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Family Academy
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SSD's FACE (Family and Community Engagement) is excited to host our annual Family Academy!
Families can join us at Northview High School on Saturday, November 4, from 9 AM to noon, for interactive classes, community vendors, networking opportunities, music, light refreshments, and fun learning! Sessions will include ways to support your student with literacy, math, self-determination at all ages, social-emotional learning, and transition support within school settings and beyond.
Families are welcome to join at any point throughout the day and can stay for as many sessions as they wish. Family-to-family networking, light refreshments, and community vendors will be available during the entire event.
All are welcome, but we ask you to RSVP if you plan to attend.
Schedule of Events
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Beginning at 9 AM: Registration and Vendor Meet & Greet
Vendors
- Metro
- St. Louis ARC
- Higher Education Consortium
- TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers
- Missouri History Museum
- Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis
- Special Health Care Needs
- St. Louis County Family Navigation
- Sunnyhill Inc
- Behavioral Health Response
- Easterseals Midwest
- Crisis Aid International
- SSD's FACE (Family & Community Engagement)
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9:10 - 9:50 AM: Sessions and Workshops
Intermediate Math Skills
Fractions, decimals, and percents, oh my! It has been a while since most of us have sat in a middle school math classroom and there is no shame in needing a refresher. Learn how to use various functions on a scientific calculator to support your learners as they tackle increasingly complex math problems such as simplifying fractions, evaluating exponents, and converting mixed numbers. Participants will receive a calculator to take home.
Presenter: Angela Simmons
Building Self-Determination Skills
Utilizing Charting the LifeCourse framework, this workshop is designed to support families in defining self-determination and recognize the role self-determination plays in improving outcomes for student success. Families will learn how to begin evaluating their children's strengths and readiness for self-determination and identify where their students may need some additional support.
Presenter: Debra Fiasco
Elementary Literacy Skills
In this offering, you will learn strategies to promote elementary reading skills, such as being able to problem-solve unfamiliar words, understanding what you have read, and reading smoothly and efficiently to support understanding. You will leave with ideas and books to take home and apply the strategies.
Presenter: Dr. Mollie Bolton
Transitions within School Settings
Transitions between different educational settings and stages can be both exciting and challenging for students and their families. Utilizing Charting the LifeCourse framework, this workshop will provide families with practical strategies, resources, and supports to promote positive transitions for their children. The focus will be on students transitioning within school settings.
Presenter: Sandra Kempf and Leslie Caldwell
Assistive Technology, Augmentative Communication, and Student Supports: What You Need To Know
Are you curious about what assistive technology resources could help your student's learning in the classroom? We will discuss how Assistive Technology and Augmentative Communication can benefit student learning and provide hands-on examples that students may use in the classroom/school environment.
Presenters: Kim White, Stephanie Williams, Sara Couch
Special Education Process Overview
This workshop provides an overview of the Special Education Process, the essential components of the IEP – or Individualized Education Program, and the importance of collaboration between students, families, and schools in planning student success.
Presenter: Dr. Wendy Owens
Supporting Your Child's Social-Emotional Learning
Supporting Your Child’s Social and Emotional Learning - This course will help families understand challenging behavior, learn strategies to support student behavior in the home, and ways to partner with the school for improved outcomes.
Presenter: Carrie Aydt
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10 - 11 AM: Crisis Aid International
C.A.P.P. is a revolutionary new collaborative initiative that focuses on reaching children at risk for sex trafficking or other forms of child sexual abuse. C.A.P.P. provides advocacy, resources, and support to children and families identified in internet/electronics-related crimes against children and human trafficking investigations. C.A.P.P. provides tools such as assistance accessing Internet Safety Education (ISE) programs to help parents of children engaged in high-risk sexual activities online, activities that leave them vulnerable to trafficking or other forms of sexual abuse.
Learn more about Crisis Aid International through this informational brochure.
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11:15 - 11:55 AM: Sessions and Workshops
Intermediate Math Skills
Fractions, decimals, and percents, oh my! It has been a while since most of us have sat in a middle school math classroom and there is no shame in needing a refresher. Learn how to use various functions on a scientific calculator to support your learners as they tackle increasingly complex math problems such as simplifying fractions, evaluating exponents, and converting mixed numbers. Participants will receive a calculator to take home.
Presenter: Angela Simmons
Building Self-Determination Skills
Utilizing Charting the LifeCourse framework, this workshop is designed to support families in defining self-determination and recognize the role self-determination plays in improving outcomes for student success. Families will learn how to begin evaluating their children's strengths and readiness for self-determination and identify where their students may need some additional support.
Presenter: Debra Fiasco
Elementary Literacy Skills
In this offering, you will learn strategies to promote elementary reading skills, such as being able to problem-solve unfamiliar words, understanding what you have read, and reading smoothly and efficiently to support understanding. You will leave with ideas and books to take home and apply the strategies.
Presenter: Dr. Mollie Bolton
Transitions within School Settings
Transitions between different educational settings and stages can be both exciting and challenging for students and their families. Utilizing Charting the LifeCourse framework, this workshop will provide families with practical strategies, resources, and supports to promote positive transitions for their children. The focus will be on students transitioning within school settings.
Presenter: Sandra Kempf and Leslie Caldwell
Assistive Technology, Augmentative Communication, and Student Supports: What You Need To Know
Are you curious about what assistive technology resources could help your student's learning in the classroom? We will discuss how Assistive Technology and Augmentative Communication can benefit student learning and provide hands-on examples that students may use in the classroom/school environment.
Presenters: Kim White, Stephanie Williams, Sara Couch
Special Education Process Overview
This workshop provides an overview of the Special Education Process, the essential components of the IEP – or Individualized Education Program, and the importance of collaboration between students, families, and schools in planning student success.
Presenter: Dr. Wendy Owens
Supporting Your Child's Social-Emotional Learning
Supporting Your Child’s Social and Emotional Learning - This course will help families understand challenging behavior, learn strategies to support student behavior in the home, and ways to partner with the school for improved outcomes.
Presenter: Carrie Aydt
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11:55 AM: Event Evaluation, Vendors, Networking, Light Refreshments
Vendors
- Metro
- St. Louis ARC
- Higher Education Consortium
- TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers
- Missouri History Museum
- Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis
- Special Health Care Needs
- St. Louis County Family Navigation
- Sunnyhill Inc
- Behavioral Health Response
- Easterseals Midwest
- Crisis Aid International
- SSD's FACE (Family and Community Engagement)
