Professional Development & Community Education Resource Guide

RESOURCE GUIDE

Professional Development & Community Education

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PERFECT FOR: Educators Educational Assistants Administrative Assistants

Occupational Therapists Speech Language Pathologists & MORE!

Foothills offers a wide range of workshops to train educators and other professionals working with students with Learning Disabilities & ADHD. Our Professional Development team brings knowledge, expertise, practical strategies, and humour to our wide range of workshops, both in person and online.

PRESENTATIONS TOPICS INCLUDE: Supporting Neurodivergent Students ADHD: What Educators Need to Know PRESENTATIONS COVER A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS

Learning Disabilities: What Educators Need to Know Executive Functioning: Whose the Boss?

Put the Pro in Cognitive Proficiency Target Dyslexia

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ONLINE COURSES FOR EDUCATORS, EA’S, ADMIN & STUDENTS

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ONLINE COURSES

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EDUCATORS Inside LD

EDUCATORS Inside ADHD EDUCATORS Target ADHD

WEBINARS

EDUCATORS Target LD COMING SOON

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ADHD & Medication ADHD & Anxiety Motivating the Unmotivated Pushing Back Against Anxiety Target Dyslexia

STUDENTS Road to Post Secondary for Neurodivergent Students

COMMUNITY SERVICES PERFECT FOR: Students Parents Caregivers

Adults Families navigating changing medical needs The community

Our Parent & Community Education team offers engaging, researchinformed workshops filled with practical strategies and real-world insight. Together, we help adults better understand and support children with learning and attention differences—because when adults understand, kids thrive.

ONLINE COURSES FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS

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Inside LD for Families

Inside ADHD for Families

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Road to Post Secondary for Neurodivergent Students

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COMMUNITY SERVICES WEBINARS ON DEMAND

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Target Dyslexia

ADHD & Medication

ADHD & Anxiety

Motivating the Unmotivated

Pushing Back Against Anxiety

MONTHLY IN PERSON WORKSHOP TOPICS Career Coaching Your Teen Calm within the Chaos Math Anxiety and SEL Parent Literacy Training Protecting our kids in the digital world

Transition to PostSecondary Beyond the diagnosis with Chris Woodin & SO MUCH MORE!

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90 MINUTE WORKSHOP WITH LOCAL EXPERTS AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS!

LOCAL EXPERTS EVENING LIGHT REFRESHMENTS

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COMMUNITY SERVICES RESOURCES Self-Determination Theory (SDT) An empirically based theory of human motivation, development, and wellness that is focused on the fulfillment of our basic psychological needs for relationships (Find Understanding), competence (Build Confidence), and autonomy (Maximize Potential) Building on self-confidence, self-esteem, self-awareness, and motivation.

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Executive Function Support Ways to identify EF strength and stretches using Dr. Russell Barkley, Ph.D. Checklist Watch Dr. Russell Barkley’s Keynote Seminar Burnett Lecture Smart but Scattered Kids (and other books written by Dr. Peg Dawson and Dr. Richard Guare) The Whole Brain Child by Dr. Daniel Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson Center on Developing Child – Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence

CONTACT

bpuri@foothillsacademy.org

403-270-9400

www.foothillsacademy.org

TESTIMONIALS Since 2022, more than 1,200 educators have chosen our online courses for their professional learning.

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