Date:   September 18, 2024

Time:   9:00am-3:00pm

Type:   In-person

Location: WRESA

     200 Ridgefield Ct, Suite 206 

     Asheville, NC 28806

Fee:   $45 WRESA Members

**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However, you

are welcome to send a colleague in your place. Contact LaDonna Sluder at

lsluder@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 (ext 102) if you need to change the 

name of the person attending.

Audience: Kindergarten and early Elementary Teachers (K-2) and EC Teachers

CEUs:   5 contact hours

What to Bring: Your own charged device

Description:

Preparing for the school year involves lots of preparation and planning! So many details to think about… This full day training/workshop will focus on providing strategies for teachers and teaching assistants to help set up an organized learning environment. Topics of discussion will include establishing routines and procedures utilizing visual supports, evidence-based social emotional learning programs, environmental classroom design, work systems and the importance of teaching replacement activities/routines for challenging behaviors.

Presenter:

Marlou de Vera, M.Ed. – Autism Specialist

Buncombe County Schools Asheville, NC

Marlou is an autism specialist with 28 years’ experience working in the educational setting. She is currently serving grades K-12 for Buncombe County schools in Asheville, North Carolina. As an autism specialist, Marlou coaches and trains instructional staff regarding pro-active programming and emotional/behavioral support in the classroom. In addition, she conducts and facilitates social groups for K-12 students with special needs, in collaboration with speech and occupational therapists as well as special education teachers.

Prior to being an autism/behavior specialist, Marlou was an exceptional children’s curriculum specialist. She also worked as a middle school intensive intervention teacher for students with autism and was program director for a mainstreaming program for K-12 students with high functioning autism.

Marlou is a certified TEACCH professional practitioner with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She also received clinical training from Social Thinking (Michelle Garcia Winner – San Jose, California). Marlou holds a master’s degree in education (Curriculum and Instruction) from the University of the Philippines.

Marlou has a passion for constantly improving the educational experience of her students as they reach their potential in school and be the best they can become. Most important of all, she is a mom of a consistently happy adult son (Vidal) with autism who currently works at a restaurant as a busboy and at an ice-cream shop. His positive cheerful attitude is what drives Marlou to advocate for all individuals with special needs.

If you have additional questions, contact Candie Sellers csellers@wresa.org

Date:   September 18, 2024

Time:   9:00am-3:00pm

Type:   In-person

Location: WRESA

     200 Ridgefield Ct, Suite 206 

     Asheville, NC 28806

Fee:   $70 Non-members

**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However, you

are welcome to send a colleague in your place. Contact LaDonna Sluder at

lsluder@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 (ext 102) if you need to change the 

name of the person attending.

Audience: Kindergarten and early Elementary Teachers (K-2) and EC Teachers

CEUs:   5 contact hours

What to Bring: Your own charged device

Description:

Preparing for the school year involves lots of preparation and planning! So many details to think about… This full day training/workshop will focus on providing strategies for teachers and teaching assistants to help set up an organized learning environment. Topics of discussion will include establishing routines and procedures utilizing visual supports, evidence-based social emotional learning programs, environmental classroom design, work systems and the importance of teaching replacement activities/routines for challenging behaviors.

Presenter:

Marlou de Vera, M.Ed. – Autism Specialist

Buncombe County Schools Asheville, NC

Marlou is an autism specialist with 28 years’ experience working in the educational setting. She is currently serving grades K-12 for Buncombe County schools in Asheville, North Carolina. As an autism specialist, Marlou coaches and trains instructional staff regarding pro-active programming and emotional/behavioral support in the classroom. In addition, she conducts and facilitates social groups for K-12 students with special needs, in collaboration with speech and occupational therapists as well as special education teachers.

Prior to being an autism/behavior specialist, Marlou was an exceptional children’s curriculum specialist. She also worked as a middle school intensive intervention teacher for students with autism and was program director for a mainstreaming program for K-12 students with high functioning autism.

Marlou is a certified TEACCH professional practitioner with University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She also received clinical training from Social Thinking (Michelle Garcia Winner – San Jose, California). Marlou holds a master’s degree in education (Curriculum and Instruction) from the University of the Philippines.

Marlou has a passion for constantly improving the educational experience of her students as they reach their potential in school and be the best they can become. Most important of all, she is a mom of a consistently happy adult son (Vidal) with autism who currently works at a restaurant as a busboy and at an ice-cream shop. His positive cheerful attitude is what drives Marlou to advocate for all individuals with special needs.

If you have additional questions, contact Candie Sellers csellers@wresa.org