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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 4/10/2016 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 4/10/2016 12:01 AM
Agency: CESA 10
Agency Contact: Vickie Waters
Agency Assistant: Shari Owen 715-720-2060
Audience: K-12 EBD Teachers, K-12 Cross Categorical, School Psychologists, Special Education Directors
Location: CESA 10
725 West Park Avenue
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Facility: Conference Center (Rooms 1-2-3)
Date/Time:
4/12/2016 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Attachments:

Tuesday, April 12, 2016
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
CESA 10 Conference Center
Chippewa Falls

John Bemis
Educational Consultant, DPI, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders

As part of the Mental Health Framework developed by DPI, the initial session will focus on dealing with mental health concerns for students receiving special education services.  Topics include:

  • understanding mental health
  • awareness of supports for teachers
  • what makes a practice evidence-based
  • cultivating student’s readiness to make changes
  • changes in teacher perspective needed for successful interventions
  • improving teacher practices in working with students with disabilities in need of mental health strategies.

Follow up sessions will be more specifically focused on:  

  • Aggression Reduction:  strategies available to teachers to reduce aggression in our students
  • Managing Anxiety in a School Setting:  looks at impact of anxiety on students and ways we can manage and reduce these issues which can impair our students
  • Dealing with Disruptive Disorders:  how issues of conduct develop and what we can do to positively impact our students avoiding the unsuccessful use of punishments.

Cost:  No charge to CESA 10 CSPD (Comprehensive System of Personnel Development) member school districts; $50 to non-member districts.

Contacts:
Details:    Vickie Waters, vwaters@cesa10.k12.wi.us
Registration:    Shari Owen, sowen@cesa10.k12.wi.us, 715-720-2060

Registration deadline:  April 8, 2016
Registration is done electronically through MyQuickReg (www.myquickreg.com)

Teacher Standards
WES2The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.
WES3The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
WES4The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology to encourage children’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
WES5The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
WES8The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
WES9The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
WES10The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well being and who acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.