{"id":3896,"date":"2017-11-26T20:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T01:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=3896"},"modified":"2017-11-21T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T19:04:08","slug":"professional-development-highlights-family-engagement-workshops-equity-and-crisis-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/professional-development-highlights-family-engagement-workshops-equity-and-crisis-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development Highlights: Family Engagement Workshops, Equity and Crisis Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are this week\u2019s professional development offerings. To view all offerings or to sign up for courses, please log into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/acps.truenorthlogic.com\/U\/P\/Channel\/-\/ExternalChannel?Path=%2Fia%2Fapp%2Fcal%2FmonthTeaserV2%3Fmonth%3D9%26year%3D2016\">PLMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Also, be sure to check out the new online training opportunities available through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/new-online-training-opportunities-for-all-staff\/\">VML Online University<\/a>. And, learn about the<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/new-hybrid-model-for-cpr-first-aid-and-aed-training\/\"> new option for CPR training<\/a>\u00a0and the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/learn-how-to-address-student-distress-through-new-online-training\/\">online training for helping youth in distress<\/a> that were announced earlier this month.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent Resource Center Family Engagement Workshop Series<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat tools and strategies can families use to address the challenges posed by raising children with and without disabilities? This course will offer information both to families and teachers to address topics including behavior, learning differences, preparing for post-secondary education and life and special education.\u00a0<strong>#15152\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Equity Conversations for Administrators<\/strong><br \/>\nEquity Conversations for Administrators sessions are designed for staff who attended the August Leadership Academy. Each 90-minute session will focus on topics that prepare participants to design and support opportunities for staff, students and the community using an equity-focused lens.\u00a0<strong>#14640<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crisis Intervention Training<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat methods will most effectively de-escalate situations to prevent or manage a\u00a0crisis? Participants will receive instruction in the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) methodology of crisis prevention that emphasizes early intervention and non-physical methods for managing disruptive behavior. Participants also receive instruction in restraint positions, transport techniques and team strategies.\u00a0<strong>#14986<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the Professional Development team on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TeachACPS\">@TeachACPS<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Follow and contribute to the conversation with hashtag\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23TeachACPS&amp;src=typd\">#TeachACPS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACPS offers hundreds of courses for staff. Explore the many opportunities available to help you grow professionally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-professional-development"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 08:00:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3896"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3929,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions\/3929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}