This workshop is for new PBIS Coaches. Workshop will cover the role of the coach, team member roles, how to run a team meeting, tips for the new school year, fidelity and evaluation tools, etc. Registration DEADLINE is August 13, 2019.

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Instructor: Denmark & Roesel

Contact hours: 4

Part One: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teachers participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Learning objectives include a)understanding the ways personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide; b)provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet individual safety needs; c)identify key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and actions required to implement the plan;d) recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self care. Training is sponsored by the Mental Health Awareness Training Funds. Registration Deadline: August 12, 2019.

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Instructor: NAMI Instructors

Contact hours: 16 Hours Total

Part Two: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teachers participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Learning objectives include a)understanding the ways personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide; b)provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet individual safety needs; c)identify key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and actions required to implement the plan;d) recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self care. Training is sponsored by the Mental Health Awareness Training Funds. Registration Deadline: August 12, 2019.

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Instructor: NAMI Instructors

Contact hours: 16 Hours Total

The First District RESA PBIS Collaborative Training/Meeting is open to District Coordinators, PBIS Coaches and PBIS Administrators.  The first meeting/training of the new school year will focus on Implementation FY20 issues, GADOE Update, fidelity tools,  and Job-a-Like Group Sharing.  In addition Jeff Hodges and Cheryl Benefield, from the GaDOE Safe and Drug Free Schools will be presenting information on the GSHS Surveys, Safety and School Climate.  Job-a-Like sharing will have focus topics.  They will be posted shortly.  Registration DEADLINE will be August 20, 2019. Agenda will be posted soon. 

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Instructor: Denmark & Roesel

Contact hours: 4 Hours 

In accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the GA BOE, any administrator/designee who supervises bus drivers and or the loading or unloading of students on/off the bus at their school should attend the training session. The new First Lab training modules will be used for the course. The training will be used by the administrator to determine whether reasonable suspicion exists to require a driver to undergo testing under Section~382.307. If an administrator requests a driver to under go a Reasonable Suspicion Alcohol and/or Drug test he/she must have attended this training in order to make the request. Administrators do not need to repeat the workshop, if they have received the training previously. Registration DEADLINE is August 19, 2019.

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Instructor: Roesel

Contact hours: 3.5

This four hour workshop will provide participants the foundational knowledge about child abuse and child traumatic stress. Three types of child trauma are defined. The workshop focuses on the impact of complex trauma and development, and helps participants identify strategies for working with children who have experienced trauma. Workshop is open to First District RESA Consortium school personnel. Registration DEADLINE is: August 26, 2019.

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Instructor: NAMI Instructors

Contact hours: 3.5

Registration must be coordinated along with your PBIS District Coordinator. 

SWIS training helps personnel that are designated to use SWIS with their school’s PBIS implementation. SWIS is a web-based information system built to collect, summarize, and use student behavior data for decision making. Research demonstrates that educators can make more effective and efficient decisions when they have the right data in the right format at the right time. The SWIS Suite provides school/facility personnel with the information they need to be successful decision makers. 
Registration DEADLINE is: September 2, 2019

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Instructor: Denmark & Roesel

Contact hours: 3.5

This four hour workshop provides participants with foundational knowledge about how adversity and trauma can impact brain development.  The workshop introduces brain architecture and early brain development in children and focuses on the impact of adverse experience in child trauma on the brain.  Topics and learning objectives include:  a) adversity & trauma and the impact on brain development; b) brain systems; c) adverse childhood experiences and brain development; d) resilience and brain development. This training is made available with the Mental Health Awareness Training Funds.  Registration DEADLINE is:  September 10, 2019.

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Instructor: NAMI

Contact hours: 3.5

Participants will: a) define social emotional development; b)identify key social-emotional milestones across the birth to five developmental continuum; c) describe the relationship between social-emotional development and a variety of short and long term outcomes for children; d) describe national data trends and policies related to social-emotional development; e) describe the impact of exclusionary discipline practices on various child and family outcomes and; f) identify state resources to support social-emotional development in early learning environments. More appropriate for grades K-6. Registration DEADLINE is September 17, 2019.

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Instructor: NAMI Instructors

Contact hours: 4

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As time goes by, team members and roles change. PBIS Team Member Boot Camp is a great way to get a quick overview of the roles, goals, and expectations of the various team members. Specific breakout sessions will focus on the role of the PBIS District Coordinator, the role of PBIS Coach, Data Analyst, Administrator, Behavior Lesson Plans, and Acknowledgement Systems. Successful First District RESA PBIS area schools will be involved in the delivery of these sessions.

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Registration Deadline is: September 17, 2019.

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Instructor: Various

Contact hours: 6

Training is open to System Level Transportation Directors-Co-Directors, PBIS DC's, and PBIS Administrators. Focus will be on providing training for Transportation Directors on what PBIS is, how it is implemented and how they can incorporate PBIS on the Bus.   Additional details will be posted later.  Registration Deadline is September 23, 2019.

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Instructor: Various

Contact hours: 5.5

The workshop is appropriate for all grade levels, and will cover a wide variety of strategies using examples of all levels. This one day seminar will equip participants with strategies to use to teach students to be respectful and motivate students to participate in your class. Teachers need a plan for what to do when a student doesn't comply with a request the first time, second time, and even third time. Participants will learn the steps for developing a thorough plan for handing issues from low level distractions to serious/chronic behaviors. This is a practical hands on seminar filled with concrete steps teachers can take the next day to help students and themselves. 
The trainer is Amie Dean. Amie is a Nationally Board Certified teacher with a Masters Degree in Education. As the founder of the consulting firm, Educational Strategies Unlimited, she has also been committed to providing engaging presentations to educators that are packed with practical strategies that can be used in the classroom the very next day. 

There will be a $55 registration fee for First District RESA Consortium Members. The registration fee for nonconsortium members is $95. The registration DEADLINE is September 19, 2019. Please make checks/purchase orders payable to First District RESA SHSSP. No refunds will be available after September 23, 2019. (Staff substitutions will be allowed.)

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Instructor: Amie Dean

Contact hours: 7

In collaboration with the Georgia Department of Education PBIS team, First District RESA is sponsoring Youth Mental Health First Aid training. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders. 
This training is open to 5th Grade to 12 Grade school personnel: (classroom teachers, coaches, school counselors, school nurses, Family Connection staff, school resource officers, after school personnel, social workers, etc.) Community groups that work with this age group could also register. The class size is limited and early registration is strongly encouraged. There is not a registration fee. There is a $5.00 working lunch fee. Checks or purchase orders can be made out to First District RESA or cash can be collected the day of the

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Instructors:  TBA

Contact Hours:  8

This is a two-day participatory workshop in crisis prevention and intervention methods to provide staff with the skills to handle almost any violent crisis with minimal anxiety and maximal confidence.  Day one focuses on prevention skills and strategies to de-escalate a crisis and includes personal safety techniques.  Day two focuses on interventions dealing with a physically acting out person as well as team interventions and planning. A participant may register for Part One only, but in order to participate in day two, participants must have attended Part One.  Registration is limited, and the training will be cancelled, if fewer than 15 participants register. There will be a workbook fee of $18.00. Checks or purchase orders can be made payable to First District RESA SHSSP.
Registration DEADLINE is October 14, 2019.

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Instructors:  Denmark & Roesel

Contact Hours:  12 Total

This is a two-day participative workshop in crisis prevention and intervention methods to provide staff with skills to handle almost any violent crisis with minimal anxiety and maximal confidence.  Day one focuses on prevention skills and strategies to de-escalate a crisis and includes personal safety techniques.  Day two of the training deals with the physically acting out person, transport techniques, and team strategies proven safe and effective. A participant may register for part one only, but in order to participate in day two, participants must have attended day one.   
Registration DEADLINE is October 14, 2019 .

Workbook fee is listed in Part One description.
 

This training is for student leaders in PBIS schools for grades 5-8. Students must be accompanied by school personnel - PBIS Administrator, PBIS Coach, PBIS District Coordinator. Training will focus on developing leadership skills, promotional technology skills, and students being involved in PBIS implementation at their schools. Transportation mileage will be reimbursed to the school for one vehicle.   Additional details will be provided at a later date.

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Instructors:  Various

Contact Hours:  5

Nine Essential Skills for the Love and Logic Classroom® was created by Jim Fay and Charles Fay. Low-Stress Strategies for Highly Successful Educators 
Workshop will focus on ways to spend less time disciplining in your classroom and more time actually teaching. 

Develop the classroom management skills necessary to take full control of time and resources, redirecting energy consumed by dealing with student arguments into positive, productive learning. 

Educators will learn: 

*Classroom management skills at their best 
*Homeschool connection solutions 
*How to end student arguing and set limits without lectures 
*Skills that prevent discipline issues so that your time can instead be used for teaching 
Registration is limited so early registration is encouraged. Registration DEADLINE is October 30, 2019.

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Instructor: TBA

Contact hours: 7.5

This training is being scheduled for new certified physical education teachers that have not been trained. Previously trained teachers do not need to attend this training. Staff from the Georgia Department of Education and HealthMPowers will be providing the training. Georgia Student Health & Physical Education Program (SHAPE) was passed in the 2009 Georgia legislative session and is now Official Code of Georgia 20-2-777.
SHAPE’s fitness assessment capability leverages FITNESSGRAM, a comprehensive health-related physical fitness and activity assessment and computerized reporting system developed by The Cooper Institute. Designated certified physical education teachers will receive the training to implement the program for their schools. They will also receive training on testing protocol and data entry. Participants are required to attend
the entire training session in order to be certified. The registration deadline is November 5, 2019. Space will be limited, so please register early. If the minimum number of participants does not register, the training will be cancelled. If you have any questions, please contact: Irene Denmark or Dee Ann Roesel at First District
RESA ~ Safe, Healthy, and Supportive Schools Program ~ 912-842-5000.

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Instructors:  HealthMPowers Instructors

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Contact Hours:  6

Several systems requested that a regional Diabetes Education Training be held this fall. The school nurse is the preferred person to provide care for a student with diabetes.  Many schools do not have a full time nurse or the nurse is not always available to provide direct care during the school day.  Additional school personnel will be needed to be prepared to perform diabetes care tasks when a school nurse or other health care personnel is not available.  According to the Georgia Code other school personnel are not required to be a health care professional (“trained diabetes personnel” means a school employee who volunteers to be trained in accordance with the Code).  Georgia law, specifically O.C.G.A. § 20-2-779, requires each school to train at least two school employees in the care needed for students with diabetes. In additional school systems shall provide information in the recognition of diabetes related emergency situations to all bus drivers responsible for the transportation of a student with diabetes.  If you have trained staff in place or your school nurse provides the “volunteer lay personnel” training, they do not have to attend this training.  This training is for new personnel you want to receive the training ~ or personnel who might benefit from an update.

Each school nurse will be responsible for directing and supervising the “designated school volunteer lay person” at their school.  There are certain clinical functions that the lay person will need to demonstrate and be checked off by their school nurse. These functions will be a part of the training agenda.  Since students may use different insulin pumps, glucagon, etc, it is best for the school nurse to work directly with their lay person on those skills. 

The registration deadline is November 11, 2019. Space will be limited, so please register early. If the minimum number of participants does not register, the training will be cancelled. If you have any questions, please contact: Irene Denmark or Dee Ann Roesel at First District RESA ~ Safe, Healthy, and Supportive Schools Program ~ 912-842-5000.

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Instructor:  Susan Riley DNP, FNP, CDE

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Contact Hours:  6

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                                                                  Agenda

                                                       Welcome ~ Intro Activity

                                              PBIS Early Learning PreK-5 Presentation

           Brandy Woolridge and Shannon Weist ~ GaDOE PBIS Early Learning Specialists

                                                                     Break

                                     Student Voice ~ Can Be a Game Changer

                                  Panel Representatives from FDRESA Schools

                                       GaDOE PBIS Update (Feedback/Data/Tier II)

                                  Jeannie Morris ~ GaDOE PBIS Program Specialist

                                    Job-A-Like Sharing Groups (Glows and Grows)

                     District Coordinators, PBIS Coaches and PBIS Administrators

  Come prepared to share one thing you are celebrating and one thing that is challenging   your team. Also, be prepared to share how your team addressed the October Catch!

Wrap Up/Door Prize - 10 Critical Elements of PBIS Poster Set

(Notice: Start time is 8:30am and End time is 1:00pm. Please feel free to invite additional participants to register to attend just the morning PBIS Early Learning Session.)

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Instructor: Various

Contact hours: 4

Registration must be coordinated along with your PBIS District Coordinator. 

SWIS training helps personnel that are designated to use SWIS with their school’s PBIS implementation. SWIS is a web-based information system built to collect, summarize, and use student behavior data for decision making. Research demonstrates that educators can make more effective and efficient decisions when they have the right data in the right format at the right time. The SWIS Suite provides school/facility personnel with the information they need to be successful decision makers. 
Registration DEADLINE is: November 11, 2019. 

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Instructor: Denmark & Roesel

Contact hours: 4

In collaboration with the Georgia Department of Education PBIS team, First District RESA is sponsoring Youth Mental Health First Aid training. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders. 
This training is open to 5th Grade to 12 Grade school personnel: (classroom teachers, coaches, school counselors, school nurses, Family Connection staff, school resource officers, after school personnel, social workers, etc.) Community groups that work with this age group could also register. The class size is limited and early registration is strongly encouraged. There is not a registration fee. There is a $5.00 working lunch fee. Checks or purchase orders can be made out to First District RESA or cash can be collected the day of the training. Participants will be required to attend the entire training in order to be certified. Registration DEADLINE: December 1, 2019.

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Instructor: TBA

Contact hours: 8

In accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the GA BOE, any administrator/designee who supervises bus drivers and or the loading or unloading of students on/off the bus at their school should attend the training session. The new First Lab training modules will be used for the course. The training will be used by the administrator to determine whether reasonable suspicion exists to require a driver to undergo testing under Section~382.307. If an administrator requests a driver to under go a Reasonable Suspicion Alcohol and/or Drug test he/she must have attended this training in order to make the request. Administrators do not need to repeat the workshop, if they have received the training previously. Registration DEADLINE is January 2, 2020.

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Instructor:  Irene Denmark

Contact Hours:  3.5

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This workshop is for new PBIS Coaches.  If a PBIS Coach has never attended this training they are encouraged to attend.  The workshop will cover the coach, team roles, how to run a meeting, documentation, fidelity instruments, evaluation, tips, etc.  Registration DEADLINE is  January 14, 2020.

This training will provide participants with the foundational knowledge about child trauma and child traumatic stress.  Three types of child trauma are defined.  The workshop focuses on the impact of complex trauma behavior and development and helps participants identify strategies for working with children who have experienced trauma.  Topics include:  a) definitions and types of child trauma; b) how trauma affects children and youth; c) overview of impact of trauma on the brain; d) managing physical and psychological safety for children; e) enhancing child well-being and resilience.  Registration DEADLINE is:  February 17, 2020.  Space will be limited so early registration  is encouraged.  

This workshop provides participants with foundational knowledge about how adversity and trauma can impact brain development.  The workshop introduces brain architecture and early brain development in children and focuses on the impact of adverse experiences in child trauma on the brain.  Topics and learning objectives include:  a) adversity and trauma and the impact on brain development; b) brain systems; c) adverse childhood experiences and brain development; d) resilience and brain development.  Registration DEADLINE is:  March 2, 2020.  Space will be limited so early registration  is encouraged.  

This five hour workshop is designed for those who have completed Trauma 101 and Brain Development 101.  Participation in those could include attendance of classes from last school year.  This workshop focuses on the components of a trauma-informed-child and family service system, the importance of cross-agency collaboration, and building resiliency in caregivers, children, youth and professionals.  Topics include:  a) trauma-informed community system; b) introduction to community collaboration; c) impact of toxic stress and complex trauma on the developing brain; d) identifying trauma related needs; e) building resilience in children and adolescents; f) taking care of self. This Registration DEADLINE is: April 10, 2020.  Space will be limited so early registration  is encouraged.  

Welcome & Introductions

 Self-Care Activity

First District RESA School Climate/PBIS Update

Mental Health Awareness Training Funds ~ Upcoming Trainings ~    

FY21 Needs Assessment

Behavioral Principles at Work in PBIS

Dr. Marsha Jackson – Liberty County PBIS District Coordinator

Mental Health in School Districts Panel

Renee Perry – Bulloch County Schools and Dr. Bianca Booker - Camden County Schools  

“Majoring in the Minors:  Hitting it Out of the Park with Effective Support for Classroom Teachers”

Jeannie Morris, GaDOE PBIS Program Specialist

Job-a-Like Sharing Groups

DCs, PBIS Coaches & PBIS Administrators

Closing

District Coordinators & GADOE PBIS Meeting Immediately Following

Registration DEADLINE is March 17, 2020.