Areas of Expertise - early literacy development, learning disabilities, instructional design, and classroom and behavior management. The professional development activities are designed to be highly interactive and provide lots of practical problem solving opportunities. Professional Services - provide inservice training for elementary and special education teachers focusing on strategies to facilitate inclusion. Instructional strategies can include cooperative learning and thematic interdisciplinary unit planning. Planning process for inclusion and collaborative consultation topics can also be presented.
Training is highly interactive.
Areas of Expertise - education of language minority students, with emphasis on students who are at educational risk and students with disabilities. Professional Services - experience in conducting workshops and making presentations related to prevention of academic failure, validating referrals of language minority students to special education, cultural and linguistic considerations in special education, and development of teachers' intercultural communication skills. The presentation format varies based on the nature and purpose of the sessions, but includes interaction, small group activities, and simulations. Professional Services - assist. Professional Services - provide inservice training for elementary school teachers focusing on second language acquisition and using ESL strategies with English language learners with mild to moderate disabilities to develop language and literacy skills.