Acculturation and Cognition: Issues in Identification and Intervention

This workshop explores the complexities of the interaction among culture, language, cognition and development, particularly in relation to the public school environment.  The workshop will address the impact of acculturation on the identification of special needs, screening and assessment for special education, specific intervention and instruction issues and provide procedures and strategies for addressing the acculturative needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students.

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Acculturation: Considerations for Assessment, Intervention and Instruction

In this workshop, we will address the impact of acculturation on the identification of special needs, screening and assessment for special education, specific intervention and instruction issues, and provide procedures and strategies for addressing the acculturative needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students.

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Adapting Instruction for At-Risk Diverse Learners

This workshop synthesizes information about adapting instruction including affective, instructional and cognitive learning strategies for culturally and linguistically diverse students at-risk for learning and behavior problems.

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Assessment and Evaluation in the Education of ELL Students

In this workshop, we will provide information about assessment and evaluation within cross-cultural settings particularly in the education of English language learners and limited English proficient students.  We will also cover legal and ethical issues as well as provide opportunities to use and interpret various assessment techniques.

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Cognitive Learning Styles and Strategies in a Cross-Cultural Setting

This workshop assists teachers in identifying their own style of learning and thinking.  From this base of knowledge, the workshop then addresses numerous strategies to improve the learning environment and interaction in a classroom with culturally and linguistically diverse students. 

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Equity for All: Balancing Diversity and Equality

This workshop addresses the challenges facing education professionals working with diverse learning and behavior problems and provides a discussion of equity and proportionality issues related to the assessment, identification and instruction of diverse learners in today's schools.  Best practices and current legal guidelines will also be presented.

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Family Centered Learning and Empowerment

This workshop will explore four strategies for improving culturally diverse parent involvement:  Learning about today's diverse families; Building mutual understanding; Reconceptualizing partnerships; and Collaboration strategies.  Current census data and information about specific communities will be presented as well as strategies and techniques for developing effective collaborative family centered learning programs.  This workshop was chosen as one of TESOL's 10 Best at their 2002 conference!

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Games & Simulations for Cross-Cultural Instruction

Learn to use and develop acculturation and integration games and simulations. These games are terrific for CLD, ELL, and LEP students, and they also work great in mainstream classrooms.

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Instructional Intervention for At-Risk Diverse Learners: the PreReferral Process

This workshop addresses the development of instructional intervention for language minority students with learning and behavior problems.  We provide an introduction to the assessment, intervention, identification strategies that are most effective in identifying difference issues at the prereferral stage.  Participants will receive copies of screening tools and information on best practice.

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Instructional Strategies for ELL Diverse Learners

This workshop provides participants with information and hands on experience in teaching limited English proficient students in inclusive classroom settings.  Participants will recieve a handout set that includes instructional process and application suggestions.  Best practice activities will also be illustrated and presented.

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Language Content and Reinforcement Games

Games can be used as learning activities, reinforcing new knowledge or expanding emerging knowledge and skills.  They are an experiential activity used with effectiveness in classrooms at all levels of education and training and in a variety of areas.  This workshop discusses the use of games, role play and simulations in teaching emerging English learners.  We describe specific card game applications and how to make your own card games.

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Multicultural Reading and Language Arts Curricula in the Classroom

In this workshop, we examine and develop specific examples of curricular structures, including integrated and thematic units and language development within content areas.   The use of whole language, language experience and phonics approaches to teaching reading to ESL students will be explored in depth.  Also included will be informal reading and language assessment and monitoring procedures and the integration of reading and writing strategies.  Language development and reinforcement activities will also be discussed and demonstrated.

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Resiliency-based Instruction for Diverse Learners

The workshop provides resources for making intervention effective and introduce strategies that are most effective in separating difference from disability.  This workshop synthesizes information about data based decision-making, adapting instruction, including affective, instructional, and cognitive learning strategies, for culturally and linguistically different students at-risk for learning and behavior problems.

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Second Language Acquisition

The goal in this course is to explore the complex and fascinating world of language learning.  We will examine current trends and issues in Second Language Acquisition, theoretical notions and research in the study of language and the language learner, the process of acquisition, and the interaction of the agent, learner, language, and the learning context.  This course will aid in developing awareness of how Second Language Acquisition theory and research apply to specific language learning and teaching environments and in evaluating the hypotheses scholars have formed to try to answer questions related to Second Language Acquisition.

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Separating Difference and Disability

Whether you have an existing bilingual special education program or want to consider building one, this workshop will help you to establish a comprehensive intervention, staffing, and monitoring process of ELL, LEP and CLD students. Meets OCR standards for compliance and monitoring.

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Working with LEP Children with Special Needs

Explore ways to develop effective instructional and curricular interventions and strategies when you do not speak the same language as your ELL and LEP students. Meets OCR standards for compliance and monitoring.

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