PresenceLearning’s New Webinar Addresses Strategies to Improve Social Communication and Emotional Regulation
Final “Real School Climate Change” webinar helps special educators promote a positive learning environment for all students
SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, 2015 – Difficulties with social communication and emotional regulation are two traits many students with special needs exhibit. When improperly managed, both can contribute to behavior issues that can disrupt classroom instruction and affect overall school climate. To help educators better manage these difficulties, PresenceLearning is hosting the “Social Communication + Emotional Regulation: An Environment for School Success” webinar on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET. During the live, 90-minute webinar, Dr. Barry Prizant and his colleagues Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP, and Amy Laurent, Ed.M, OTR/L, will provide an overview of the SCERTS® Model and detail strategies for preventing problem behavior. This is the final webinar in the Fall 2015 “Real School Climate Change” webinar series.
To register for this webinar, visit: http://pages.presencelearning.com/webinar-school-climate-change-prizant-rubin-laurent-register.html.
The SCERTS Model prioritizes the developmental areas of Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support — critical foundations for student success both socially and academically — while preventing problem behavior.
By attending this webinar, participants will learn how to:
- Identify and apply the domains and curriculum components of the SCERTS Model.
- Meet student objectives in social communication and emotional regulation that support learning and prevent problem behavior.
- Apply transactional support strategies that enhance learning and prevent problem behavior.
About the Real School Climate Change Webinar Series
The three-part “Real School Climate Change” fall webinar series has featured expert advice on how to implement effective behavior interventions from behavior disorder expert Dr. Joe Ryan; presented an outline of practice alternatives to the controversial seclusion and restraint tactics, as well as out-of-school suspension tactics, from special education policy expert Dr. Daniel Crimmins; and now wraps up with an introduction to the SCERTS® (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support) Model, including how it can positively impact social-emotional development for those students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), by Dr. Barry Prizant, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, along with Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP, and Amy Laurent, Ed.M, OTR/L. All past webinars are archived for viewing at http://presencelearning.com/resources/sped-ahead-special-education-resources-webinars/.
For complete information about the series and to register for all three webinars, visit: http://presencelearning.com/resources/sped-ahead-special-education-resources-webinars/real-school-climate-change-webinar-series/.
About Dr. Barry Prizant
Dr. Barry Prizant, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is the Director of Childhood Communication Services and Adjunct Professor at Brown University.
About Emily Rubin
Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP is the Director of the Educational Outreach Program at the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta, GA, an NIH Autism Center for Excellence and an academic affiliate of Emory University.
About Amy Laurent
Amy Laurent, Ed.M, OTR/L, is the co-author of the SCERTS model and an adjunct faculty member for the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Rhode Island and for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Emerson College.
About PresenceLearning
PresenceLearning (www.presencelearning.com) is the leading provider of online speech and occupational therapy, behavioral and mental health services, special education academic instruction, and assessments for K-12 districts and families of children with special needs. PresenceLearning’s nationwide network of online professionals and telehealth providers includes hundreds of highly qualified speech language pathologists (SLPs), occupational therapists (OTs), special education teachers, and behavioral and mental health professionals. Treatment sessions are delivered “anytime anywhere” via live interactive video using the latest in evidence-based practices combined with powerful progress reporting.
By partnering with PresenceLearning, education agencies can fill service gaps related to acute and chronic shortages of special education and related services personnel, reduce high caseloads for onsite personnel, reduce their backlog of assessments, improve student outcomes and improve efficiency. Service offerings include live, online speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral interventions, mental health services, special education instruction, and assessments. Since 2009, PresenceLearning and its network of over 700 online professionals has delivered more than a million live, online sessions to students with special needs in public, charter and virtual schools across the U.S. and globally, proving that online delivery of special education and related services is practical, convenient and highly effective.
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