Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Length: 30 or 60 minutes
Intended Audience: Parents/teachers/daycare providers

In this presentation, the symptoms of ADHD will be discussed, along with their impact on academic and social functioning. Treatment strategies, including counseling, medication, and classroom accommodations will be addressed.

Notes: In addition to being a 60-minute in-person presentation, this presentation can also be shortened to 30 minutes and delivered via video-conferencing, which would be perfectly suited to faculty meetings, circuit pastor gatherings, conferences, or other events. The presentation is practical and allows for questions and discussion.

This presentation is available to organizations throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Please contact us to arrange for travel fees/accommodations.

Cost: 

30-minute video chat: MAP: $100/Non-MAP: $200

60-minute presentation: MAP: $250/Non-MAP: $350 (plus expenses)

Children of Trauma and Resilience

Presented by: Jane Mose, MA, Family Peer Specialist
Length: 6 hours (may be broken down into two 3-hour sessions or three 2-hour sessions)
Intended Audience: Anyone who works with children, adolescents, families, or communities
Cost: $1,500 MAP Members / $2,100 non-MAP Members

Description: This course introduces participants to a trauma-informed and resilience-focused mindset and teaches participants about toxic stress and trauma, how to help process those experiences and how to foster and nurture characteristics of resilience. It begins with a strong focus on resilience and includes an exploration of how core values and beliefs direct the way professionals work with children. The four universal needs of all human beings as explained by the Circle of Courage® model including belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity are explained and discussed. Participants learn about the experience of trauma as one that impacts a person’s body and shown a demonstration of trauma’s impact on the brain. Participants learn the importance of sensory-based interventions and how to assess a child’s private logic and universal needs. Finally, participants practice the development of trauma-informed and resil­ience-focused support plans for youth.

Note: This training is best delivered in person. A guidebook will need to be purchased for each participant. The cost for these as of August 2022 is $25 per digital guidebook or $35 per printed guidebook. At least three weeks’ notice is required to order these.

Escalating Behaviors: Prevention and Regulation

Presented by: Jane Mose, MA, Family Peer Specialist
Length: 60 minutes
Intended Audience: Teachers
Cost: $250 MAP Members / $350 non-MAP Members

Description: What can we teachers do when a student becomes triggered and starts showing increasingly negative behaviors? Or, better yet, what can we do to prevent such escalation? This workshop will provide practical tips on keeping students calm when their brains are becoming dysregulated.

Get Ready, Get Set, Get GOING! Goal-Setting in a Hectic Universe

Length: 30 or 60 minutes
Intended Audience: Young adults/adults

Are you aware that the way in which we set goals can actually inhibit us from reaching them? This presentation will bust open the doors of goal-setting by unveiling various “myths” associated with setting goals. Specific topics addressed include the benefits of goal-setting, areas of life in which goal-setting can be applied, a helpful and easy-to-implement model for goal-setting, and various guideposts to follow when defining goals. Additionally, this presentation will provide methods to increase motivation to achieve goals as well as how to create a personal and social accountability system in order to gain support in reaching goals. Finally, this presentation will conclude with how our faith affects how we structure priorities and goals.

Notes: In addition to being a 60-minute in-person presentation, this presentation can also be shortened to 30 minutes and delivered via video-conferencing, which would be perfectly suited to faculty meetings, circuit pastor gatherings, conferences, or other events. The presentation is practical and allows for questions and discussion.

This presentation is available to organizations throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Please contact us to arrange for travel fees/accommodations.

Cost: 

30-minute video chat: MAP: $100/Non-MAP: $200

60-minute presentation: MAP: $250/Non-MAP: $350 (plus expenses)

10 Steps to Create a Trauma-Informed Resilient School

Presented by: Jane Mose, MA, Family Peer Specialist
Intended Audience: School professionals who want to heal trauma and restore resilience in young people who have been exposed to trauma or stress
Length: 12 hours (usually broken down into two 6-hour sessions)
Cost: $3,000 MAP Members / $3,600 non-MAP Members

Description: In this foundation-setting training, participants are walked through the 10 steps to create a trauma-informed, resilience-focused school. Upon successful completion of the full training, participants will receive the designation “Certified Trauma and Resilience Specialist in Education (CTRS-E).” The designation is provided by Starr Commonwealth, a non-profit organization that offers professional and educational training programs that build up children, families, and communities.

This training is presented by a Starr Certified Trauma and Resilience Trainer in Education (CTRT-E). The live learning experience will focus on resilience and an emphasis on understanding how trauma impacts children and their school experience. It will provide proactive strategies such as fostering connections, prioritizing social and emotional skills, establishing safety, and promoting play. Detailed information and concrete actions will also be covered, in a way that answers the “why” and also the “how” to create the best classroom and school supports for traumatized students and the school professionals who serve them. A strong focus on understanding the link between a student’s private logic and their academic achievement and behavior deficits in the Circle of Courage’s universal needs will be addressed, as well as how to assess students and create behavior support plans for each. Strategies to collaborate with families and communities and to support staff will be presented also, as well as examples of how to collect and utilize outcome data.

Notes: This training is best delivered in person.

Setting Goals and Progress-Monitoring for Students with Academic Struggles

Presented by: Jane Mose, MA, Family Peer Specialist
Length: 3 hours
Intended Audience: Special Education and Resource Teachers
Cost: $750 MAP Members / $1,050 non-MAP Members

Description: When teaching a student with a disability, some important questions arise: What are the most critical areas to focus on for this student? How can I determine and write ambitious but achievable goals? How can I effectively monitor the student’s progress and use the information to make wise decisions about whether to change my approach? In this high-participation workshop, we will practice reading testing reports in order to determine students’ needs. Participants will learn to write SMART goals and evaluate some that have been written, then practice writing goals for specific situations. We will also look at types of progress-monitoring materials that are available and where to find them, as well as practice using curriculum-based measures to do progress monitoring on one another. Finally, we will look at how to graph results and how to interpret the graphs to determine next steps for students.

Note: This training is best conducted in-person. Each participant will need to bring a laptop or Chromebook.

Structured Sensory Interventions II

Presented by: Jane Mose, MA, Family Peer Specialist
Length: 6 hours (may be broken down into two 3-hour sessions or three 2-hour sessions)
Intended Audience: Clinical professionals who work in agency or other non-educational settings
Cost: $1,500 MAP Members / $2,100 non-MAP Members

Description: This course takes participants deeper into the brain science of trauma and toxic stress. The polyvagal theory, epigenetics and the science of resilience is explored. The content emphasizes the importance of hope when working with at-risk and traumatized youth. Participants learn about the SITCAP® model (Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents) and practice sensory based interventions from a variety of SITCAP® model programs including Healing the Experience of Trauma: A Path to Resilience. Experiential activities and the presentation of case examples showcase how to process trauma, nurture and restore resilience in youth of all ages.

Prerequisite: Children of Trauma and Resilience

Note: This training is best delivered in person. A guidebook will need to be purchased for each participant. The cost for these as of August 2022 is $25 per digital guidebook or $35 per printed guidebook. At least three weeks’ notice is required to order these.

Teaching Math to Students with Dyscalculia

Presented by: Jane Mose, MA, Family Peer Specialist
Length: 60 minutes
Intended Audience: Teachers
Cost: $250 MAP Members / $350 non-MAP Members

Description: Dyscalculia is a learning disability that makes learning math difficult for students, similar to dyslexia for reading students. This presentation will cover the signs and symptoms of dyscalculia as well as the most effective methods for teaching students with this learning disability.

Working with Parents of Students with Special Challenges

Presented by: Jane Mose, MA, Family Peer Specialist
Length: 90 minutes
Intended Audience: Teachers and therapists, such as occupational therapists and speech and language pathologists
Cost: $375 MAP Members / $525 non-MAP Members

Description: Sometimes teachers find it difficult to get parents of students who have disabilities or behavioral/emotional challenges to engage in the students’ learning. In this interactive workshop, teachers and therapists will learn crucial information and practical ideas to help them work effectively with parents of children who have special challenges.