ESC Region 13's Beat the Heat is a multi-day professional development opportunity for educators who work with children ages 3-5 and children with significant disabilities ages 6-21.
3 DAYS, June 29- July 1, 2016 DISCOUNTED PRICE $125.00 for all 3 days! A $30 savings over registering for individual days. ESC Region 13 area parents and para-educators contact Maria.Daniel@esc13.txed.net to receive a discount code to attend at no cost.Wednesday features full day in-depth sessions from national presenters on topics including: Challenging Behavior, Communication/AAC, Transition and more!
Thursday and Friday follow the popular traditional format of a keynote speaker and breakout sessions on best practices featuring area professionals and ESC staff. Content for breakout sessions is developed to meet the needs of new and veteran teachers. Topics include: Curriculum & Instruction; Classroom Management & Organization; Behavior; Autism; Communication; Assistive Technology; Sensory Motor; Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD)
This year's theme speakers are still to be determined.
Thursday, June 22
Friday, June 23
BTH conference:
Approval pending for TSHA CEUs
Meets criteria for OT CEUs
2.0 TSHA Ethics CEUs provided for the following breakout session on Friday afternoon, July 1:
Communication Partnership: Exploring the Ethics of Roles and Responsibilities
This session takes an ethical approach to understanding our roles and responsibilities as educators, not only to provide our students with ACC access, but also to become proficient speakers of their new language while encouraging others to do the same. Just as typically developing children spend the first several years of their lives listening and mastering the use of oral language, students who use AAC will need time, patience, and lots of communication partners to become fluent.
This session is targeted to SLPs, but is appropriate for everyone who works with kids.