STUDENT SERVICES
SUMMER SESSIONS
August 16 - 31, 2011
Locations:
Bluewater Education Centre
Hillcrest Elementary School
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There is no cost to participants. This will be on your own time.
Anyone can register via Training Manager.
To access Training Manager go to the BWDSB website and click on “Student Services
Summer Sessions” under “Happening Now” on the right side of the home page. After
viewing the information package, click on “online registration” and follow the prompts to
register for your workshops. Please use your board email address to enter. Not password
is required. If your registration has successfully gone through, you will receive a
confirmation message sent to your BEAM mailbox confirming your registration.
Registration is first come, first served. There will be no waiting list for full sessions.
Sessions run from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm, unless otherwise stated.
Please sign in at the beginning of your session. Attendance will be recorded so you will
have a record of your Professional Development kept in Training Manager.
Snacks / lunch arrangements are up to individuals. Call-ahead reservations for lunch may
be helpful.
Please bring your own drinks.
If workshops are cancelled for any reason, registrants will be notified through BEAM.
Please note that there are more NVCI sessions coming in 2011-2012, the first one being
full certification sessions on Friday, September 16th in each area.
A calendar is on the last page to help make sessions dates clearer.
If you need assistance, please contact Nancy Becker at BEC (519-363-2014).
Please note:
This summer Bluewater District School Board is not having our formal Summer Institute.
Student Success will be offering sessions sponsored by the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat
(Literacy K-8 – Aug. 22-23 & Numeracy K-12 – Aug. 24-25) as well as a Literacy Session – Grades
7-12 (Aug. 22-23) sponsored by Student Success – Learning to 18. There is no cost to the
participants for these sessions yet there is a requirement to register (information at the site listed
below). Sessions will all be held at Chesley District High School.
Below is the link to all of the LNS sessions being offered in the province.
attend here in BWDSB or at any other site.
You may choose to
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy//initiative.html
Bluewater Education Centre
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Teacher Talk
Aug. 16, 17 & 18 – 3 days
Presenters: Val Morano and Tracy Slater
This three day workshop will help you gain practical, interactive strategies for building the social, language and early
literacy skills of Junior and Senior Kindergarten age children. You’ll learn how to ensure that every child in the
classroom receives the support he or she needs –including those with language delays and those who are secondlanguage learners. This is open to all EA’s, ECE’s, and teachers.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a 3 day session. There will be a $20.00 charge for materials.
Bio: Val Morano has been a Speech-Language Pathologist in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board
since 1995. Tracy Slater is a Speech-Language Pathologist who has worked within Grey-Bruce with the preschool SLP program, the
BWDSB, and in private practice.
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Teaching A Student With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Elementary School
Aug. 17 – AM Only
Presenters: Jennifer MacIsaac
Are you new to teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorder or feeling you would like some new ideas, information
and resources? Please join us for an interactive half day workshop for elementary teaching staff and educational
assistants. This session will concentrate on strategies that have proven to be successful for supporting the learning and
success of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The training will consist of activities, discussion and information
sharing. Participants will receive resources to support strategies back in the classroom. Participants will also receive a
certificate of attendance.
Bio: Jennifer MacIsaac is an Autism Spectrum Disorder Consultant with Thames Valley Children's Centre, Autism Program. Jennifer
consultants with educators, families and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, to build capacity around Applied Behaviour
Analysis and effective strategies to support skill development.
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Teaching A Student With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Secondary School
Aug. 18 – AM Only
Presenters: Jennifer MacIsaac
Are you new to teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorder or feeling you would like some new ideas, information
and resources? Please join us for an interactive half day workshop for secondary teaching staff and educational
assistants. This session will concentrate on strategies that have proven to be successful for supporting the learning and
success of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The training will consist of activities, discussion and information
sharing. Participants will receive resources to support strategies back in the classroom. Participants will also receive a
certificate of attendance.
Bio: Jennifer MacIsaac is an Autism Spectrum Disorder Consultant with Thames Valley Children's Centre, Autism Program. Jennifer
consultants with educators, families and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, to build capacity around Applied Behaviour
Analysis and effective strategies to support skill development.
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Premier – Introduction
Premier – Advanced
Presenter:
Aug. 23 – AM Only
Aug. 23 – PM Only
Crystal Stobbe
Crystal Stobbe will present two half day-long training sessions designed to bring dedicated teachers and staff together
and to demonstrate the power and practicality of Premier learning tools. More than simply providing instruction on the
use of Premier tools, the training sessions will give teachers a forum to share ideas, celebrate successes and to
prepare for a future that is rushing toward us at the speed of light. No need to have any previous experience using
Premier AT software. The morning “Introduction to Premier” will allow for overview and hands on practice. The
afternoon session will be geared at learning advanced skills with practical application for student use.
Premier tools are meaningful, effective and easy to use. The Talking Word Processor is a fully-functional word
processing package that talks. It also includes a talking grammar check, word prediction, content summarization,
highlight/extract capabilities, integrated dictionary and a variety of tools to assist in proofing documents. The English
Talking Dictionary, for example, is a comprehensive, unabridged dictionary AND thesaurus that contains more than
250,000 words and definitions that can be read aloud. The French Talking Dictionary contains 189,000 words that
allows the user to search for French words without knowing how they are spelled. PDF Equalizer is a must-have
software solution that transforms PDF files from mere content to true study tools. Laptops provided.
Bio: Crystal Stobbe is a Communicative Disorders Assistant in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board.
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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) – Basic Certification
Aug. 23 - Full Day
Note: This session requires 6 hours for the course and time to write the exam. It will run from 9:00 am – 12:00
pm and 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
Presenters: SEAS
This program emphasizes early intervention and non-physical methods for preventing or managing disruptive
behaviour. Personal safety techniques are included.
By participating in this program you will gain the confidence necessary to handle crisis situations with minimal anxiety
and maximum security.
Bio: Specialized Educational Assistant Support (SEAS) work in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board.
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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) – Basic Certification
Aug. 24 - Full Day
Note: This session requires 6 hours for the course and time to write the exam. It will run from 9:00 am – 12:00
pm and 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
Presenters: SEAS
This program emphasizes early intervention and non-physical methods for preventing or managing disruptive
behaviour. Personal safety techniques are included.
By participating in this program you will gain the confidence necessary to handle crisis situations with minimal anxiety
and maximum security.
Bio: Specialized Educational Assistant Support (SEAS) work in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board.
211 Introduction to Restorative Practices
Aug. 23 & 24 – 2 Days
PLEASE NOTE: This is a 3 day session being presented over 2 days. It will begin at 9:00 am and end at 4:30 pm.
Presenters: Virginia Wiley and Christine McArdelll
Restorative practice is based on a philosophy of community healing. It focuses on offender accountability, problem solving
and creating a voice for victims and offenders. The process is collaborative and inclusive and usually involves the
participation of victims, offenders and the community affected by an offence, in finding solutions that seek to repair harm done
and promote community harmony.
A Restorative Practices Group Conferencing model takes a school offence and turns it into a “teachable moment”. The result
is that children/youth are educated as to the impact their actions have had on others, they are held accountable for their
actions in a meaningful and constructive way, and they are given the opportunity to make amends to their victims. This model
is a nationally developed training program, endorsed by the RCMP. This three day training program may lead to certification
of facilitators.
Bio: Virginia received the 2005 Canada Peace Medallion for her work in Restorative Justice within the school system and
community. She is an Attendance Counsellor for BWDSB. She has extensive experience working with at-risk youth and their families
and coordinates the Restorative Measures program within the Board. Virginia has been certified by the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police to provide Community Justice Forum facilitator training on their behalf. She is also a facilitator for the community based Youth
Justice Circle program and is a trained facilitator in a number of restorative justice models.
Christine is from the Community Youth Justice Circle Program.
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Dragon Naturally Speaking
August 24 - AM Only
Presenter: Pam King & Crystal Stobbe
Dragon Naturally Speaking is a voice to text program that is on the Windows (PC) classroom image. This session will provide
participants with a hands-on opportunity to utilize Dragon Naturally Speaking including developing a beginning voice file. The
session will include discussion regarding how to best help students develop a voice file; what students benefit from this
software; as well as other tips on how to utilize DNS with students. Laptops provided.
Bio: Pam and Crystal are Communicative Disorders Assistants in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Bd.
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Boardmaker Plus – Overview
August 24 - PM Only
Presenter: Pam King & Crystal Stobbe
In this engaging and productive workshop, participants will learn about the key features of Boardmaker including drawing
tools, symbol-finder tools, symbolate tools (version 6.0), working with digital images and more! Participants will create symbolsupported materials that they can take away and use in their classroom.
Participants will learn about key resources that provide ready-made activities and templates for quick creation of Boardmaker
displays. Laptops provided.
Bio: Pam and Crystal are Communicative Disorders Assistants in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School
Board.
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Accessing Electronic Texts
Aug. 25 – Full Day
Presenter: Crystal Stobbe
Now that many reading materials are available electronically through the AERO Resource Library, it is important to
know what programs to use with different electronic formats (e.g. PDF, Kurzweil, Word). As well, downloaded or
scanned texts are all organized in different ways which sometimes makes it difficult for students to manage. This
workshop will give an overview of different formats and the types of programs that might be used to interact with text
(e.g. Talking Word Processor, PDF Equalizer, Etext Reader). Discussions will include the types of changes that need to
be made to text to help students deal with them more efficiently (e.g. bookmarking, resaving chapters, extracting
information etc.) This full day training session will also allow for hands on learning and teach scanning and formatting
best practices. Laptops provided.
NOTE: Workshop participants should have a basic knowledge of Premier Suites
Bio: Crystal Stobbe is a Communicative Disorders Assistant in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board.
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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) – Basic Certification
Aug. 29 - Full Day
Note: This session requires 6 hours for the course and time to write the exam. It will run from 9:00 am – 12:00
pm and 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
Presenters: SEAS
This program emphasizes early intervention and non-physical methods for preventing or managing disruptive
behaviour. Personal safety techniques are included.
By participating in this program you will gain the confidence necessary to handle crisis situations with minimal anxiety
and maximum security.
Bio: Specialized Educational Assistant Support (SEAS) work in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board.
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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) – Basic Certification
Aug. 31 - Full Day
Note: This session requires 6 hours for the course and time to write the exam. It will run from 9:00 am – 12:00
pm and 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
Presenters: SEAS
This program emphasizes early intervention and non-physical methods for preventing or managing disruptive
behaviour. Personal safety techniques are included.
By participating in this program you will gain the confidence necessary to handle crisis situations with minimal anxiety
and maximum security.
Bio: Specialized Educational Assistant Support (SEAS) work in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board.
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NVCI – Autism Specific Training
Aug. 29 & 31 – 2 Days
Note: In order to enrol in the NVCI Autism Specific workshop, you must have received previous certification in
NVCI within the last 2 years.
Presenters: Specialized Educational Assistant Support
Building on the basic principles of NVCI, this workshop will strengthen your understanding of all Nonviolent Crisis
Intervention training concepts and as well, it will help you to develop an understanding of autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) that assists in understanding why behaviours occur, how to prevent behaviours from occurring, and how to
appropriately intervene. We will expand on the CPI Crisis Development Model and will explore appropriate adaptations
and interventions at each level that correspond to the unique needs and learning styles of individuals with ASD.
You will be invited to problem solve a variety of scenarios that staff may encounter when supporting individuals with
ASD during a crisis situation.
Bio: Specialized Educational Assistant Support (SEAS) work in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School
Board.
Hillcrest Elementary School, Owen Sound
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Aug. 26 – AM Only
Coping with Children Who Have Mental Health Issues
Presenters: Stacey Rayner and Bruce Rowney
1 in 5 children in Ontario have mental health issues. This is a startling statistic. During this workshop, participants will
learn about common mental health disorders in children from ADHD to eating disorders. The workshop will also
discuss strategies that classroom teachers can employ to help students cope with their ongoing struggle and where to
go for help.
Bio: Stacey and Bruce are Behaviour Lead Teachers in the Student Services Department of Bluewater District School Board.
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Restorative Justice
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Premier Intro /Advanced
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NVCI – Basic Cert.
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Accessing Elec. Text
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NVCI – Basic Cert.
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Coping with Children
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Health Issues @ HIL