The VSB POPARD
District Consultant will provide a 4-part series designed to support K/1 classroom
teams with including their students with Autism in the classroom. Since most
supports discussed will be universal, there will be information applicable to
any K/1 team, regardless of the diagnoses of students in their class. You are
encouraged to attend this series as a classroom team (SSA, Classroom
Teacher, Resource Teacher). These workshops will take place from
3:10-4:10 every Thursday from Nov. 26th to Winter Break (4 weeks).
Topics in Order of Delivery:
Universal and Individual Visual Supports
Social Cognition & Theory of Mind:
Levels of perspective taking: Strategies to support perspective taking
Joint attention and social referencing
Key Elements for Effective Classroom Management
Presenter: Kristy Petroni, POPARD Consultant
Nov 30 UPDATE: Registration is now open until the day of the final workshop (Dec. 17th at 2:30 PM). As this is a workshop delivered by POPARD, it will be hosted on ZOOM. A link will be sent prior to each week’s workshop. Zoom can be accessed through an internet browser on a phone, tablet or computer simply by clicking the link.