some N.C. districts has had a measurable impact on student achievement in math.

Michael Boll , is the father of an eight -year old boy on the autism spectrum.  A twelve-year, certified classroom teacher, Michael decided to take some time off from his career to create and implement a home program that compliments his son’s school program.  After two enjoyable years, Michael is back in the classroom. He teaches fifth grade at Concordia International School, Shanghai, China.  His son is now attending a school for kids with special needs in Shanghai.  Michael’s wife, Lori, works at that school. He interviews parents, therapists, and other experts about the latest trends and methodologies for working with kids on the autism spectrum.

Increasingly, neuroscientists, psychologists and educators believe that bullying and other kinds of violence can indeed be reduced by encouraging empathy at an early age. Over the past decade, research in empathy — the ability to put ourselves in another person's shoes — has suggested that it is key, if not the key, to all human social interaction and morality.

April 2010 - Epistemic Games: Role-Playing, Technology-Based Games for Real-World Thinking and Learning Computer games delight and distract kids – and occasionally infuriate parents and teachers – but some games actually aim to encourage students to think about their world and their place in it. That latter category encompasses epistemic games. Epistemic what? Epistemic games. Derived from epistemology – the study of knowledge -- epistemic games remain a largely unknown element in the growing gaming universe. But they have already carved out a small niche well worth examining: technology-based games that help young players, including those with disabilities, assume the perspective of a specific group of individuals, including attorneys, doctors and urban planners, among others. The objective of epistemic games is to teach players how to problem-solve like real-world individuals and, in the process, develop creative and innovative ways of thinking.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Wilson Buswell has cerebral palsy, can't talk and answers only yes-or-no questions: a blink for yes, a stare for no. But Buswell has become a powerful communicator to a handful of students studying to become effective special-education teachers.

University of Montana student Emily Lund's academic resume is six pages long, with no fluff or repetition. It details her research projects, volunteer work, internships, teaching and research assistant positions, thesis papers, scholarly publications, scholarships, honors and grant awards. Oh, and the 22-year-old is only an undergraduate.

Our mission is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning through described and captioned educational media. The ultimate goal of the DCMP is for accessible media to be an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all stakeholders in the educational community, including students, educators and other school personnel, parents, service providers, businesses, and agencies.

A California psychiatrist pushing for a revolution in the way people with mental illnesses are treated found a receptive audience in Helena Wednesday. As part of a weeklong visit to Montana, Mark Ragins, medical director of the Village Integrated Service Agency in Long Beach, told a group of around 60 mental health professionals and community members that his philosophy for recovery from mental illness focuses on empowering the person with the illness, teaching self-responsibility and helping the person find and lead a meaningful life.

How useful are the views of public school students about their teachers?

Quite useful, according to preliminary results released on Friday from a $45 million research project that is intended to find new ways of distinguishing good teachers from bad.

What: Missoula author Albert Yee will present a booktalk & autograph copies of his new book “Raising & Teaching Children for Their Tomorrows”. When: Saturday, January 8th from 11:00AM-1:00PM Where: Montana Book & Toy Co. 311 N. Last Chance Gulch Helena, Montana  59601 406-443-0260 | Toll Free: 1-877-844-0577 Visit http://www.mtbookco.com/ for more information.

Click here to view the flyer for this webinar (PDF) What: This session will begin with an overview the importance of social competence for individuals on the spectrum. Strategies to teach social competence to individuals on the spectrum as well as means of assessing skills cquisition will also be provided. The emphasis will be on practical information that can be applied across settings When: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:30pm - 1:30pm Mountain Who Should Attend? This training is appropriate for: educators; families; human service professionals, including: front line supervisors, nurses, social workers, program coordinators, case managers, QMRPs, direct support professionals and other individuals involved in efforts to improve learning outcomes and quality of life or people with disabilities. Hosting: The Montana Autism Education Project will pay for a number of sites in each CSPD region. The webinar would need to be held in a meeting or classroom with adequate seating for staff from surrounding districts to attend and with the necessary audio equipment for everyone to hear the webinar. Contact: If you are interested in hosting a location, please contact Doug Doty at ddoty@mt.gov by February 15th.  Include information about the proposed location (seating, address, contact person) with your email. Participating sites need a speaker phone with a mute button and a computer with access to the Internet.

What: Are you wondering how to implement curriculum with fidelity? Are you unsure what fidelity means and what your responsibilities are? Implementing your curriculum with fidelity can be the difference for your students. Join Gwen Poole to learn more about curriculum fidelity and how implementing curriculum with fidelity can squeeze the most from programs that your school is using. During this presentation participants will : Learn what fidelity is and what it is not Be introduced to fidelity checklists Understand the roles and responsibilities regarding curriculum fidelity Where: College of Education Building, Room 122 MSU-Billings Campus, Billings MT When: March 25, 2011  from  9:00 am to 4:00 pm Registration 8:30-9:00 About Presenter: Gwen Poole is a passionate Montana educator. She has fourteen years of teaching experience which includes Kindergarten, First grade, and Title 1 (K-5). During that time she has also been a Response to Intervention Facilitator and worked with several schools in their implementation of RtI. Most recently, Gwen joined the Instructional Innovations Unit at OPI where she works with schools toward improvement as well as building professional development opportunities for schools through the Instructional Innovation Website. More information: Workshop Brochure and online registration available soon on the Region III CSPD website, www.msubillings.edu/cspd/events.htm. For more information about CSPD contact Debra Miller, Region III CSPD Coordinator, at 657-2072, or e-mail at dmiller@msubillings.edu.

Click here to register for this event What: Identifying intervention strategies and applications for persons with complex communication needs remains a challenge. Multimodal approaches to AAC intervention within naturalistic environments provide significant opportunities for cultivating intentionality and supporting language acquisition. This series of webinars will aid in gaining insight into utilization of symbols for teaching and shaping behaviors that function as meaningful and appropriate communication. Participants will learn strategies for employing symbols and technology to support the four main purposes of communication: expressing wants and needs, developing social closeness, exchanging information and fulfilling social routines. Course 1 - June 21, 2011 - Unleash the Power of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Your AAC users are not talking with their peers, use few communicative functions and are unmotivated to communicate. What can be done to nourish functional, generative communication? This course will address using a variety of technologies and strategies to stimulate use of meaningful and appropriate communication. Learner Outcomes: The participant will be able to identify the meaning of functional communication and the requisites for communication. The participant will be able to describe six strategies for supporting the development of communication skills using single message devices. The participant will be able to explain 12 ways to utilize sequencers to encourage functional communication in a variety of settings. When: Webinar begins at 10:00am Mountain time. Session sign in begins 15 minutes prior. This session requires you to call in to access the audio. Certificate of Attendance will be available at completion.

Click here to download the brochure with full schedule information (PDF) What: This workshop is perfect for anyone who has previously attended the PECS Basic Training and is currently implementing PECS. Day One focuses on a review of the PECS training protocol, as well as solutions for common implementation challenges. On Day Two, advanced language skills and enhancing communication across the day are addressed. This day of the workshop applies to all learners, regardless of communicative modality, but is discussed within the framework of PECS. The course also explores specific programming for incorporating PECS throughout the day. What You Will Learn: Analyze common difficulties with PECS implementation. Generate solutions to difficult PECS implementation situations Analyze a day for, and learn to program to, incorporate communication opportunities into all activities. Implement specific training strategies for teaching advanced language concepts. Workshop Schedule: Both workshops will begin at 8:00am and end at 4:00pm with registration from 7:30-8:00am Mountain. Registration Fee: $130.00 for individual registration, lunch included, (non-refundable) payable to: Montana Center on Disabilities (Billings) WM-CSPD/MCPS (Missoula) Online Registration: Billings: www.msubillings.edu/cspd/events.htm For more information contact: Debra Miller (406) 657-2072 dmiller@msubillings.edu Missoula: www.cspd.net For more information contact: Nancy Marks (406) 728-2400 ext 1088

Pre-Registration required. To register call the Salvation Army at 245- 4659 What: A lot of times parents need help, but don't feel comfortable asking for help! That's why Drs Les & Leslie Parott have created this new video-driven study. their teaching take a faith-based approach into the traits parents want their children to have, and the traits they want to learn to model for their children. Captured on these DVD are real-life parenting moments taken inside the home of 20 real families who are trying to raise their kids in the best way possible. When: Thursdays, October 6 - November 10, at 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. While children are in the Billy Booth Fine Arts Program. Babysitting will be provided for preschoolers.

Click here to register for this webinar What: This webinar will teach families functional assessments to manage their own crises as part of the wraparound process. When: Tuesday, August 23th, 2011 12:00pm - 1:30pm Mountain Presenter: Jim Rast, Vroon VanDenBerg, LLP

Click here to register for this free webinar What: Nearly every state in the country has adopted a new set of common academic standards in mathematics and English/language arts. The new guidelines lay out fundamental changes in the skills students are expected to have. But there is a long road from understanding the standards to putting them into practice in the classroom. This webinar will let participants in on the approaches that two districts—Hillsborough County, Fla. and Cleveland —are taking as they work to educate teachers about the standards and turn them into new types of teaching and learning. Register now for this free live event! When: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm Mountain Guests: Lynn Dougherty-Underwood, director of K-12 literacy, Hillsborough County Public Schools (Fla.). Mark Baumgartner, director of professional issues, Cleveland Teachers Union.