The following workshops and trainings are offered by WILC. We welcome your suggestions and ideas for future trainings.
Don’t see a workshop you’d like to attend? Contact us for more information or to suggest a training (contact@wilc.org).
Advocacy
- Advocacy 101, Importance of Advocating for your Special Child
- Understanding the EI – CPSE Transition Process
- Understanding the CPSE – CSE Transition process
- Understanding the ADA & Section 504
- Understanding the Common Core
- Common Core the Latest Developments
- Overview of EI, CPSE and CSE
- Understanding the CSE Process
- Understanding & Developing an effective IEP
- Understanding 504 Plans
- How do you know if Your Child is Succeeding
- Understanding Evaluations
- Understanding your Child’s IEP
- Assistive Technology and the IEP
- Family Empowerment Advocacy Series (Formerly the Lay Advocacy Workshop Series)
- Developing Mentoring Skills to Assist Others
- Special Education 101
- Building Self Esteem for Parents of Children with Special Needs
- My Child has been declassified, what do I do now?
Special Education
- When should you refer your child to Special Education
- NY State Special Education Rules and Regulations
- Navigating the Special Education System
- School Discipline, Suspensions & Manifestation Determination
- Know your rights if you Child is Suspended
- Independent Educational Evaluations
- Components of an IEP
- Due Process- what is it? When do you file for it?
Transition
- Diploma options: An Overview
- CDOS Credential: An overview
- SACC Credential: An overview
- Transition Planning for the College Bound Student
- Planning for the Future of Your Loved One with Special Needs – Special Needs Trusts & Guardianship, ABLE Act
- Transition planning for the Non-College Bound Student to vocational or other adult programs
- Developing a Vision/life care plan for your Child
- Person Centered Planning
- How to incorporate behavior services into a successful transition plan.
Behavior Supports
- Bullying
- Eye on Bullying ToolKit
- Functional Behavior Assessments and Positive Behavior Interventions
- Positive Behavior Interventions that work at school and in the home
- Understanding difficult behaviors in Young Children
- School Avoidance
- School Avoidance and Anxiety, What Parents can do.
- Social Skills Development
- Using ABA to Teach Functional Life Skills& Job Readiness Skills
- Behavior: what it is, why it occurs and how to manage it
- Supporting your Child’s social skills development
Communication & Collaboration
- Effective Communication Strategies
- Ask an Advocate
- ABCs of School Meetings
- Innovative Approaches to CPSE/CSE Meetings
- Team Building with Your school District
Medical
- Food Allergies & School
- Childhood Motor Speech Disorders & the PROMPT System
- Safety Issues and Concerns for Parents & Caregivers of Children with Special Needs
- Auditory Processing Disorders in the Classroom
- How Executive Functioning Effects Learning
- Sensory Processing Disorders and Learning
Additional
- WILC/PILS Services: An Overview
- Disability Awareness
- OPWDD Eligibility & the Front Door
- Social Security Disability Benefits (SSI/SSD)
