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• WORKSHOPS & TRAINING SEMINARS
   

  Sandra is a popular and well-known speaker and presenter.  She has trained thousands of educators, parents, medical & mental health professionals, and others. Sandra presents one and two-day workshops/seminars (tailored to the needs of the audience) on strategies and interventions for reaching and teaching ALL students - particularly those with ADHD, learning disabilities, and other special needs in general education classrooms. Sandra's training is packed with practical strategies to effectively differentiate instruction for diverse learners and manage challenging behaviors in the classroom.  She emphasizes best practices that are good for ALL students, and provides educators with an abundance of useful tools and techniques to take back to their classrooms.
   

  SOME SPECIFIC TOPICS INCLUDE:

  ·         What we know from neuroscience about AD/HD and dyslexia

  ·         Critical factors for success of students with AD/HD, LD and other mild to moderate disabilities in general education classrooms 

  ·         Strategies for engaging and maintaining students’ attention and active participation

  ·         Strategies for increasing on-task behavior and work production

  ·         Proactive management strategies for preventing/minimizing behavioral problems and creating the climate for success (in the classroom and other school environments)

  ·         Individualized interventions for dealing with students' "challenging" behaviors

  ·         Differentiating instruction (what, why and how to…)

  ·         Common learning weaknesses and academic difficulties

  ·         Executive function struggles and strategies: Building students' organization, time management, and study skills

  ·         The battle with homework - and supportive strategies

  ·         Reading: Research-based and motivating strategies and supports (in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension)

  ·         Written language: research-based and motivating strategies and supports (in grapho-motor, spelling, expressive writing/composition)

  ·         Other effective learning and academic strategies and scaffolds

  ·         Early childhood and upper elementary learning centers/stations

  ·         Working on several fronts/collaborative efforts  (between parents, educators, and clinicians or other care/service providers)

  ·         Educational rights of students with disabilities (IDEA/504)

  ·         Implementing Response-to-Intervention (RtI)

  ·         Pre-referral interventions, creative student support team models, and school-wide safety nets

  ·         Maximizing the effectiveness of the Student Support Team process to address the needs of at-risk students

  KEYNOTES

  Sandra presents uplifting and motivating speeches addressing what it takes to make a difference, meet the individual needs of students, and successfully reach & teach ALL children (including those with learning, attention and behavioral challenges).

  CONSULTING

  Sandra's consultation to school districts includes:

  ·         Training general and special education staff in how to differentiate instruction and raise achievement through effective instructional, academic, and behavioral strategies

  ·         Training school staff in positive, proactive classroom management and behavioral support strategies

  ·         Examining and developing interventions and support systems for at-risk students

  ·         Implementing a continuum of academic and behavioral supports/interventions and Response to Intervention (RTI) approach.

  ·         Effective Student Support Team/Instructional Support Team models, processes and practices

  School's role in the diagnosis, monitoring, and intervention of students with AD/HD (site-based procedures and processes)

   

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