MIEBD_SI_08_AdvancedSeminar

2008 MIEBD

Summer Institute

Session I - July 28- August 1

Session II - August 4-8

Advanced Seminars I & II

Course Overview

Instructors: Sheldon Braaten, Ph.D., St. Cloud State University and Barbara Mackey, MIEBD Mentor Teacher, St. Cloud State University

Credits: 3 graduate elective credits or 40 clock hours per course

Experienced professionals who work with challenging students won’t want to miss this opportunity for advanced learning, networking and collaboration with colleagues. Two week-long seminar courses consist of a variety of topics and instructors and focus on research-based interventions and effective strategies. All advanced seminar participants will received a detailed two-week schedule. Participants who cannot attend each day of a week-long session may select specific days. Please see the descriptions below and register for the session(s) that best match your interest and schedule.

Advanced Seminar I:

Curriculum-Based Strategies for Social Development

This course is designed to provide teachers and others serving students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) with a variety of curriculum-based skills to teach and promote prosocial development. While the content includes essential behavior management competencies, the emphasis is on a curriculum approach to remediating the personal and interpersonal skill deficits of students with EBD.

Advanced Seminar II:

Building Productive Relationships and Improving Existing Relationships Through Mentoring, Effective Communication and Collaboration

For children and adolescents to be successful, the adults working with them need to have the expertise to develop and foster positive and productive relationships with them and with the other adults working with them. This advanced seminar will focus on building productive relationships with youth as well as with the other members of the team. It will also concentrate on ways to improve existing relationships. Mentoring others on the team will be included during this seminar, as well as effective communication and collaboration skills. Educational staff, social workers, community resource people, and others interested in developing skills to use when building and improving relationships should attend this seminar.

Participating Organizations

The Institute is sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education in collaboration with seven Minnesota Universities:

Augsburg College

Minnesota State University - Moorhead

St. Cloud State University

Southwest Minnesota State University

University of Minnesota - Duluth

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

University of St. Thomas

The Institute is coordinated by the Behavioral Institute for Children & Adolescents (BICA) and it is part of MIEBD, a multi-agency institute established by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to provide a full continuum of support to new and continuing teachers of students with EBD. This initiative was made possible through a grant from MDE from the federal award, Special Education-State Personnel Development Grant of P.L. 108-466 IDEA and CFDA 84.323A.