Target Audience: Osceola County ESE teachers, general education teachers, service providers, and staff who work with students with disabilities.

Course Description: The primary purpose of this professional development is to provide information about accommodations and their use to meet the diverse learning needs of students with disabilities.

Course Objective: In this training participants will:

• Review Federal and State Requirements

• Examine the 4 questions, which help determine the need for accommodations and their effectiveness

• Learn about the 4 categories of accommodations (including types and examples)

• Explore the importance of integrating accommodations through UDL and Differentiated Instruction

• Understand the definition of assistive technology (AT) and the role it plays in accommodations

• Review accommodations for Florida statewide student assessments

The accommodations handbook Accommodations-Assisting Students with Disabilities-2018 is available online at the Florida Department of Education website: http://www.fldoe.org

Target Audience: Osceola County Staffing Specialists, teachers, service providers, and staff who develop Individual Education Plans (IEP) and/or Education Plans (EP) for students in an Exceptional Student Education Program.

Course Description: The primary purpose of this professional development is to provide information about the Exceptional Student Education/Florida Education Finance Program (ESE/FEFP) and the Matrix of Services Form.

Course Objective: In this training participants will:

• Learn the 5 domains and the 5 levels of intensity of support

• Note key vocabulary terms

• Review cautions and special considerations

• Examine requirements for data and documentation.

The Matrix of Services Handbook, 2017 Edition will be provided at this training and is available online at the Florida Department of Education website: http://www.fldoe.org

Target Audience: Osceola county educators and support staff of students with significant cognitive delays.

Course Objective: This one day professional development opportunity will focus on how the science of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can be effectively used in the classroom setting to improve learning gains. The focus will be on the types of prompts that can be used to aid in instruction, as well as effective use of reinforcement strategies to reinforce learning.

Course Description:

Participants will:

• review basic principles of learning through the framework of Applied Behavior Analysis and the study of learning behavior

• learn how to create a learning environment that intersperses use of errorless learning procedures as well as incidental teaching procedures to maximize student achievement.

• learn prompting hierarchies as well as how to effectively fade prompts

• discuss reinforcement schedules as well as types of reinforcement and participants will walk away with an understanding of how to choose effective reinforcers.

Implementation Activity: A follow up satisfaction survey and submission of student implementation data are required prior to receiving 12 inservice points.

Follow-Up Method:  Email communication and coaching throughout implementation period will be available upon participant request.

If you have any questions related to this course please contact: robin.williams@fdlrsaction.org   

Target Audience: Osceola County Educators PK-12, ESE, SLPs, OTs, Staffing Specialists, Behavior Specialists, Paraprofessionals, Administrators (all levels)

Course Objective: For many students with disabilities, assistive technology (AT) is critical to ensuring participation and progress in the general curriculum.  This interactive training is helpful for veteran and new teachers alike. It provides an overview of assistive technology (low, mid and high tech) with HANDS-ON exploration of various types of AT and strategies to support student engagement in communication, reading, and writing across all subject areas.

Course Description: Participants will learn and understand:

• what assistive technology is

• how assistive technology can support multiple means of engagement, representation, action and expression for students

• how to support a student in the selection and use of assistive technologies

• how to implement AT strategies in the classroom

Implementation Activity:  A follow up satisfaction survey and pre and post data using an AT strategy are required prior to receiving 12 inservice credits.