BEST
Summer Institute 2013BEST
Summer Institute 2013
Participants will learn specific methods for teaching interpersonal (social) skills, communication skills, and self-management skills to all students. Methods apply to universal implementation as well as to students requiring increasing levels of support. Specific methods will include Modeling, Antecedent intervention, Self-Management, and Story Based intervention. A variety of specific strategies that support these methods will be introduced and practiced throughout the strand.
For each method presented, participants will develop lesson plans and systems for data collection. Also included will be a process for data based decision making and use of professional expertise when designing instruction to meet the needs of a multitude of diverse learners.
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Julie Erdelyi, M.A. is the Program Manager for Communication Services at the Stern Center for Language and Learning in Williston, Vermont. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Vermont, and her Master's Degree in Special Education from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Julie's passion for teaching led her to work in early childhood education and then adult learning before becoming a classroom teacher in Minnesota. Upon returning to her home state of Vermont, Julie began work at the Stern Center where she provides instruction for clients of all ages and offers multiple professional learning opportunities for educators including BEST 2011 & 2012, continuing education workshops, and two graduate courses in social cognition.
Katie Willard, M.S., CCC-SLP is currently an evaluator and instructor at the Stern Center for Language and Learning. Katie completed her B.S. in Elementary Education and her M.S., in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Vermont. She was a trainee in the Vermont Rural Autism Project as a graduate student. Katie worked in the public school setting with students pre-K thru high school until 2007. She then began a private practice to focus on serving those with social-cognitive challenges, implementing assessments, social communication groups and individual treatment for persons of all ages and abilities, materials development, and trainings for families, educational and vocational staff. In 2010 Katie joined the Stern Center as a member of the Communication Services team, where she continues to focus on social communication with persons of all ages.