Presentations and Workshops
The Confidence Coach!
Barbara Stein, Educational Consultant and Advocate
Staff Workshop Outline
Attention Deficit Disorder: Paving the Rocky Road
What is ADHD?
A. What's all the fuss about? Demystifying what makes these students tick!
B. Why so many children have been diagnosed in recent years...
C. The problem with processing
D. The good things about ADHD...
Tales from the Classroom - Anecdotes and Antidotes
A. Academic - The Problem with Paying Attention
1. Getting Organized! Creating Order out of Chaos: The Computer
2. Facilitating Focus - Daydreams and Nightmares
3. STRESS! Your sense of humor as a teaching tool
4. Disruptions and Distractions - How tasks get completed
B. Social - Tales from the peer group
1. The Torment of Teasing
2. Taking it Personally: Social Cues and Speech Pragmatics
C. Emotional - Everything that can needlessly go wrong
1. Attitude Adjustments
2. How to Handle with Care: The Preservation of Self-Esteem
A Pocketful of Miracles: Survival Strategies for Professionals
A. Effective and Creative approaches for managing ADHD behaviors in the classroom without
losing your mind
B. Modifications and accommodations that enhance learning and decrease frustration
C. The fine line between enabling and facilitating
D. Creative writing techniques for disorganized perfectionists
The Power of a Teacher- Take a Bow!
A. Sensitivity and Leadership - The Secrets of Confidence Coaching
A set of handouts will be provided for duplication in advance of the workshop date
Parent Workshop Outline
Attention Deficit Disorder: Paving the Rocky Road
Why Me? Parent to Parent
A. It's not as scary as you think
B. Why so many children have been diagnosed in recent years
C. The things they do...
D. The good things about ADHD...
School-Anecdotes and Antidotes
A. The bookbag that went through the blender - Getting Organized
B. The torment of teasing - peer problems and tears
C. Zero tolerance and your child's impulsivity
D.The computer that saved the day
Home: Cleaning up their Room and their Act!
A. Why a sense of humor is necessary for your survival
B. The Power of Believing: Keeping your eyes on the Prize
C. Activities that preserve self-esteem
D. The Power of Pro-Acting
Advocacy
A. What every parent should know about a Free Appropriate Public Education
B. Modifications and accommodations that enhance learning and decrease frustration
C. The fine line between enabling and facilitating
D. Love letters to the school - How to get what you need, but were afraid to ask
The Power of a Parent - A Pep Talk with Staying Power
A. Getting a grip
B. The win-win situation
C. Enjoying your child and appreciating YOURSELF
A set of handouts will be provided for duplication in advance of the workshop date
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