Now you can find high-quality, professional development training seminars for your staff of teachers, childcare workers, home educators, or parenting group.
Chose a workshop below that offers fresh strategies to increase learning potential in young students. These classes are all tried and true, and have been vetted by teachers. They are packed with hands-on techniques that can be applied in your classroom or home visit the very next day. Each class is designed as a 2-hour workshop, with relevant visuals, handouts, and personal time to ask specific questions for the OT. Just ask if you want to customize your professional development to spend more time with each topic.
Building Blocks for School-Ready Writing Skills
In this class you will explore the developmental stages, as well as the sensory processing and motor aspects of handwriting. You will also receive fun and useful classroom strategies and games to promote a strong pencil grip and writing skills. (For educators in Pre-k through 2nd grade, including general education or special education.)
Infants and Toddlers Learn by Moving
This workshop is tailor-made for early intervention specialists, parent educators, and birth-to-three childcare workers. You will receive clear-cut adult practices to help babies learn. This is play-based and yet so pertinent to how little ones develop problem solving skills and ready-to-learn strategies by moving through their environment.
Fantastic 4 Foundations for Movement in the Classroom
This class is packed with relevant and energizing strategies to intentionally support motor skills in your students. Research shows that increased coordination positively correlates with increased attention and academic achievement. (For pre-K through 2nd grade educators, or Special Education up to 5th grade.)
Strategies for Inclusion
Inclusion is the celebration of diversity put into action. See how you can promote inclusive experiences in the classroom to foster a sense of belonging and positive social relationships. Learn practical strategies to facilitate children’s successful interactions with peers, and participation in educational activities.
Strategies for Children with Communication Delay
Learn research-based strategies to support your students who are early language learners. You will receive specific tools, including how to use visuals, and ideas to incorporate technology such as video prompting. These will help children express their needs, or wants, understand adult expectations, and make choices to help them make meaningful connections.
Angie is an occupational therapist who enjoys public speaking (which she attributes to years of 4-H experience as a kid). She has frequently presented at teacher conferences, such as The Conference of the Young Years, and for school districts, private preschools and child-care facilities across the state of Missouri. Her recent internship with Youth in Need enhanced onboarding staff education for their Head Start program.
Each of these classes can be customized for a parents and caregivers group meeting. Just ask.
“My co-workers and I are raving about your presentation! We talked about it so much, our Instructional Coach wants our whole staff to hear all the awesomeness you have to share.” -Kim, Kindergarten Teacher
“Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights. Your presentations were terrific!”
–Abby, Parent Educator
“We want Angie back! We have been looking for sessions that appeal to early childhood educators. -Katy, Pre-school Teacher
If you and your staff would like to dive deeper into a specific educational topic of your choice, please contact Angie to request the design of your customized class.
Angie says, “What good does it do for only the OT to know these things? I love sharing these concepts from the mind of an occupational therapist with teachers, caregivers, and parent educators: the people to work so closely with the children every day.”
Call or email us today to inquire about rates and to book your next professional development course.
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