Social Emotional Training Level III: Intensive Individual Interventions

by Carol Weisheit
March 1-2, 2010
Reg. 8:00 AM, Workshop 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Prerequisite training(s): Social Emotional Training Level I: Promoting Children's Success AND Social Emotional Training Level II: Teaching Strategies

Description/Bio: Those who attend both Social Emotional Levels I & II will receive a registration form for this workshop. Participants will understand the difference between Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and traditional discipline approaches; define forms and function of communication and identify the behavioral mechanisms that contribute to viewing challenging behavior; use interview and observation data to determine the communicative function of challenging behavior and develop hypothesis; identify the steps of the process of PBS; describe and select strategies that may be used to prevent challenging behavior; identify replacement skills that may be taught to replace challenging behavior; identify how to respond in a way that does not maintain or reinforce challenging behavior; and develop a behavior support plan, as a team, for a child case study.

Carol Weisheit has been an Early Childhood Resource Specialist with STARnet Regions I and III since 2002. She provides technical assistance and support to teachers of children birth to age eight, focusing primarily on children with special needs. She consults with agencies, schools, and programs on a variety of topics. Carol is adjunct faculty for Heartland Community College and is a certified High/Scope trainer. Carol holds a Bachelor's degree in Child Development and a Master's degree in Child and Family Studies. She is a former state director of Illinois CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), and consults with National CASA on a regular basis. Carol has directed child-care programs for low-income families, coordinated and taught in an at-risk pre-k program, and served as a parent educator providing home visits to families at- risk.

This training will provide 12.0 hours for the following:

• CPDUs (Continuing Professional Development Units) for teacher certification
• CDA (Child Development Associate) credit in area(s) #3
• CE credit for SLP, SW, LCPC, PT, and OT professionals

Full attendance is required to receive a certificate of participation.

In collaboration with Heartland Community College.