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Effective strategies for supporting families and their young children with addressing challenging behavior and social-emotional development - Tampa Workshops for early childhood coaches, administrators, teachers, therapists, and mental health counselors.

Child’s Play: Teaching Strategies That Promote Appropriate Behavior and Social Interactions. This brand new session focuses on the middle of the pyramid:  teaching targeted social-emotional skills and peer supports. 12/1, 12/2 & 12/4

*Each workshop will be held from 1:00- 4:00 p.m. and will be repeated on 3 separate dates - please select only 1 date.

Contact Mary Cifuentes to register and to receive training location 813-974-4346 or mcifuentes@fmhi.usf.edu

 

November 18, 2009
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in Westside Conference Center A
Nila Benito, Dept. of Child & Family Studies
“The Inclusion of People with Developmental Disabilities is a Right not a Privilege”

January 20, 2010
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in MHC 1503
Sylvia Diehl, Communication Disorders
“When Children Don’t Have Words: The Power of Alternative and Augmentative Communication”

February 17, 2010
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in MHC 1503
Liz Perkins, Dept. of Child & Family Studies
“Quality of Life for Older Caregivers of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities”

March 17, 2010
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in MHC 1503
Russ Kirby, Community & Family Health
The Population Health Perspective on Child Health & Development”

March 17-20, 2010
“7th Annual National Training Institute on Effective Practices:
Supporting Young Children's Social Emotional Development”
Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida.

For more information: nti@dec-sped.org

March 27-29, 2010
“7th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support”
Hyatt Regency St. Louis, Missouri
For more information: Ilene Page
813.974.8295 or visit www.apbs.org

April 14, 2010
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in MHC 1503
Lise Fox & Denise Binder, Dept. of Child & Family Studies
Implementing Classroom-Wide PBS: Using Coaching to Change Preschool Teacher Behavior”

April 23, 2010
USF’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities) invites you to the 5th Annual Fiesta by the Bay at Gaspar’s Grotto in Ybor City, Tampa.  For more information, contact Christine Rover at 813-974-9264 or crover@fmhi.usf.edu

 


 

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