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Course number CL245 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  This course offers teachers a variety of effective strategies for helping ESL/ELL students succeed in the classroom. The strategies in this course include but are not limited to: creating an effective and positive learning environment, techniques for teaching beginning, intermediate, and mainstreamed ESL/ELL learners, as well as the incorporation of motivational strategies that are designed to help engage all types of students. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 in-service hours. ISBN: 978-1118095676 Click the image to purchase the required text. Read more

  Course Number TOD100 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Teaching in the outdoors is a rewarding experience for teachers and students alike. If you think that outdoor learning is only for science lessons, you are wrong! Outdoor classrooms are beneficial for math, reading and social studies also! Not only will you positively affect student’s social-emotional skills, but research has demonstrated better test scores, decreased problem behaviors, and reduced symptoms of ADHD. Through this course, teachers will explore the options available to them for outdoor education, develop their questioning techniques, identify curriculum conducive to their outdoor classroom. The course will be concluded with the teacher engaging in lesson plans with specific performance objectives for their outdoor classroom. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 in-service hours (3 semester credits/units).   Click image to order. Read more

    Course Number SP100 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. This course is has been developed to help all school related personal learn more about working with students with autism spectrum disorder.  You will learn about the best social skills training programs available that are evidence based, child specific, and meaningfully integrated.  Techniques and strategies will be reviewed such as social stories, visual supports, and video modeling.  You will be able to take away easy to use strategies and resource that can be utilized in any classroom.  Finally, the course will also review generalization strategies to help students carry over learned skills into different situations and contexts. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 hours of professional development. ISBN:  978-0-393-70698-7   Click image to order text Read more

Teaching Students the Five Pillars To Success Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.      Whether you  are a primary, secondary, or collegiate educator, the value derived from this book will enable you to help your students understand the skill set needed to become successful working in any environment. This course focuses on skills that will help all types of students become dynamic leaders.  The core attributes of proper planning, leadership, staffing, communication and financial awareness explained herein, can lend itself to any person seeking to better themselves. The reader will learn how to properly listen, negotiate, influence and be made aware of a simple but calculated approach towards attaining success in group situations.  This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 hours of professional development.   ISBN: 9781483465012   Click image Read more

Course Number LB205 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  The incidence of autism is on the rise. The CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network has found that about 1 in 68 children have autism. Students with autism have unique challenges in the classroom.  This course will explore different methodologies and provide hands on strategies for helping children with autism succeed. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 hours of professional development. ISBN: 9781593633820 To purchase this book please click on this Read more

Course Number CL240 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  Identifying and teaching students who have learning disabilities can be one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences a teacher may have in their career. Learn strategies that will allow your learning disabled students to become successful academically. In this course you will implement strategies, reflect on your teaching and conduct research as it relates to teaching students with learning disabilities. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 hours of professional development. Required Text: The Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook: Ready-to-Use Strategies & Activities for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities by Joan M. Harwell & Rebecca Williams Jackson.  ISBN:  978-0787997557 Click the image to purchase the required textbook. Read more