Announcements

Friday, November 2, 2018
8:45am - 2:00pm
Explicit instruction is a systematic, direct, data-driven and research-based approach to teaching students who are affected by symptoms related to trauma. The principles of explicit instruction have been validated to improve both the academic and social skills of students with and without disabilities.
This conference is designed for educators and school administrators and will focus on explicit instruction and trauma-informed classroom strategies. Background on the effects of trauma on students and their learning will be discussed along with teaching strategies that take the effects of trauma into consideration. Both topics are associated with improving educational outcomes for all students.
Educators and school administrators working in typical and alternative school settings.
8:45am – 9:15am
Registration & Breakfast; Introduction
9:15am – 11:00am
Explicit Instruction for Students with Disabilities
David R. Gualtiere, M.A., Ed.
Principal, Greenburgh Academy
11:00am -12:00pm
Trauma and its Effect on Children and Learning
Dr. Joanna Becker, Ph.D.
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Trauma-Informed Classroom Strategies
Jerry Newell
Principal, Green Chimneys School
This event is FREE but you must register before October 26.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Registration is now closed.
This meeting is made possible with generous support provided by
Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Foundation.
Found abandoned in a box with her brother in Brooklyn, NY, this sheep was rescued as a newborn. After she was stabilized by a wildlife rehabilitator, she was driven up to Green Chimneys Farm where the children hand fed her with bottles of warm milk. The responsibility of becoming a caretaker for a little animal like Brook Lyn gives students a chance to recognize their own ability to make a contribution. Many of the children have been “taken care” of all of their lives by caring parents, concerned teachers and mental health staff, but stepping up and holding a bottle for this little orphan lamb transforms them from service receivers to service providers.