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This training session will delve into Louisiana’s Special Education dispute resolution options and what to do when you disagree with the school regarding your child’s special education services. We will discuss:
- Frequently used acronyms
- Different informal and formal dispute resolutions options offered by the Louisiana Department of Education
- How to request a dispute resolution option.
Parenting is challenging, particularly when you are parenting a child from a hard place. TBRI ® Empowering Principles will provide an in-depth look at ways to empower your children by meeting their unique physical needs and creating an environment in which they can succeed. This session includes information on sensory processing and practical tools and skills to help children regulate their emotions and behaviors. This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing.
This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing. This live, online training has 4 video-conferencing modules, giving participants the opportunity learn in an interactive environment.
Please Note: Participants must attend TBRI Introduction and Overview prior to attending this training.
Module 1: Empowering
Learning objectives:
1. Understanding regarding how to help teach children self-regulation through internal (physiological) and external (environmental) strategies
2. Understanding the importance of felt safety and how it enables learning and growth in children
3. Understanding the effects of dehydration and fluctuations in blood glucose and how to proactively avoid such fluctuations.
4. Mindset shift surrounding the question, “What is the need behind this behavior?”
5. Understanding regarding the functions of the external and internal senses
6. Understanding how trauma has affected the sensory systems of children and how these deficits are often mistaken as willful misbehavior.
Module 2: Empowering
Learning objectives:
1. Watching empowering principles put into practice in behavioral episodes
2. Recognizing the importance of felt safety, connection, and setting the behavioral bar appropriately in relationship with a child’s ability to self-regulate.
3. Understanding the need for support during transitions for children who have experienced trauma and how to implement those needed supports.
4. Understanding the progression from external regulation to self-regulation and how to mentor children’s capacity to self-regulate.
CWLA has partnered with Welcome2Reality, LLC to present the engaging four-part training series, Dear Black Male. We invite you to join us for a training that will provide an overview of the history and culture of African Americans with a focus on recognizing cultural mistrust, issues faced, and perceptions of Black males. Through lecture and discussion, participants will identity how efforts to adequately provide for Back males can be linked to the fight for larger social justice goals for themselves and their communities. Participants in this training will:
- Develop an understanding of the importance of the role of the historian in interpreting African American history;
- Expand their knowledge and awareness of the disproportionality of Black males who are institutionalized and the impact it has on communities;
- Learn the most common mistakes professionals make when working with Black males and how to avoid them; and
- Engage in dialogue to identify strengths-based practices and interventions that foster family health and resilience.
This training is open and welcome to everyone. The training format will incorporate lecture, discussion, video, and group activities. The following topics will be covered during the four (4) two-hour training sessions:
- Session 1: Dear Black Male…Historical View
- Session 2: Dear Black Male…Incarceration
- Session 3: Dear Black Male…Mental Health
- Session 4: Dear Black Male…Family
Trainers:
Anthony Gay, BA is the Director of Curricula Development at Welcome2Reality, LLC. Anthony is passionate about teaching and conducts research, develops training modules /curricula, and facilitates training. Anthony spent several years as a full-time trainer, developing or co-authoring training modules on fatherhood, professionalism, cultural competency, trauma, working with adolescents, family-centered assessment, and human trafficking. For over ten years, Anthony has been focused on improving communities by advocating for equality for fathers. Anthony is a member of a national fatherhood network that shares resources and ideas to improve fathers’ and families’ outcomes. Anthony is a leader in the realm of fatherhood in Connecticut and hosts numerous fatherhood themed events throughout the year, promoting positive fatherhood. As a result of his dedication, Anthony has received numerous awards recognizing his work with fathers and families.
Qur-an Webb, MSW is the Director of Operations at Welcome2Reality, LLC. Qur-an has been in the social work field for over 20 years and is the Connecticut Chapter Lead for Media Literacy Now, which focuses on education around media literacy. In this role, Qur-an was instrumental in getting Public Act No. 15-94 and Public Act No. 17-67 passed in Connecticut, which now mandates school systems to educate the safe use of social media and computer programming instruction, and in creating an advisory council related to digital citizenship, internet safety, and media literacy. He also works as an independent contractor and is an adjunct instructor. Qur-an is the vice president of the Association of Black Sports Officials. In this role, Qur-an advocates for the rights of and opportunities for Black sports officials and pushes for equality among officials. He also provides training and professional development opportunities domestically and internationally for the company.