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Statewide Training and Regional Supports (STARS)
The mission of STARS is to support the provision of individualized, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, family-centered, community-based programs and services for people with disabilities through a coordinated training system. Staff and contractors of the SoonerStart program, local public schools, and DDSD, as well as families accessing services from these agencies may attend STARS trainings at no charge. Others are welcome to register and attend STARS trainings on a “space available” basis for a charge of $50.00 per person per workshop. Below is a list of all the upcoming STARS workshops and conferences. Click More Information for a detailed view or View Calendar for a view of all events in a particular month. Click here to register on-line for STARS workshops. You must have the course code and date to complete the registration form. The course codes are available below. If you have questions or concerns, contact STARS by email at stars@ouhsc.edu or by calling Judith Grove at 405-271-1836. We look forward to receiving your feedback.
Registration Codes: ***NEW WORKSHOPS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR***
Positive Rituals/Care Notebooks (PRCN210)
This workshop will provide information on two valuable tools for families of children with special needs. In the morning, participants will be introduced to a positive rituals story and its use as a tool to promote better communication and partnerships among families and providers. The tool assists families in communicating important information about their family member to their providers and assists providers in planning services that are responsive to the unique needs of the person being served. In caring for a child with special needs, families get information and paperwork from many sources. During the second half of this workshop, participants will be provided tools to organize their most important information in a central place, making it easier for them to find and share key information with others who are part of their child’s care team. Providers and families alike will benefit from this workshop as they will receive all documents to maintain care notebooks on a CD to take home for future updating. More Information Calendar View
Oklahoma Assistive Technology Equipment Exposition in collaboration with the Oklahoma Assistive Technology Center (EXPO110)
Representatives from various assistive technology manufacturers for augmentative communication, computer access, positioning and mobility, and adaptive play products will be demonstrating the latest available technology. These representatives will be scheduled for one-hour demonstrations and will also be available in the vendor exhibit area. This is an excellent opportunity to see all the latest products on the market, as well as current favorites. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions and see equipment. More Information Calendar View
Positive Rituals/Care Notebooks (PRCN310)
This workshop will provide information on two valuable tools for families of children with special needs. In the morning, participants will be introduced to a positive rituals story and its use as a tool to promote better communication and partnerships among families and providers. The tool assists families in communicating important information about their family member to their providers and assists providers in planning services that are responsive to the unique needs of the person being served. In caring for a child with special needs, families get information and paperwork from many sources. During the second half of this workshop, participants will be provided tools to organize their most important information in a central place, making it easier for them to find and share key information with others who are part of their child’s care team. Providers and families alike will benefit from this workshop as they will receive all documents to maintain care notebooks on a CD to take home for future updating. More Information Calendar View
Who You Gonna Call? (WGC110)
It can be very difficult to know exactly where to turn when you or a family you serve has a specific need. No one has time to call around and figure out what different organizations provide. This workshop will give participants a better understanding of who does what in Oklahoma and across the nation when it comes to advocacy, caregiver organizations, non-profit and other state/national groups. More Information Calendar View
Serving Preschoolers in Special Education (PSE110)
This course will provide participants with an overview of requirements of IDEA in serving preschoolers. Topics will include placement options, transition from SoonerStart, required forms, determining eligibility and using eligibility categories. Time will also be available for a question and answer session with the instructor. More Information Calendar View
Student-Determined Physical Therapy Practices: Promoting Postsecondary Outcomes (PT110)
Physical therapy is a special education related service that many students with disabilities experience from infancy until they complete postsecondary transition to adult life. How well does physical therapy intervention reflect an “outcome-oriented process” that “meets the unique needs and prepares [students] for employment, further education, and independent living”? Lorraine will present findings from three distinct but related studies that investigated: 1) elements of self-determination present within physical therapy interventions; 2) recognition of these elements by therapy recipients and their families; and 3) how physical therapy interventions impacted post-secondary transition planning for students with multiple disabilities. More Information Calendar View
CORE Training: Safety in Home Visitation (SHV110)
This course will help early intervention personnel recognize potentially dangerous situations and use strategies to keep safe not only in work but in daily life. Course content will be shared through lecture, PowerPoint presentation, videotaped examples and course outline. More Information Calendar View
Grief (GR110)
The recurring experience of the grief process for families who have a child with a disability may be a bit different than other types of grief, since the child is still living and with you. Families need to be aware that this is a normal process, and helped through it. Understanding this is an essential part of building relationships we, as parents, will need to raise our child with special needs. Providers will gain insight into this experience and learn ways to recognize when to bring in additional help. More Information Calendar View
Siblings of Children with Disabilities (SIB110)
Having to put up with a brother or sister can be one of the most frustrating and annoying aspects of childhood. It can also lead to one of the most rewarding and influential relationships of our entire lives. Does that change if your brother or sister has a disability? This workshop will discuss brothers and sisters of children with disabilities; how disability affects their childhood, their role in their sibling’s life, and the impact that peer support can have on their life-long relationship with their sibling. How to offer support, where to find resources, and an existing support program, Sibshop, will be discussed. More Information Calendar View
Health and Wellness Issues Facing Adolescents and Adults with Lifelong Disabilities (HW110)
Learn current information regarding some of the lifelong health and wellness issues associated with various developmental disabilities. In addition, the presenters will share information about present initiatives within the medical community designed to enhance medical care for adults with developmental disabilities. Adults with developmental disabilities also talk about their experiences with health, wellness, and scary medical appointments and procedures. More Information Calendar View
Provider Basic Training: Battelle Developmental Inventory Second Edition (BDI210)
This workshop will cover administration, scoring and interpretation of the Battelle Developmental Inventory Second Edition. More Information Calendar View
Healthy Interactions: Critical Factors for Early Child Development (HI110)
The job of the infant and toddler is to move, touch and connect with other humans. Restrained by bucket seats, infants aged 0-2 years old watch an average 2.2 hours per day of TV, and 25% have TV’s in their bedrooms. Toddlers age 3-5 years use 4.5 hours per day of combined technology. This technology overuse is resulting in delays in achieving developmental milestones needed for school entry. Low postural tone and poor coordination from increased use of plastic bucket seats and strollers is concerning therapists throughout North America. Eventual school categorization of these children as learning disabled or developmentally delayed, often with accompanying behavior disorders, is imminent, resulting in difficulty achieving even the basics of literacy. Recognizing the need for critical developmental elements of movement, touch and human connection is crucial in this day and age of technology obsession. More Information Calendar View
A Cracked Foundation: How Virtual Parenting Is Destroying Our Children (CF110)
While children are the future of our planet, through modern technology we have unconsciously created a “virtual reality” for our children to call home, a reality devoid of connection and human interaction. Fragmented, frazzled and far too busy, today’s families are struggling to survive. While family members connect to technology’s virtual reality, they are disconnecting from self, others, nature and spirit at a rapid pace. This disconnection is resulting in child mental health and behavior disorders that are readily being diagnosed and medicated. Parents’ misperception that “outdoors” is unsafe has restricted children to “indoors,” markedly limiting social and motor skill development. As the dining room table is replaced by the big screen and family conversation becomes non-existent, the foundations for child development are finally cracking. More Information Calendar View
Serving Preschoolers in Special Education (PSE210)
This course will provide participants with an overview of requirements of IDEA in serving preschoolers. Topics will include placement options, transition from SoonerStart, required forms, determining eligibility and using eligibility categories. Time will also be available for a question and answer session with the instructor. More Information Calendar View
Student-Directed Transition Planning (TP110)
The Self-Directed IEP program helps youth with disabilities become more involved in their IEP meetings. The Student-Directed Transition Planning web-based lessons provide needed transition education skills. What are the distinct and cumulative benefits of these lesson programs for secondary students with disabilities, their families, and their IEP teams? More Information Calendar View
VIISA Update (VU110)
Participants will receive an update on specialized skills with current, research based practices while providing the opportunity to apply specialized skills utilized in appropriate programs serving children who are visually impaired. The course will review the impact and implications of program planning for children who are visually impaired, birth through five years of age. More Information Calendar View
VIISA Update (VU210)
Participants will receive an update on specialized skills with current, research based practices while providing the opportunity to apply specialized skills utilized in appropriate programs serving children who are visually impaired. The course will review the impact and implications of program planning for children who are visually impaired, birth through five years of age. More Information Calendar View
Serving Preschoolers in Special Education (PSE310)
This course will provide participants with an overview of requirements of IDEA in serving preschoolers. Topics will include placement options, transition from SoonerStart, required forms, determining eligibility and using eligibility categories. Time will also be available for a question and answer session with the instructor. More Information Calendar View
Functional Vocational Assessment for Students and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (FAP110)
What does a functional vocational assessment look like for youth and adults with intellectual impairments? This full-day workshop presents a variety of vocational assessment options for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities. Participants will learn and experience formal and informal assessment processes to help determine youth and adults’ vocational choices and experiences. Participants will try out materials in the afternoon portion of the workshop. More Information Calendar View
CORE Training: Ethics in Early Intervention (ETH110)
The presentation will provide a framework for understanding ethics and ethical obligations. Registrants will actively participate in interactive sessions designed to address ethical issues related to SoonerStart early intervention services. The discussion will include specific case scenarios of challenging or common situations and strategies to address them. More Information Calendar View
SCHEDULED ON REQUEST -- Telling Your Story (TELL)
Telling Your Story is training created for parents who have a child with a disability or special health care needs who want to share their story with professionals, such as medical professionals, students or educators, in order to provide improvements in our health care and education systems. Parents will discover how and when to tell their story effectively. A few reasons why parents need to tell their story include sharing information that cannot be easily presented by charts or graphs; to raise awareness and promote sensitivity; to influence public opinion by illustrating how policies affect families; and to help themselves and others feel less alone in efforts to make change. More Information Calendar View
SCHEDULED ON REQUEST -- Provider Basic Training: Vision Screening (TT-VS)
Administration and interpretation of the SoonerStart vision screening form. More Information Calendar View
SCHEDULED ON REQUEST -- Parent-to-Parent Mentorship (OFN)
This half-day course is offered in collaboration with the Oklahoma Family Network (OFN), Oklahoma’s parent-to-parent program for families raising children with special health care needs. The OFN links trained parent mentors to families who are just starting out raising a child who has developmental delays, medical needs or a disability. Support from a mentor is available whether the child is in an Oklahoma hospital or living at home. Mentors are not professional counselors or therapists, but rather experienced family members familiar with the emotions, fears, and realities that raising a child can present. Many of us with young children need the support of someone who has been there, done that. This course will teach parents about effective parent-to-parent mentorship, communication, conflict resolution and more. In parenting a child who has special needs, one can often feel isolated and overwhelmed. The program is simple — it is a relationship based on “I know, I understand, and I care.” More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- Provider Basic Training: Involving Caregivers in Teaching/Learning (ICTL110)
In this workshop, providers will learn to gather and share information with diverse caregivers, how to approach and respect each family’s chosen level of participation, and to be confident in the use of various strategies for matching child and caregiver styles. More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Early Childhood Transition (ECT110)
The workshop will include an overview on planning and preparing for transition of children and their families from SoonerStart. Participants will receive instruction on how to provide a smooth and effective transition for all children and their families in accordance with federal and state requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA). More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Procedural Safeguards and IFSP (PSI110)
During this course, participants will learn IDEA requirements for procedural safeguards and the IFSP process. The workshop will also provide opportunities to practice writing measurable outcomes and to ask questions. More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Interviewing Skills (INT110)
Why do we interview? How do we interview family members? What are the tough questions to ask families? Why is it difficult to probe into other people’s business? Why is there conflict? How do we manage conflict? During this training, we’ll discuss different interviewing styles and techniques. Through group discussion, we’ll identify the feelings your families may experience as well as your own feelings as you conduct the interview. This workshop will examine the tough questions and explore various ways to defuse conflict and conduct effective interviews. More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Understanding Typical Development and Intervention (UTDI110)
This workshop will challenge your understanding of typical development and the beginning practices of interventions. We will look at each developmental domain in children birth to three and highlight the key ages and stages at each level. Then we will begin identifying interventions that look like play and how simple changes affect the developmental milestones. More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Evidence-Based Practice in Early Intervention (EBP110)
This course will introduce participants to the five steps in evaluation of evidence based practice, application of evidence based intervention, and methods for assessing client progress. More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Screening and Assessment (SA110)
Why do we screen? What goes into a quality assessment? Let’s talk about developing a complete picture of the child and family you are working with and gathering the information you need to create measurable outcomes that are developmentally appropriate. More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED --Prematurity Series: The Science of Prematurity and Transition to the Community (PS110)
This session will feature a panel of experts in NICU, prematurity, and the transition into the community. Participants will learn about some of the unique needs associated with prematurity, the experience of families in the NICU, and supports needed when infants go home from the hospital. More Information Calendar View |
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