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Special Education In- Service Planning Date of Meeting: 12/3/2009 Participants: Beth Swatsky, Pam Flesher, Kirsten Godiksen, Allison Flannery, Eric Gladfelter, Jaime Guthier, Sharon Kauffman Special education in-service will occur over two days in the morning. The dates are January 18th from 8:00-11:30 and February 12th from 8:00 to 11:30. The group will continue to consider a large group speaker. However, at this time, 12 smaller group sessions seem to be the focus of our in-service. There will be 2 one hour and forty minute sessions. List of Possible Topics 1. Student Skills- executive functioning skills, study skills, organization skills, social skills, work completion, time management skills- None (maybe Amy Glascott or Hillary Strong) 2. PBS- Mike Makhoul 3. CPI & De-Escalation Techniques- Beth Swatsky 4. Behavior plans- Beth Swatsky 5. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- Amy Glascott & colleague 6. Everything Your Special Education Teacher Wants You to Know- one elementary special ed teacher, one middle special ed teacher, one high special ed teacher 7. Co-Teaching & Push-In Support What is the Difference? Kirsten Godiksen & Andrea Farina (elementary), Brandy Decembrino, Allison Flannery 8. Itinerant Hearing Services- Audra Ronzano, Stephanie 9. Inclusive Practices – Kim Bailey 10. Instructional Interventions for Content Areas (DI)- panel of teachers 11. Motivating & Engaging Lower Level Learners- Sue Jefferson, Rich Kiker, Allison DiChristina 12. Transition between Buildings & to a Post-Secondary Setting- counselors and special education teachers 13. Gifted Questioning Strategies- Carol Harder & Eileen Wickard Next meeting: Thursday, December 17th at 3:00 at Palisades High School in Room 116