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Professional Development Workshops for Educators

Trillium Demonstration School offers a number of professional educator workshops throughout the school year. Please click here to download a PDF version of the workshops listed below.

The following workshops are open to teachers, school/board consultants, board coordinators and school/board administrators:

S - Attend onsite at the Provincial School location offering the workshop

*New for the 2011-2012 School Year: Trillium School's Visiting Teacher Program

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Description of Workshops

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Teacher Workshop: Psychiatric Disorders - Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive

Milton: S

Thursday, January 19, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Dr. Peter Kondra, Dean Huyck, Special Education Teacher

Cost: $30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Gain further understanding of the co-morbidity of emotional and learning problems.
  • Learn how to identify students’ problems and evidence based interventions.
  • How to advocate and utilize community services effectively.

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Teacher Workshop: Teacher Workshop: Understanding and Managing Anxiety in the Classroom - Part I

Milton: S

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Alyse Nishimura, Social Worker

Cost: $15.00

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • What are the signs and symptoms of anxiety- what to look for?
  • How anxiety can impact learning
  • Practical strategies to address anxiety, what can help and what can hinder
  • Resources

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Teacher Workshop: Understanding and Managing Anxiety in the classroom - Part II

Milton: S

Thursday, January 26, 2012
9:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Facilitators: Alyse Nishimura, Social Worker, Dean Huyck, Special Education Teacher

Cost: $30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Understanding the basics of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy as it applies to the classroom.
  • How to make discussions of anxiety relevant in your class.
  • Interactive learning through the use of case example, different thinking errors and activities to address them in your class.

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Teacher Workshop: What’s Beneath the Surface? – Exploring Effective Strategies to Manage Challenging Behaviours - Part I

Milton: S

Thursday, February 2, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Dean Huyck, Special Education Teacher

Cost: 30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Examine mitigating factors as they relate to behaviour
  • Learn de-escalation strategies to assist in crisis intervention
  • Explore effective communication techniques for counselling students
  • Review resources available to assist educators in managing challenging behaviour

WORKSHOP IS FULL

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Teacher Workshop: What’s Beneath the Surface? – Exploring Effective Strategies to Manage Challenging Behaviours - Part II

Milton: S

Thursday, February 16, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Dean Huyck, Special Education Teacher

Cost: 30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • In a follow up to the principles discussed in Part 1,the first half of the workshop will focus on self esteem and promoting a mentally healthy environment.
  • In the afternoon a round table analysis of particular cases brought by participants will be facilitated.
  • Upon registration, participants will be required to post cases to the workshop in order to have them put on the agenda.

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Teacher Workshop: DRAGON/ SPEAKQ - Exploring Effective, Practical Strategies and Understanding These Powerful Learning Tools

Milton: S

Thursday, February 23, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Mike Watters, Assistive Technology Advisor

Cost: 30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • An introduction to Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 & Speak Q
  • Learn to create your own voice file, make corrections, simple commands, and export and import voice files.
  • Tips on how to train your students as well as providing authentic accommodations for learning and assessment will be explored.
  • Focus on using DNS & Speak Q in the classroom with students with LD.

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Teacher Workshop: KURZWEIL/ PREMIER - Learn Basic, Effective Strategies With These Powerful Text to Speech Tools

Milton: S

Thursday, March 8, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Mike Watters, Assistive Technology Advisor

Cost: 30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Learning new technology does not need to be complicated or time-consuming. If you had limited time to learn (and teach) what is the most effective/practical way to begin?
  • In this workshop, we'll cover the basics of popular AT software Kurzweil 3000, Premier Tools
  • Focus will be on teaching and explaining simple to use strategies and techniques that can be used each and everyday in the classroom. File management techniques will also looked at.

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Teacher Workshop: Understanding the Student with Language-based Learning Disabilities and A.D.H.D
(Practical Strategies)

Milton: S

Thursday, March 22, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Facilitators: Shelley Gladu, Erlene Shea, Resource Services

Cost: $30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • A look at what learning disabilities and A.D.H.D are
  • How do co-morbid learning disabilities and A.D.H.D manifest themselves in the classroom.
  • Learn effective learning and classroom management strategies.

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Teacher Workshop: WORDQ/INSPIRATION/SMART IDEAS - Learn and Better Understand Very Simple Spelling, Planning and Writing Tools to Help

Milton: S

Thursday, April 5, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Mike Watters, Assistive Technology Advisor

Cost: $30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • An in-depth review of WordQ3, Inspiration and SMART Idea. These tools can provide excellent learning opportunities and open many doors for student struggling with LD.
  • Focus will be on teaching and explaining simple to use strategies and techniques that can be used each and everyday in the classroom.

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Teacher Workshop: PREZI - The Next Generation Presentation Tool, Which Dazzles the Mind and Allows for the Most Creative Presentations

Milton: S

Thursday, April 12, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Mike Watters, Assistive Technology Advisor

Cost: $15.00

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Learn Prezi, the new and free presentation tool that is making waves around the world and getting people away from traditional presentation software.
  • A very unique approach to presenting and showcasing material to small or large groups.
  • An easy to use tool that teachers and students alike can learn and develop.
  • Learn, develop, play and feel confident with this new tool to explore in your school and classroom.

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Teacher Workshop: Assistive Technology and Curriculum- Linking the Two Together

Milton: S

Thursday, April 19, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Mike Watters, Assistive Technology Advisor & Gilda Johnstone, Teacher

Cost: $15.00

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Explore how Assistive technology can be directly linked and incorporated with an Ontario Curriculum unit.
  • Work with strategies and tools that have been developed to work with LD learners and AT.
  • Play and learn what will work with your classroom.

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Teacher Workshop: When Kids Can’t Read: Strategies for Success with LD Students

Milton: S

Tuesday, April 26, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Erlene Shea, Resource Services

Cost: $30.00 (includes lunch)

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • What the research tells us about reading and reading difficulties.
  • Evidence-Based intervention.
  • Strategies for struggling readers.

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Teacher Workshop: Understanding the Psycho Ed Assessment

Milton: S

Thursday, May 10, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Shelley Gladu, Resource Services

Cost: $15.00

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Gain understanding of the uses of academic and psychological assessment measures.
  • Understand how assessment information is used and applied to a student’s IEP and used for academic programming.

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Teacher Workshop: iPads/iPods in the Classroom

TENTATIVE

Milton: S

Thursday, May 17, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Tentative

Cost: $15.00

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Review and play with various tools/strategies and apps on both ipads and ipods.
  • A unique look at how these tools can be used in the classroom and provide excellent and engaging learning opportunities.
  • Work with a classroom teacher that has incorporated ipads/ipods and listen to strategies that have worked for them.

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Teacher Workshop: SMART Board Success for Students with LD?

Milton: S

Thursday, May 24, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Mike Watters, Assistive Technology Advisor

Cost: $30.00

Comprehensive Workshop:

  • Strategies for effective use of the SMART Board in a classroom for students with Learning Disabilities.
  • A look at the basic functions and uses of the SMART Board.
  • Making curriculum links and SMART Board lessons.

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