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School Board of Broward County, Exceptional Student Education Newsletter

January 2010 ESE Parent Workshops

Greetings Parents!

THURSDAY

January 7, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Village Civic Center

Village Meeting Hall

6800 Sunset Strip

Sunrise, FL 33313

"Building Social Relationships: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Social Difficulties"

The workshop will provide an overview of a social skill instructional model developed by Dr. Bellini. The workshop integrates research on social-emotional functioning with effective strategies for teaching social skills to children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The five-step model provides a systematic and comprehensive framework to guide parents and practitioners in the development and implementation of social skills programming.

Learning Objectives for Participants: · Increase knowledge of social and emotional functioning

· Increase awareness of the relationship between social skill deficits and social anxiety

· Develop skills necessary to assess social functioning

· Increase awareness of skill acquisition versus performance deficits

· Increase awareness of available social skill strategies

· Develop skills necessary to implement social skills strategies

Presenter: Bellini, Assistant Director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism (IRCA), Indiana

Cost: Free!

SATURDAY

January 23, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.

Nova Southeastern Univ.

(Health Professions Div. Assembly Building, Room 2105 Hull Aud.)

3200 S. University Drive

Davie, FL 33328

Follow the ESE Parent Workshop signs to locate the meeting room.

"Hands-On Math Workshop: Primary Level"

"Making Math Easy-to-Do in K-2"

Working with materials easily located in your home, participants will experience activities that will simplify difficult math concepts. We will explore... · Activities that make counting forwards, backwards, by 2's, 5's, and 10's, a simple task. · Positions along a place value chart: thousands, hundreds, tens,

· Terms that means addition vs. terms that indicate subtraction · Difficult concept like regrouping in addition and subtraction · Money, money, money · Making time a snap · Enter the world of macaroni, magnetic letters, clocks, play-dough and rulers to learn about time, number sequence and money · Boost student achievement through understanding the concept instead of rote memorization

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Lunch on your own.

12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

"Hands-On Math Workshop: Intermediate Level" "Brain-Based Math Activities that Excite Every Learner"

Working with materials easily located in your home, every participant will explore hands-on activities that help your child understand...

· Numbers in standard, word, and expanded form · Place values to the billions · Measurement through music and movement · Fractions, fractions, more equivalent fractions · Elapsed time based on television schedules · How to weigh objects in metric and customary units · How to shop until you drop to learn about money and play in the backyard with clocks for elapsed time concepts

· Boost student achievement through understanding the concept instead of rote memorization · And just generally have fun with math from now through middle school!Presenter: , Writemath Enterprises, Inc., Valrico, FL

Cost: $10.00 Registration Fee for refreshments (check or money order made out to: School Board of Broward County)

SATURDAY

January 30, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

3200 S. University Drive, Davie, FL 33328 "

Nova Southeastern Univ.

(Health Professions Div. Assembly Building, Room 2105 Hull Aud.)

"Helping My Child with Homework and Study Skills"

This interactive workshop for parents will discuss why homework is important and also will describe typical problems that students have that interfere with homework completion. The primary focus will be on strategies that parents can use to help their children complete homework assignments accurately and on time.

Presenter: Marjorie Montague, PhD, University of Miami Cost: $10.00 Registration Fee for refreshments (check or money order made out to: School Board of Broward County)

January 25, 2010

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Piper High School

(Auditorium)

8000 NW 44th Street

Sunrise, FL 33351

"ESE Advisory Council Meeting"

Note: Pre-registration is not required.

ESE Advisory Council offers many resources, assistance and information regarding ESE education. Parents are encouraged to attend monthly meetings. ESE Advisory Council welcomes parent participation.

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