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Trainings & Workshops

The following workshops and trainings are offered by WILC. We welcome your suggestions and ideas for future trainings.

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Don’t see a workshop you’d like to attend?  Contact us for more information or to suggest a training 

Advocacy

  • Advocacy 101, Importance of Advocating for your Special Child
  • Understanding the EI – CPSE Transition Process
  • Understanding the CPSE – CSE Transition process
  • Understanding the ADA & Section 504
  • Understanding the Common Core
  • Common Core the Latest Developments
  • Overview of EI, CPSE and CSE
  • Understanding the CSE Process
  • Understanding & Developing an effective IEP
  • Understanding 504 Plans
  • How do you know if Your Child is Succeeding
  • Understanding Evaluations
  • Understanding your Child’s IEP
  • Assistive Technology and the IEP
  • Family Empowerment Advocacy Series (Formerly the Lay Advocacy Workshop Series)
  • Developing Mentoring Skills to Assist Others
  • Special Education 101
  • Building Self Esteem for Parents of Children with Special Needs
  • My Child has been declassified, what do I do now?

Special Education

  • When should you refer your child to Special Education
  • NY State Special Education Rules and Regulations
  • Navigating the Special Education System
  • School Discipline, Suspensions & Manifestation Determination
  • Know your rights if you Child is Suspended
  • Independent Educational Evaluations
  • Components of an IEP
  • Due Process- what is it? When do you file for it?

Transition

  • Diploma options: An Overview
  • CDOS Credential: An overview
  • SACC Credential:  An overview
  • Transition Planning for the College Bound Student
  • Planning for the Future of Your Loved One with Special Needs – Special Needs Trusts & Guardianship, ABLE Act
  • Transition planning for the Non-College Bound Student to vocational or other adult programs
  • Developing a Vision/life care plan for your Child
  • Person Centered Planning
  • How to incorporate behavior services into a successful transition plan

Behavior Supports

  • Bullying
  • Eye on Bullying ToolKit
  • Functional Behavior Assessments and Positive Behavior Interventions
  • Positive Behavior Interventions that work at school and in the home
  • Understanding difficult behaviors in Young Children
  • School Avoidance
  • School Avoidance and Anxiety, What Parents can do.
  • Social Skills Development
  • Using ABA to Teach Functional Life Skills& Job Readiness Skills
  • Behavior: what it is, why it occurs and how to manage it
  • Supporting your Child’s social skills development

Communication & Collaboration

  • Effective Communication Strategies
  • Ask an Advocate
  • ABCs of School Meetings
  • Innovative Approaches to CPSE/CSE Meetings
  • Team Building with Your school District

Medical

  • Food Allergies & School
  • Childhood Motor Speech Disorders & the PROMPT System
  • Safety Issues and Concerns for Parents & Caregivers of Children with Special Needs
  • Auditory Processing Disorders in the Classroom
  • How Executive Functioning Effects Learning
  • Sensory Processing Disorders and Learning

Additional

  • WILC/PILS Services: An Overview
  • Disability Awareness
  • OPWDD Eligibility & the Front Door
  • Social Security Disability Benefits (SSI/SSD)
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Putnam Independent Living Services
1441 Route 22, Suite 204
(Tompkins Mahopac Bank building)
Brewster, New York 10509
845-228-7457 (Voice)
914.259.8036 (VP)
845-228-7460 (Fax)
contact@putnamils.org
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Westchester Independent Living Center
10 County Center Road 2nd floor
White Plains, NY 10607
(914) 682-3926 (Voice)
914-259-8036 (VP)
(914) 682-8518 (FAX)
Contact@wilc.org
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75 Riverdale Avenue
Yonkers, New York 10701
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