Training & Information Calendar

Training and Information Calendar
Super Team Training Dates for Region One

Early Steps Programs Training Calendar
Tampa St. Petersburg Sarasota and Ft. Myers

2006-2007 PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING
Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, & Sumter Counties 
Infant-Toddler Developmental Specialists/Therapists & Other Providers/Service Coordinators/ Family Resource Specialists/Parents/Administrators/
Other Interested Parties
Date
Title

Presenter

Time/Place
09/08/2006
FRIDAY
Orientation for providersBay Area-Tampa, IYC
West Central-St. Pete, ACH
Respective areas, IYC and ACH
9:00-12:00PM
09/22/2006
FRIDAY
Team Trainings:
1.Team Building
2.Evaluation & Assessment
PAT GROSZ, Ph.D.&
LUCIA FERNANDEZ-FISHER, BA
Infants & Young Children of West Central Florida (IYC)
“NEW LOCATION”
1308 West Sligh Avenue
Tampa, FL 33604
813-375-3980
9:00-4:00PM
10/06/2006
FRIDAY
Children with Challenging BehaviorsLOUISE BOOTHBY-LLORENTE, PH.D.IYC
9:00-12:00PM
10/20/2006
FRIDAY
Team Trainings:
3. Linking Assessment to Intervention
4. Everyday Routines,
Activities & Practices
PAT GROSZ, Ph.D. &
LUCIA FERNANDEZ-FISHER, BA
IYC-Tampa
9:00-4:00PM
11/10/2006
FRIDAY 
Developing Plans of Care to Meet Early Steps & Medicaid RequirementsDR. GLORYBELL RAMIREZ (AHCA) & ITDSChildren’s Board of Hillsborough County
1002 East Palm Avenue,
Tampa, FL
33605
813-229-2884
9:00-12:00PM
01/19/2007Incorporating Play Strategies into a Plan of CareTBAChildren’s Board of Hillsborough County- 9:00-12:00PM
02/09/2007Incorporating Play Strategies for Children 0-3 with Autism: CARD Centers PresentationANNE K. ALLEN, MA, BCABA
SHELTON GILYARD, MSW
KIMBERLY WEBB, MA
Children’s Board of Hillsborough County- 9:00-12:00PM
02/23/07 Managing Toddler’s Challening Behaviors. CEUs provided = 3 hours.Dr. Kathleen ArmstrongChildren’s Board 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
1002 E. Palm Ave., Tampa, Florida 33605
03/09/2007Recipe for Rachel:  A Case Study on Prader-Willi SyndromeSANDRA WHITTINGTON, MS, PAT GROSZ, PH.D., & LOUISE LLORENTE-BOOTHBY, PH.Children’s Board of Hillsborough County- 9:00-12:00PM
04/13/2007Play in the Natural Environment of HomeLOUISE B. LLORENTE, PH.D.Children’s Board of Hillsborough County- 9:00-12:00PM
05/11/2007Special Instruction Consultant Strategies in the Child Care Environment:  The Mentoring ProcessMARIAN JONES- BSChildren’s Board of Hillsborough County- 9:00-12:00PM
06/08/2007Addressing the SuperMOM: A Case Study on Down SyndromePAT GROSZ, Ph.D. & LUCIA FERNANDEZ-FISHER, BAChildren’s Board of Hillsborough County- 9:00-12:00PM
Strengthening Community Partnerships:
Families & Providers Training Families & Providers

Schedule
2007 Series for Infants & Toddlers with Special Needs
Session &
Location
TopicDate
Session 1:
Children’s Haven
Make and Take Low Tech Toys for Infants & Toddlers with Special Needs
(Janet Atkinson, FRS, Director: Outreach & Parent Support)
Feb 13, 2007
@ 9-12- noon
Session 2:
Children’s Haven
Managing Challenging Behaviors in Infants & Toddlers
(Jonathan Worcester, Ph.D.)
Sailing the Sea of Emotions
(Janet Atkinson, FRS)
Feb 13, 2007
@ 1-4 pm
Call Janet Atkinson by February 23, 2007 to RSVP at (813) 375-3980, ext. 23. Stipends available for Families.

The Family Resource Specialists for Sarasota/Manatee will participate in the training to answer questions regarding the local program for infants and toddlers with special needs:
Tashia Holland, Alissa Perry, and Donna Cohen.
There will be a one hour credit class offered by the College of Public Health this next semester: 

“The effects of poverty and deprivation on short and long term brain development in infants and young children.”

The course will be taught by Dr. Stanley Graven. The classes are 12 – 2 on Jan. 10 & 17, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 7th.  To get the course number to register, please contact the USF College of Public Health at (813) 974 – 7390.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR CONFERENCE

Parents, Teachers, and Professionals Working Together
MARCH 3, 2007
USF College of Public Health
Tampa, Florida
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sponsored by USF Health

Clinicians requesting CEUs………$75
Teachers, School Administrators..$35
Participants without CEUs………..$25
To register: www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/disruptive

DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

EEX 5752 Working with Families: Plur Persp.
Thursdays 5-7:50pm
Dr. Erica McCray
CRN# 11362 Section 901
Spring 2007 Course

For more information, please visit our Website:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/PDP/PDPSpeccourses.html

Click links below for complete information on:
Birth to Five Developmental Specialist

PDP, Birth to Five Project Courses



If you would like to be contacted regarding classes or if you would like more information about the program, please e-mail us with your name and question(s) to [email protected]