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  • EXTERNAL PD INFO: STAR Autism Support Summer Professional Learning Opportunities

EXTERNAL PD INFO: STAR Autism Support Summer Professional Learning Opportunities

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
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Special Education Directors,

ADE/ESS and STAR Autism Support are collaborating to offer resources and professional learning opportunities to support your staff with free summer Virtual Professional Development. 

STAR Comprehensive 2-Day Workshop

This comprehensive two-day workshop provides participants with detailed examples and practice activities on how to implement the evidence-based practices identified in the National Standards Report (2009). The STAR Program (Arick, Loos, Falco and Krug, 2015), a research-based curriculum is used to provide examples. Appropriate content connected to the common core curriculum is presented and detailed information on the three evidenced-based instructional methods of discrete trial training, pivotal response training and teaching through functional routines are shared.

Click here to register: May 31 - June 1 | 9:00am-3:00pm PDT

Click here to register: June 8-9 | 9:00am-3:00pm PDT

LINKS Comprehensive 2-Day Workshop

This two-day workshop provides participants with information on how to implement evidence-based practices for secondary students using the Links Curriculum (Arick, Hoffman and Magee-Arick, 2012). Participants will learn to use a process for assessing and teaching functional routines that has been documented in the research. Extensive information will be given on selecting and individualizing routines and teaching specific skills to support success during routines. Participants will learn how to use the evidence-based strategies of discrete trial training, use of visual supports and the use of modeling strategies to teach critical skills. 

Click here to register: May 31 - June 1 | 9:00am-3:00pm PDT

Click here to register: June 8-9 | 9:00am-3:00pm PDT

STAR Remote Learning Workshop (SOLS)

STAR Online Learning System (SOLS) is designed to allow your school district to provide access to all students through remote learning opportunities. Through teacher facing, evidence-based lesson plans and a scope and sequence that provides scaffolded learning opportunities, teachers can provide their students individualized learning opportunities. The focus of the instruction uses the evidence-based practices appropriate for students with autism to teach skills in critical areas. This comprehensive workshop provides participants with detailed examples and practice activities on how to implement the evidence-based practices identified in the National Standards Report (2009) remotely using SOLS. 

Click here to register for one session: June 2 | 8:00am-10:00am; 10:00am-12:00pm; 1:00pm-3:00pm PDT

Click here to register for one session: June 7 | 8:00am-10:00am; 10:00am-12:00pm; 1:00pm-3:00pm PDT

STAR Consistency of Implementation Workshop

This one-day workshop provides participants a review of how to implement the evidence-based instructional strategies identified by the National Standards Project (2009) using the curriculum content and lesson plans from the research-based STAR Program. The focus of the workshop is on fidelity of implementation of the evidence-based practices and use of data collection for instructional decision making. The workshop will engage participants in hands-on practice activities to become fluent in the instructional strategies of discrete trial training, pivotal response training and teaching functional routines as described in the STAR Program.

Click here to register: June 3 | 9:00am-3:00pm PDT

Paraprofessional Training Series Workshop

This workshop series provides paraprofessionals with key strategies and a demonstration of implementing lessons and routines found in the Links Curriculum for middle and secondary students. Participants will also learn how to use basic behavior principles to assess student’s challenging behaviors, identify appropriate interventions that match assessment results, and determine whether an intervention is working.

Click here to register: June 4 | 9:00am-3:00pm PDT

Click here to register: June 10 | 9:00am-3:00pm PDT

General Education Workshop

This workshop will provide general education teachers and staff an introduction to how students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) learn. Examples of simple classroom strategies and tools to help students with ASD be successful in general education classrooms will be provided. Learning outcomes include identifying the characteristics of students with ASD and how these characteristics impact learning, identifying evidence-based strategies to address the learning needs of students with ASD, and identifying a few simple tools to help your students with ASD learn.

Click here to register for one session: June 11 | 9:00am-11:00am; 1:00pm-3:00pm PDT

PEAs are also encouraged to contact STAR Autism Support if they would like additional individualized support during this time for their teachers, related service staff members, and paraprofessionals! Click here to learn more about these additional support opportunities: https://starautismsupport.com/arizona-training-summer-sessions

We are excited to offer these opportunities to work with your teams to support our students!

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