Early childhood educators are often the first people to notice areas of concern in children’s development. This session will explore “red flags” in early childhood, and how diagnosed or as-yet-to-be diagnosed challenges impact students’ experiences in an early childhood setting.

This session will encourage you to reflect upon where your agency is on the continuum of inclusion of people with special needs. You will learn about important steps your agency can take and goals you can set in order to affect positive change. It’s easier than you think!

This workshop will provide educators with practical behavior management techniques to enhance learning as well as maximize student participation. It will also teach practical planning to enhance positive classroom management.

Participants will gain an understanding of the four most common “special needs” in religious school classrooms: ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorder and Learning Disabilities. By the end of this session, you will have concrete tools for addressing challenges related to these 4 learning challenges.

When we look at every b’nai mitzvah student as an individual, each one with unique strengths, talents and interests, we gain a deeper understanding of how b’nai mitzvah can be creatively and meaningfully tailored and accessible to all students.

Participants will learn the importance of the “integrated brain” on emotional regulation, strategies for dealing with challenging class situations, and how to help create inclusive environments that encourage children to hardwire their brains to thrive.

We are fortunate to be teaching at a time where technological advances can enhance students’ learning in a myriad of ways. In this session, we explore iPad apps, Board Maker, Lesson Pix, talking buttons, and other resources that help address the learning needs of all of the students in your classroom.

Early childhood educators are often the first people to notice areas of concern in children’s development. This session will explore “red flags” in early childhood, and how diagnosed or as-yet-to-be diagnosed challenges impact students’ experiences in an early childhood setting.

Often paired with Matan’s workshop on Differentiated Instruction, this workshop helps teacher understand how their own learning style impacts the ways in which they teach – and how that, in turn, impacts their students.

Have you ever thought about just how much in entailed in completing simple, everyday tasks? Even brushing our teeth requires us to understand 15 or more distinct steps in order to follow it through to completion! In this session, we apply the concept of task analysis to better understand what we are asking our students to accomplish, and how to break things down for different kinds of learners.

Through interactive activities and exploration of learning differences, participants will gain an understanding of how to teach to different types of students in their classroom. By the end of the session, you will have concrete strategies and tools for implementation in your religious school classroom.

Supplemental School educators face unique challenges in addressing the needs of all learners in the classroom. You contend with limited hours in which to get to know your students and cover the required material; you see students after they have already put in a full day of school, or on a Sunday morning following a sleepover or late night movie.

Explore different options for both training and staffing as you consider how to accommodate all campers. Go from "Inclusion 101" to in-depth recommendations and concrete tools to enhance your ability to include all children

Information retention rates rise when students are engaged in their learning, which in turn promotes positive interaction within the classroom. In this session, participants will gain the tools necessary to allow students to personalize their learning and take ownership of it through a concept known as Active Engagement.