Workshops and Consulting
Our tailored, motivational, and entertaining workshops are on the topics most germane to general and special educators today. They are designed to either stand alone or work in combination with our consulting, which focuses on implementation, problem-solving, skill development, establishing momentum, and sustaining results.
- ADD/ADHD
- Administration
- The Role of Administrators in Supporting Teachers’ Use of Differentiation and Compacting (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Response to Intervention (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Creating a Culture of Collaboration between General and Special Education: A Unified System for All Students (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Avoiding Over-Reliance on Paraprofessionals: Knowing When to Use a Para and When to Apply a Different Solution (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Reshaping Special Education: Creating Connections to Curriculum through IEPs (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Planning: A Tool for Supporting Students & Families as They Move from Grade to Grade & Building to Building (Carol Kosnitsky)
- New Special Education Directors: Professional Practice (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Experienced Special Education Directors: Professional Practice (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Asperger's
- Assessment
- Rubrics: What They Really Are & What They Really Do (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Products & Rubrics: How to Use Both to Assess Student Learning (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Making Sense of Assessment (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Elementary Assessment (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- Creating Science Performance Assessments in Elementary and Middle School (Elaine Silva Mangiante)
- Autism
- Introduction to Autism Spectrum (3 years – middle school) (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Working with Students with Asperger's, High Functioning Autism, and Communication Disorders: An Overview Plus Tips for Managing Classroom Behavior (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Social Skills and Autism (3 years – 6th grade) (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Encouraging Early Language Skills for Children with Autism (2 - 5 years) (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Working with Nonverbal Children with Autism and Those with More Intense Needs (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Behavior Management for Children with Autism (2 years – 6th grade) (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Behavior
- Manage & Change Difficult Classroom Behavior (Polly Bath)
- Changing a Student’s Difficult Behaviors: Behavior Consultation with Recommendations (Polly Bath)
- Managing Classroom Behavior for the New Teacher: So You Know How to Teach Kids, But Do You Know How to Manage Their Behaviors? (Polly Bath)
- How to Process with Upset & Distressed Students: De-escalate, Relate, Evaluate, Teach New Skills, & Reintegrate (Polly Bath)
- The Great Paraprofessional: Behavior Management and Other Key Skills (Polly Bath)
- Managing and Changing Lunchroom & Recess Behavior (Polly Bath)
- Behavior Intervention Plans to Help Students Succeed (Polly Bath)
- Functional Behavior Assessments (Polly Bath)
- Working with the Parents of Students with Difficult Behaviors (Polly Bath)
- Supporting Dr. Mike Mezzocchi Student Support Centers, Core Teams, and Behavior Plans (Polly Bath)
- Working with Students with Asperger's, High Functioning Autism, and Communication Disorders: An Overview Plus Tips for Managing Classroom Behavior (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Behavior Management for Children with Autism (2 years – 6th grade) (John Moran, Ed.D.)
- Recess & Lunchroom Supervision: Improving Behaviors, Avoiding Pitfalls (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- Avoiding & Resolving Conflicts in the Classroom (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- Managing & Changing Classroom Behavior Using Dr. Mike Mezzocchi’s “Scripting” Techniques (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- How Teachers and Guidance Counselors Can Coach Students to Make Better Decisions, Get Along Better with Others, and Understand the Cause and Effect of Their Choices (Susan Hastings)
- Co-Teaching
- Conflict - Avoiding & Resolving
- Curriculum Compacting
- Curriculum-Based Measurement
- Differentiating Instruction, Compacting, Products, Rubrics
- Getting Started: Establishing a Differentiated Classroom (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Keeping It Going: Managing a Differentiated Classroom (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- The Role of Administrators in Supporting Teachers’ Use of Differentiation and Compacting (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Curriculum Compacting: What It Is & How to Manage It (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Using Higher Order Thinking Skills to Differentiate Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Rubrics: What They Really Are & What They Really Do (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Products & Rubrics: How to Use Both to Assess Student Learning (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Making Sense of Assessment (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Gifted/Talented
- Curriculum Compacting: What It Is & How to Manage It (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Using Higher Order Thinking Skills to Differentiate Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- The Gifted Child: How to Identify and Meet Their Needs in the General Education Classroom (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Gifted Education: You Have the Job, NOW What Do You Do With It? (Caroline Cohen, Ph.D.)
- Higher Order Thinking Skills
- Inquiry-Based Learning
- Inspiration
- Math for General and Special Education
- Doing Fractions with Pattern Blocks (Tom Schersten)
- Geometry and Measurement (Tom Schersten)
- Concrete Algebra (Tom Schersten)
- Decimals and Base Ten Blocks (Tom Schersten)
- Number and Spatial Sense Using Interlocking Cubes (Tom Schersten)
- Integers (Tom Schersten)
- Geometry (Tom Schersten)
- Percentage (Tom Schersten)
- Attribute Blocks and Logic (Tom Schersten)
- Problem Solving (Tom Schersten)
- Probability (Tom Schersten)
- Statistics (Tom Schersten)
- Games and Puzzles for Primary Students (Tom Schersten)
- Number Sense and Alternative Computation (Tom Schersten)
- Alternative Computational Algorithms, Grades 3 - 6 (Tom Schersten)
- Algebra through Visually Mediated Thinking, Grades 6 - 9 (Tom Schersten)
- Using the Finite Differences Method to Define a Function, Grades 7 - 12 (Tom Schersten)
- Decimals and Scientific Notation, Grades 7 - 12 (Tom Schersten)
- Probability and Statistics, Grades 7 - 12 (Tom Schersten)
- Mentoring
- Mission Statements
- Paraprofessionals
- The Great Paraprofessional: Behavior Management and Other Key Skills (Polly Bath)
- Managing and Changing Lunchroom & Recess Behavior (Polly Bath)
- Avoiding Over-Reliance on Paraprofessionals: Knowing When to Use a Para and When to Apply a Different Solution (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Planning: A Tool for Supporting Students & Families as They Move from Grade to Grade & Building to Building (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Instructional Strategies for the Paraprofessional (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Helping the Paraprofessional Understand Disabilities: From Diagnosis to Educational Planning (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Recess & Lunchroom Supervision: Improving Behaviors, Avoiding Pitfalls (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- General Skillful Teaching Techniques for the Paraprofessional (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- Parents
- Effective Strategies that Support Parent/School Partnerships in Special Education (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Planning: A Tool for Supporting Students & Families as They Move from Grade to Grade & Building to Building (Carol Kosnitsky)
- How to Help Parents (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- Involve Parents Successfully In Your Classroom and School (based on Dr. William Glasser’s Choice Theory©) (Nancy S. Buck, Ph.D.)
- Peaceful Parenting©: Parenting for Maximum Effect with Minimal Conflict (Nancy S. Buck, Ph.D.)
- Peer Coaching
- Progress Monitoring
- Reading
- RTI
- Rubrics
- Science, Assessment
- Science, Teaching
- Planning Science Units and Lessons to Make Learning Explicit in Science Inquiry Lessons (Elaine Silva Mangiante)
- Teachers Working Together to Create an Integrated Science Unit (Elaine Silva Mangiante)
- The Sardine Lab (grades 3 – 8) (Dick Bothmer)
- Trees (grades 3 – 8) (Dick Bothmer)
- Qualitative and Quantitative Lab (grades 3 – 8) (Dick Bothmer)
- Bio Mapping (grades 3 – 8) (Dick Bothmer)
- Secondary School Personalization
- Social Skills
- Special Education
- Changing a Student’s Difficult Behaviors: Behavior Consultation with Recommendations (Polly Bath)
- Response to Intervention (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Increasing Student Outcomes through the Use of Effective Co-Teaching: General and Special Education in the General Classroom Setting (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Measuring Student Progress: Developing IEPs that Work! (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Progress Monitoring: Bridging General and Special Education Requirements (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Co-Planning: Bridging the Gap between General and Special Education (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Creating a Culture of Collaboration between General and Special Education: A Unified System for All Students (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Avoiding Over-Reliance on Paraprofessionals: Knowing When to Use a Para and When to Apply a Different Solution (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Reshaping Special Education: Creating Connections to Curriculum through IEPs (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Excelling as a Case Manager: Strategies for Successfully Dealing with Non-Instructional Responsibilities (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Managing Effective IEP Meetings (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Access to the General Education Curriculum (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Effective Strategies that Support Parent/School Partnerships in Special Education (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Planning: A Tool for Supporting Students & Families as They Move from Grade to Grade & Building to Building (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Instructional Strategies for the Paraprofessional (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Helping the Paraprofessional Understand Disabilities: From Diagnosis to Educational Planning (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Self-Advocacy: Teaching Kids to Drive Their Own Educational Planning (Carol Kosnitsky)
- New Special Education Teachers: Professional Practice (Carol Kosnitsky)
- New Special Education Directors: Professional Practice (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Experienced Special Education Directors: Professional Practice (Carol Kosnitsky)
- Working Effectively with Our ADD/ADHD Students in the Classroom (Joyce Butler, Ed.D.)
- Stress
- Writing Workshops
