Salisbury Elementary PTA 17/18 Speaker Series generously funded through the Institution for Savings Charitable Foundation
CHARLIE APPELSTEIN
November 29, 2017- 7:00PM SES PTA PRESENT: CHARLIE APPELSTEIN: HELPING YOUR KIDS BE ALL THEY CAN BE: USING A POSITIVE, STRENGTH BASED APPROACH FOR EFFECTIVE PARENTING Described as "the best youth care trainer in America" by Robert Lieberman, former president of the American Association of Children's Residential Centers, Charlie Appelstein has devoted his entire adult career to helping children and youth struggling with emotional and behavioral challenges and those who guide them.
An engaging, informative, and humorous speaker, Charlie is the author of three critically acclaimed books on youth care and the creator of two innovative CDs that helps kids and parents make better choices and lead happier lives.
Charlie's strength-based approach is an emerging approach to helping children, youth and their families that is exceptionally positive and hope-inspiring. Its focus is on strength-building rather than flaw-fixing. It begins with the belief that every individual has strengths and past successes that can be utilized to stop problem behavior and enhance decision making.
Katie Greer
December 13th 7:00PM Former Director of Internet Safety for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and Intelligence Analyst for the Massachusetts State Police, Katie LeClerc Greer travels the country educating students, parents, administrators and law enforcement officers about technology and digital responsibility/safety. Katie serves as a media and industry expert and advisor for various private and government agencies around the country, and is also an iKeepSafe Advisory Board Member. You can learn more about Katie at: www.klgreer.com
Our kids are doing WHAT? What can I do to protect them? What apps should I be worried about? Is social networking safe? Is my child being cyberbullied? What’s texting? Sexting? What’s next? It’s often overwhelming being a parent today in our technology-driven society. Keeping up with the latest trends and dangers can often seem like an impossible task. Katie will help you navigate the digital waters and let you know what’s new, what’s now, and what’s next when it comes to your children and technology, and provides parents with proactive initiatives to keep kids safe. The following is an example of what is covered during this session: • Updates on the latest technology trends and dangers o Apps o Social networks o Device trends o Latest concerns • Social media: o What’s the latest? o Age limitations and restrictions o Rules and tracking o Privacy settings o Geo tracking o Who are kids connecting with o Social media for good • Digital Tattoos o Implications – good and bad – of chronicling our lives online o Teaching our kids to use latest tools responsibly • Interactive gaming: Tips for safe gaming • Case examples and real life implications • Cell phones/smartphones/devices: o Trends o Things to watch out for o Sexting • Cyberbullying laws and legislation: What do they mean? What are the implications? What’s coming up and how do we prepare? • Overview of what message Katie sends to students • Rules and regulations: o Proactive steps to make sure your kids are safety using technology o Tools to help you be prepared to help foster a positive online experience for your family o Suggested restrictions and rules • Q&A: Parents are encouraged to asked questions throughout, and the program will end with an open forum allowing parents more time to ask specific questions
Prior to speaking with parents, Katie will spend the day with our children at SES. Check out their workshop content: Grades PreK-2 Today, kids are digital natives – born wired and ready for all things technology. With that, it’s never too early to start educating kids how to appropriately use the Internet and all other technologies. This interactive program covers important safety basics such as: • What are some rules you follow when it comes to using tablets and phones? • Games: What games are we playing and what are some good rules while playing them? • What is personal information? • How do we keep personal information safe? • What sites/apps are appropriate for us to use? • Q&A: Katie invites questions from students Grades 3-5 At this age, kids are starting to become interested in communicating with friends online – through various social networking sites (most of which they’re not allowed to be on) and interactive gaming. With more and more kids in this age range having access to their very own devices, it’s a great time to lay down some important foundations. The following is an example of what is covered during this session: • What is personal information? o How do we make sure our personal information stays private? • Social networking: o What are we using? o Age limitations o Who can see your information and posts? o Rules associated with using these sites/apps o Privacy settings • Interactive gaming rules • Cell phone/tablet rules and ways to stay safe • Cyberbullying: Definitions, what actions can be taken if we witness it • “Who Done It” – an interactive game showing kids why they should only be communicating with friends online • Q&A: Katie invites questions from students
Sarah Ward, MS, CCC/SLP
Salisbury Elementary PTA Parent Speaker Series Present: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING EXECUTIVE FUNCTION CHALLENGES AT HOME AND IN THE CLASSROOM Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 7 PM -8:30 PM 100 Lafayette Rd, Salisbury, Massachusetts 01952 **FREE event / no registration required
Sarah Ward, MS, CCC/SLP As part of our SES PTA Speaker Series funded through the Institution for Savings Charitable Foundation, Sarah Ward will share the latest in Practical Strategies for Supporting Executive Function Challenges at Home and at School. In her usual dynamic and engaging style, Sarah will provide parents and teachers with practical information and strategies to help promote the development of EF skills. These strategies will reduce the amount of supervision and prompts needed by beginning and advanced learners - both at home and in the classroom.
If you know or have a child or student who struggles with initiation, transitions, prioritizing, self-regulation and time management - or other executive function skills - you MUST see this presentation.
Salisbury Elementary PTA Parent Speaker Series Present: Social Thinking: Thursday, April 5th, 2018 at 7 PM -8:30 PM 100 Lafayette Rd, Salisbury, Massachusetts 01952 **FREE event / no registration required www.socialthinking.com/ Nancy Clements is a Speech and Language Pathologist with over 30 years of experience. She became highly interested in Social Thinking in 2000, when she founded Camp Compass, a unique summer experience for individuals with social communication challenges. Nancy was the former Program Manager of the Social Thinking® and Communication Services program at the Stern Center for Language and Learning in Williston, Vermont. While serving in that role, she developed a comprehensive Social Thinking program which served over 60 children weekly. As the Director of Michelle Garcia Winner’s East Coast Clinical Training Program (Level 1A) and as a member of the Social Thinking® Training and Speakers Collaborative, Nancy is dedicated to delivering high quality training to professionals in schools and clinical settings. Click here to read more about Nancy.
Social thinking is the process by which we interpret the thoughts, beliefs, intentions, emotions, knowledge and actions of another person along with the context of the situation to understand that person’s experience. If we are engaging or sharing space with another person, we use this information to determine how to respond to affect the thoughts that person has about us to achieve our social goals (such as being friendly to maintain a friendship, acting generous to impress a date, and seeming unfriendly to deflect attention when walking alone late at night, etc.). Social thinking is our meaning maker - it allows us to interpret the deeper meaning behind what others do in the world, and (if the situation calls for it) prompts us with how to respond. A person’s social thinking ability has a considerable affect on his or her relationships and success in school and at work. It affects the person’s social skills, perspective taking, self-awareness, self-regulation, critical thinking, social problem solving, play skills, reading comprehension, written expression, ability to learn and work in a group, organizational skills, etc. We practice social thinking all day long, in typical social interactions (like conversations) and in a wide variety of other contexts. Essentially, we use social thinking whenever we think about the perspective of another person. For example,
At work – when we become aware that by loudly sipping our coffee we may be bothering our coworkers.
At the grocery store - when we move our cart away from the middle of the isle so other shoppers can pass by.
Watching TV – when we follow the story by understanding how the characters interpret and then influence each other.
While driving - when we slow down upon sensing that another car will cut in front of us.
When we’re on social media – to understand the intention of a message and its sender; for example whether it is to be friendly, sarcastic, flirty, compassionate, etc.
In conversation – when we attempt to read the thoughts, beliefs, intentions, emotions, knowledge and actions of our conversation partner(s) and adapt our behavior to affect the thoughts they have about us.