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Designing a Course for Online Delivery

Are you a teacher facing layoffs? Think about learning to provide a course online. Add value to your resume by learning techniques, technology, and methods for designing your online courses by taking an online course. You will have hands-on training in Blackboard, you will focus on developing one online course from a sound pedagogical perspective within a 10 week asynchronous delivery, with the support assistance from an Instructional Designer through weekly assignments. Intended for beginner/intermediate Blackboard users. Don’t get left behind, delivering courses online is the wave of the future.

Instructor: Tonia Malone holds an M.S. in Education with a specialization in Online Teaching and Learning. She has been an Instructional Designer at Cal Poly for over fourteen years.

DEV3 E869
01/11/10 - 03/21/10 Register online for Designing a Course for Online Delivery
elearning online with weekly assignments
No class meetings
Fee: $525

Advanced Classroom Management

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Advanced Classroom Management is a course geared primarily for professionals serving children and youths presenting behavior problems to the school or community. Focuses on cognitive- and cognitive-behavioral interventions with an emphasis on teaching students how to change and manage their own behavior. Since previous knowledge and understanding of traditional behavioral (operant) concepts and strategies is required, it is strongly recommended that you take an introductory behavior management course to learn the basic terms and concepts of behavior management prior to taking this "Advanced" course.

Instructor: Joe Kaplan

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Attention Deficit Disorder: Information & Interventions

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A complete history of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) will be presented along with accepted and experimental treatment methods. You will learn practical intervention strategies designed to increase on-task behavior while decreasing disruptive, inappropriate off-task classroom behavior.

Instructor: Mick Jackson holds a Master of Science in Special Education from Portland State University. He has 15 years of combined experience in self-contained special education classrooms, resource rooms and a hospital day treatment center. He has conducted seminars on behavior to school districts, teacher groups and at educational conferences.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $230
2.0 CEUs

Autism & Asperger's Disorder

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This course describes Autism and Asperger’s Disorder including characteristics, associated learning styles, communication weaknesses, and various intervention strategies. It will help you make sense out of why individuals with autism spectrum disorders act as they do and what you can do to enhance more appropriate behavior.

Instructor: Marrea Winnega

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $230
2.0 CEUs

Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive

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Learn intervention strategies to protect yourself and those you care about from harassment. You will discover the relationship between discrimination and harassment, and definitions of the forms of harassment.

Explore the impact of sexual harassment on victims and the workplace and learn methods for stopping harassment, and guidelines for creating and implementing policies to prevent harassment.

Instructor: Mick Jackson holds a Master of Science in Special Education from Portland State University. He has 15 years of combined experience in self-contained special education classrooms, resource rooms and a hospital day treatment center. He has conducted seminars on behavior to school districts, teacher groups and at educational conferences.

DEV1 E813
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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $250
4.0 CEUs

Inclusion: Working with Special Needs Students in Mainstream Classrooms

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This course is designed to help social and general educators gain a better understanding of inclusion. Upon completion, you will be able to define key concepts and terms, identify and describe federal legislature and court cases, and list and describe federal definitions of students entitled to special services. It will also help you identify the roles and responsibilities of educators in providing special services to students educated in inclusive classrooms.

Instructor: Florah Luseno

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Child Abuse: Working with Abused & Neglected Children

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This course is designed to help you identify and effectively teach students affected by child abuse and/or neglect. This course teaches you to recognize the signs of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect and emotional neglect in students. It also discusses factors that exist in families who abuse or neglect their children. A major emphasis in this course is helping you understand the special learning needs of the abused or neglected child, and how to meet those needs in the regular classroom. Working with parents and community agencies is also emphasized.

Textbook: None

Instructor: Joan Halverstadt

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No class meetings.
Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Drugs & Alcohol in Schools: Understanding Substance Abuse

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This computer-based course is designed to give you a more comprehensive understanding of alcohol, drugs, and their influences in your classroom. You will explore the multitude of complex dynamics that contribute to this biological and social phenomenon. The course provides a basic historical perspective of substance use along with biological, psychological, and social factors that comprise the disease of addiction.

Instructor: Margaret Ann Rapp is a Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Social Work from New York University and holds a Master of Social Work from Adelphi University. She has over 20 years of teaching experience.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $230
2.0 CEUs

Education Assessment: Assessing Student Learning in the Classroom

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Educational Assessment is a computer-based instruction course (CBI) designed to further develop the conceptual and technical skills required by teachers to help them identify their educational goals, and implement meaningful instructional strategies for effective learning by students with special needs. The course will outline procedures for designing or selecting, administering and interpreting, a variety of informal assessment measures typically used in schools. The presentation of assessment information in an acceptable format to parents and teachers will also be addressed.

Instructor: A.N. (Bob) Pillay is a doctoral-level instructor who has been teaching in the field of Special Education for the past 30 years. He ha received numerous national and international awards for his research in the field. He has headed boards and committees in more than five countries to develop and strengthen special services for Australia, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia. Dr. Pillay has extensive knowledge of special education issues in the USA due to this doctoral studies at the University of Louisville, He is currently a Senior Fellow in Special Education at the University of Melbourne.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Infant & Toddler Mental Health

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The course Infant & Toddler Mental Health has been divided into six chapters. This course will provide information on such issues as definition, best practice methods, attachment, temperament, and infant and toddler curriculum. The subject areas are sequential and, although it is not required, they should be completed in the order in which they are presented in the program. After completing these six chapters you should have the basic framework for understanding the critical role of infant and toddler mental health, as well as developmental knowledge of children from birth to thirty-six months.

Instructor: Melissa Bandy is a Developmental Specialist with a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Studies. She has 10 years of combined experience in early childhood education classrooms with children ranging in age from birth to 8 years.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
3.0 CEUs
Fee: $240

Learning Disabilities: Practical Information

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This computer-based course will cover diverse theoretical approaches to students with learning disabilities. Learn to provide sensitive and appropriate assessment and evaluation of students as well as receive direction for program planning and implementation.

Explore the importance of a close and positive partnership with parents (or alternative care giver) to insure that the home-school relationship is effective and meaningful. You will review some of the major trends and issues in the field of Learning Disabilities.

Instructor Dr. Bob Pillay has been teaching in the field of Special Education for the past 30 years. He has received numerous national and international awards for research in the field and has extensive knowledge of special education issues in the USA due to this doctoral studies at the University of Louisville. He is currently a Senior Fellow in Special Education at the University of Melbourne.

DEV1 E817
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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $250
4.0 CEUs

Reading Fundamentals #1: An Introduction to Scientifically-Based Research

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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandates the use of scientifically-based research in programs receiving federal funding that deal with remedial readers (Fleishman, Kohlmoos, & Rotherham, 2003). The concept of Scientifically-validated methods is so prevalent in the legislation that it appears 110 times when referring to Reading First (Slavin, 2003) (i.e., to date, the largest, most focused early reading initiative in the U.S.). The purpose of this course is to help improve your knowledge of science and the scientific process. This knowledge will make you a more informed consumer and an event better advocate for students. This is the first course in a three-course series.

Instructor: Mick Jackson holds a Master of Science in Special Education from Portland State University. He has 15 years of combined experience in self-contained special education classrooms, resource rooms and a hospital day treatment center. He has conducted seminars on behavior to school districts, teacher groups and at educational conferences.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Reading Fundamentals #2: Laying the Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction

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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandates the use of scientifically-based research in programs receiving federal funding that deal with remedial readers. The concept of scientifically-validated methods is so prevalent in the legislation that it appears 110 times when referring to Reading First. This three-course series will help improve your knowledge of science and the scientific process. This knowledge will make you a more informed consumer and an even better advocate for students. The purpose of this second course in this three-course series is to lay the foundation for effective reading instruction. As part of this course, you will learn about the elements of effective instruction. It is important that all teachers have a firm understanding of effective instructional procedures. Teachers benefit, and more importantly, students benefit, both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance. Further, you will learn about the importance of reading instruction and read some sobering statistics on reading performance in this country and what happens when individuals are not proficient in reading.

Instructor: Mick Jackson holds a Master of Science in Special Education from Portland State University. He has 15 years of combined experience in self-contained special education classrooms, resource rooms and a hospital day treatment center. He has conducted seminars on behavior to school districts, teacher groups and at educational conferences.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Reading Fundamentals #3: The Elements of Effective Reading Instruction & Assessment

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This course will focus on learning to read, reading to learn, and an introduction to reading assessment. As part of these two key areas of reading instruction, the five elements of effective reading instruction will be highlighted, including definitions, implications for instruction, and future directions. These five elements include instruction in: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. Further, we discuss information on teacher preparation in learning about comprehension strategy instruction and reading instruction, as well as how to integrate computer technology into the classroom. Additionally, the course will provide information on important assessment terms and definitions and will explore how reading assessment fits within the Reading First Program. This analysis includes specific recommendations on 29 reading assessments. Finally, the course describes how teachers can conduct pivotal curriculum-based measurement procedures in their classrooms.

Instructor: Mick Jackson holds a Master of Science in Special Education from Portland State University. He has 15 years of combined experience in self-contained special education classrooms, resource rooms and a hospital day treatment center. He has conducted seminars on behavior to school districts, teacher groups and at educational conferences.

DEV3 E812
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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $250
4.0 CEUs

Talented & Gifted: Working with High Achievers

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This interactive computer based course will help you achieve a better understanding of the talented and gifted student, methods used in identification, and strategies for instruction of these students in an inclusive classroom. Talented an Gifted provides information on the history of the exceptional in relation to education, current law, and accepted methods for referral, assessment and identification of these students. The course also covers major program models and methods of differentiating instruction to meet the rate and level of learning of those students identified, gives you an understanding of ways to meet the affective needs of the gifted and talented student in the regular classroom, and lists resources for teachers and parents who would like more information about the talented and gifted.

Textbook: None

Instructor: Kathleen Sole holds a MS in Education from the University at Albany. She has over 30 years of teaching experience and is actively involved in educational change.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Traumatized Child: The Effects of Stress, Trauma & Violence on Student Learning

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This course is designed to help classroom teachers, school counselors and other educational personnel gain strategies to reach and teach students who have been affected by stress, trauma and/or violence. Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of stress and trauma.

Participants will explore how stress, violence and trauma affect a student’s learning, cognitive brain development and social-emotional development. The short- and long-term consequences of being exposed to stress, trauma or violence, as well as the social and family causes, will be reviewed. Participants will learn the dynamics of domestic violence and community violence. The educator’s role in the intervention and prevention of violence will be discussed.

Instructor: Joan Halverstadt received her Masters in Education from George Mason University and her BA in Psychology and Elementary Education from Whitman College. She has extensive experience working with at-risk preschool and elementary students.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.00 CEUs

Understanding Aggression: Coping with Aggressive Behavior

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Understanding Aggression includes topics on violence, aggression in the classroom, youth gangs, aggression in sports and on television, how drugs and alcohol play a role in aggression and violence, and “hot spots” that tend to breed aggression and violence.
The course helps school personnel become more aware of the causes of aggression and ways to evaluate aggression and intervene before the aggression turns to violence in the schools. The course also speaks about aggression in our communities through driving, dating, sports, television and music, and how these issues are dealt with in modern society.

Instructor: Michael Sedler, D.Min., holds a Master of Social Work, and an Elementary Education Certification. He has several years of teaching experience and counseling experience with behaviorally/emotionally disturbed students.

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $250
4.0 CEUs

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Violence in Schools

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You will have a better understanding of school violence and increase your intervention strategies with this course. You will gain a foundational understanding of violence and the motivational purposes behind aggression. The correlation and impact of the media, community, and family upon violence is investigated.

You will learn identification and intervention approaches to deal with out-of-control behaviors. You will receive information on national resources available for parents and teachers. You will develop specific strategies to minimize the occurrence of violence in schools and your community.

Instructor: Michael Sedler, D.Min., holds a Master of Social Work, and an Elementary Education Certification. He has several years of teaching experience and counseling experience with behaviorally/emotionally disturbed students.

DEV1 E811
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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs

Harassment, Bullying & Cyber-Intimidation in Schools

Harassment, Bullying & Cyber- Intimidation in Schools will discuss definitions and the personal, social, and legal ramifications associated with sexual harassment, bullying, and cyber-intimidation. This course will address what we know about these troubling areas. We will then explore preventative strategies as well as how school staff can address these issues when they occur. A clear understanding of what constitutes harassment and the harmful effects of harassment on people and institutions is essential to providing a safe and inclusive school environment for all.

Instructor: Candyce Reynolds

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Online course or eLearning via CD-Rom
No class meetings
Fee: $240
3.0 CEUs