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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:
SKI-HI Training, Part 2
Contact Melanie Coldren, ECCO Coordinator, to register for this training: mcoldren@uco.edu or 405-974-5961. More Information Calendar View
Parent-to-Parent Mentorship (OFN110)
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
Parent-to-Parent Mentorship (Spanish) (OFN210)
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.” This session will be presented in Spanish. More Information Calendar View
Provider Basic Training: Battelle Developmental Inventory 2nd Edition -- Basics (BDI110)
In this basic course participants will learn about test psychometrics, administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Battelle Developmental Inventory 2nd Edition. More Information Calendar View
Prematurity Series: Medical Issues in the NICU (PS210)
This session will define and explain common medical conditions associated with infants born prematurely, as well as the critically ill full-term newborn. Topics will include conditions such as Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), Necrotizing Entercolitis (NEC), Chronic Lung Disease/Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD), Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), and Patent Ductus Arteriosis (PDA), and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN). The effects of these conditions on the infant’s long term medical care and long term risk factors will be emphasized. A virtual tour of life as an infant in the NICU will be presented. Bring your medical questions for a question and answer session at the end of the day. More Information Calendar View
VIISA: Preschool (VP110)
Participants will learn strategies for working with children ages 3-5 who are blind and visually impaired. More Information Calendar View
Telling Your Story (TELL110)
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
SoonerStart RC Core Training: Family Survey Tools -- Assessment and IFSP Goal Building (FST110)
This training is planned to enhance the abilities of the resource coordinator in identifying and meeting the needs of the SoonerStart family through the IFSP. The training will focus on interviewing skills, using the Family Survey Tools for assessing family needs and identifying other resources to enhance the development of family outcomes on the IFSP. Resource coordinators will learn how to guide the family into developing family goals, identifying the “who, what, when, and where” of those goals, and how to coach the family to achieve the desired goal. More Information Calendar View
Telling Your Story (TELL210)
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
Parents’ Rights in IDEA Part B (PR110)
This workshop describes the State and Federal laws that affect special education in Oklahoma and offers an overview of parents’ rights and responsibilities. This workshop focuses on how to access special education and related services for children with disabilities. More Information Calendar View
Functional Vision Assessment: Putting the Pieces Together (FVA110)
A Functional Vision Assessment (FVA) is used to determine what helps and what hinders the visual performance of a child who is visually impaired. Assessment data are gathered through interview, observation, and deliberate visual performance tasks. The presentation will cover the components of an FVA, tool selection, assessment strategies, report preparation, and the connection of assessment findings and recommended next steps. Case studies will be used to highlight assessment practices. More Information Calendar View
The Get Permission Trust Approach to Mealtimes and Sensory Treatment (GP110)
“Get Permission” is an approach to mealtimes and feeding treatment which is based on the foundation of trust in a feeding relationship. It supports children who have sensory mealtime challenges in moving forward with mealtime goals with trust, enjoyment and confidence. It follows the child’s lead with creative and sensitive mealtime treatment strategies. This workshop is relationship based and focuses on children who have complicated sensory challenges, including those who are very worried about the sensory aspects of feeding, children who are inexperienced or who have had scary oral sensory experiences, who are fed by tube, have visual impairments or are on the autism spectrum. It supports an approach of getting oral sensory permission as a foundation to oral motor treatment. The workshop is filled with practical mealtime and treatment suggestions. More Information Calendar View
Provider Basic Training: Nourishing, Nurturing (NN110)
This workshop will present an overview of nutrition information for children ages birth to three years, highlighting development and feeding habits. There will be discussion about formulas, breast feeding and introduction of solids for children developing typically and atypically. Nutrition needs, growth grids, mealtime routines, supplements, and picky eating will be addressed. Participants are invited to come with specific nutrition questions that can be discussed during the session. More Information Calendar View
Developing a Successful IEP (IEP110)
This workshop is designed to provide participants with basic information on the IEP process and product and to help promote the meaningful participation of all IEP team members. The workshop covers the process from referral to writing the IEP to the annual review. More Information Calendar View
Developing High Quality Programming for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD110)
In the often confusing and overwhelming world of autism there are few things on which all professionals agree. The importance of early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the exception to that rule. There is overwhelming evidence that the earlier a child with ASD receives intervention the better and more long lasting the outcomes. However our service delivery systems for children under age 5 are often under-funded and do not always have staff with specific training in autism. This presentation will provide practical strategies for improving early childhood special education services and early intervention services to best meet the needs of children with ASD. More Information Calendar View
Parent-to-Parent Mentorship (OFN310)
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
Building Social Relationships: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum (BSR110)
The workshop will provide an overview of a social skill instructional model developed by Dr. Bellini. The workshop integrates research on social-emotional functioning with effective strategies for teaching social skills to children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The five-step model provides a systematic and comprehensive framework to guide parents and practitioners in the development and implementation of social skills programming. More Information Calendar View
Telling Your Story (Spanish) (TELL310)
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. This session will be presented in Spanish. More Information Calendar View
Battelle Developmental Inventory 2nd Edition: Beyond the Basics for Providers in Preschool and Elementary Programs (BDIPS110)
In this next step course, we will focus on the administration of specific test items frequently used for preschool and elementary students. We will refine and clarify administration criteria and focus on test interpretation and the provision of helpful and useful feedback to families. More Information Calendar View
Parent-to-Parent Mentorship (OFN410)
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
Telling Your Story (TELL410)
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
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
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- Provider Basic Training: Involving Caregivers in Teaching/Learning (ICTL109)
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 -- Prematurity Series: Introduction to Reading Infant Behavioral Cues (PS310)
This session will focus on reading infant behavioral cues both in the NICU and after discharge to home. A theoretical framework for interpreting infant behavior will be presented as well as suggestions for supporting the development of infants born prematurely and medically fragile. The importance of facilitating the role of family in these early phases of development will be emphasized. 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
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Screening and Assessment (SA109)
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 -- CORE Training: Evidence-Based Practice in Early Intervention (EBP609)
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: Understanding Typical Development and Intervention (UTDI409)
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: Procedural Safeguards and IFSP (PSI109)
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: Early Childhood Transition (ECT109)
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
CALL TO SCHEDULE -- Provider Basic Training: Vision Screening (TT-VS)
Administration and interpretation of the SoonerStart vision screening form. More Information Calendar View
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED -- CORE Training: Interviewing Skills (INT509)
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 |
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