SCEC Workshop Offerings

SCEC partners with the Southeast Collaborative Regional Organization (SCRO) each November to offer a full day of workshops dedicated to improving the quality of education. Please contact Carolyn Mckearney for further information about professional development, or to schedule a workshop in your district:

Augmentative communication strategies

Autism spectrum disorder

Boardmaker

Bullying prevention and intervention

Bus driver training

Civil rights

Classroom management

CPR and first aid

Creating therapeutic classrooms

Curriculum alignment

Developing individual health care plans

Dysphagia and feeding the child with medical challenges

Educator evaluation

Food allergy management in school

Integrating related services into your classroom

Interactive white board activities for early childhood settings

Introducing STEAM to your classroom

iPad accessibility features for students with disabilities

iPad apps for communication

iPad and switch use for communication

Lifting and handling non-ambulatory students

Maintaining student confidentiality

Maximizing student engagement

Mentor training

MTEL preparation

Nonviolent crisis intervention, Crisis Prevention Institute

Paraprofessional training:

  • Strategies for inclusion
  • Positive behavioral instruction and  supports
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Mentoring

Physical and occupational therapy

Positive behavior interventions and supports

Preventing and reporting discriminatory harassment

Preventing and reporting child abuse and neglect

Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis

Reading comprehension and thinking skills: teaching vs. telling

Resources for evaluating and working with students with complex communication needs 

Restraint and seclusion

Safe schools

Self regulation for students

Sensory integration

SmartBoard

Social and emotional learning

Special Education Law (offered annually)

Statewide testing

Student-led IEP meetings

Therapeutic supports

Transition planning and services

Transportation safety

Trauma-informed care

Understanding data input and student output

Universal precautions and medication administration

Using Google Chrome as assistive technology

Using Google for education

Using transition binders

Wellness activities

Writing transition-based IEPs

Contact:
Carolyn McKearney, EdD
Special Education Administrator
cmckearney@scecoll.org