Professional Development & Community Education RESOURCE GUIDE
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
Learning Disabilities: What Educators Need to Know
Executive Functioning: Whose the Boss?
Put the Pro in Cognitive
Proficiency
Target Dyslexia
STUDENTS
Road
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 Road to Post Secondary for Neurodivergent Students
9outof10 participantswould recommendthese courses.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
WEBINARS
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!
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.
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
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TESTIMONIALS
Since 2022, more than 1,200 educators have chosen our online courses for their professional learning.
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