Additional Professional Development Opportunities
Listed below are more professional development opportunities that are additions to our printed Calendar.
Be sure to read our general policies regarding registering for workshops, cancellation, and attendance. Registration instructions and information about registering online can be found on the main Professional Development page.

Setting-up Your Pre-K Classroom Environment
Aug 26, 2010 4-6pm webinar
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Revisiting the Project Approach originally scheduled for Friday, August 20, 2010, has been moved to Thursday, August 19, 2010. (Full event description is in the Summer Calendar.)
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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R)
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Young Children and ADHD - Straight Talk and Strategies
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Presenter: Chris Ziegler-Dendy
Registration - 8:30 am - 8:55 am, Workshop - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm  Description: ADHD and executive function deficits have a profound impact on language development, learning and behavior. This session provides an overview of research and description of the impact on preschoolers. The brains of children with ADHD mature at a rate that is three years slower than their peers. This delayed maturation has a profound impact on a preschoolers' language skills, ability to pay attention, impulsivity, ability to follow directions, and play well with peers.  Bad parenting does not cause these problems. However, teaching positive parenting practices is beneficial and will help parents cope better with these challenging ADHD behaviors. Specific strategies for working with these children will be reviewed.
Contact Hours: 6
Location:   DoubleTree Hotel, 5000 W. 127th Street, Alsip, IL 60803
Phone: (708) 371-7300 (For directions only)

Conscious Discipline®
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Presented by Ginny Luther, author of Peaceful Parenting, this workshop is in collaboration with Illinois STAR NET Region VI & The Children's Learning Center at Prairie State College.
Conscious Discipline® is a comprehensive emotional intelligence and classroom management program consisting of Brain Smart™ strategies for responding rather than reacting to live events. Discovering how the brain learns to self-regulate and optimal brain functions.

Day 1 - What is Conscious Discipline®?
Conscious Discipline®: Structures & Strategies That Build Safety & Connection
• Study the pattern seeking of the brain
• Discuss how the best exercise for the brain is exercise
• Explore how the brain functions optimally when it feels safe
• Learn how connections on the outside build connections on the inside
• Learn how to move past your own “triggers” or hot buttons
• Create effective routines that eliminate the majority of discipline problems
• Discuss ways to create and implement a safe place in the classroom and a safe keepers ritual
• Analyze ways to optimize brain development to enhance and increase academic achievement

Day 2 – What is Conscious Discipline®?
Conscious Discipline® Connection: Soothing the Emotional State
• Explore how to literally “wire” children for self-control
• Connecting the Survival State and the Emotional State, strategies and structures
• Examine jobs that build unity and self-worth
• Analyze how assertiveness is the skill that teaches others how to treat you
• How to focus on the behavior you want.