Community Workshops

South Florida School of Excellence workshops are open to Parents, Professionals and Students ages 18 years and up. Workshops are free of charge and will provide hands-on material and Instruction in both English and Spanish Languages. To reserve your seat please email: sfseschool@gmail.com.

Austism Spectrum Disorder

Regular Education Workshops

Special Needs Workshops

Autism Spectrum Disorder

All Ages Workshops

Applied Behavior Analysis and its uses at Home & School Settings

Verbal Behavior and the use of Reinforcements
Manding: (“mand” comes from the word “command”) How Do I Teach It?
Application of Discrete Trial Training (DTT) for my Child

Strategies for Teaching Daily Living Skills ABLLS

Review of my child Daily Living Skills “Check List” for Vocational Abilities
Transition to Post Secondary and Work Force

The Difference Between Speech & Language/Developing

Your Child’s Speech: “Will my child learn to talk?”
Use of Augmentative Communication Devices & Picture Exchange Communication System
My Child Hate to Read and Hate to Write” What Shall I do?”

Managing Behavior in Public

How Can: “I Get him/her to Stop on Unacceptable Behavior?”
What Every Child with Autism Needs “Safety Skills”
Social Skills Training (SST)

Increasing Pretend Role Play Skills Maintaining & Generalizing Response to improve Choice Making Skills

What are Social Stories and Video Modeling?
Talking to Your Neuro-typical Children about ASD

Difference between Autism & Misbehavior (Do I Understand Fully?)

Using Verbal Praise & Approval Effectively
Using Natural Consequences to Teach Your Child

Dealing with Self-Stimulatory Behaviors

How to Comport my Child with his/her Sensory Stimulation Needs
Can he/she will overcome with Stereotype Behavior
Creating My Child Centered Activities to Occupy His/ Her Time

How Can I help my Child Sleep Issues?

Increasing Food Acceptance in My Child & Nutrition Monitoring
Help with Potty Training & Personal Hygiene

My Secret Space Sex

Masturbation & Menstrual
Maintaining of Personal Relationships with Opposite Gender & Boundaries

Develop a Happy Life while raising a child with Autism

How Friends, Families and Siblings can Support Child with Autism
Autism Support Groups- “Let me Join”

Autism Special Needs Trust & Scholarships

Autism Boarding Schools & Housing
Medicaid Compliance & Benefits & Uses
Guardianship

Regular Education Workshops

Pre-K3 – 12th Grade

WORKSHOPS: Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten

(Date will be Announced)

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Transition to Elementary School

informs participants about the elementary school environment and gives them information on child development and the academic standards of kindergarten.

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Early Child Development

explores various learning styles and gives helpful communication tips for families with young children (up to age 6).

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Help Your Child Begin to Read

teaches participants practical ways to encourage a love for language through read-aloud, storytelling, and discussion.

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Help Your Child Get Ready to Write

shows parents how to help children at the beginning stages of writing to connect oral and written language and develop fine motor skills.

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Develop Your Child’s Early Math Skills

explains the role counting, matching, sorting, patterns, and vocabulary play in mathematical development.

WORKSHOPS: 1st & 2nd Grade

(Date will be Announced)

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Develop Your Young Reader

provides activities to help children practice independent reading, and develop fluency and comprehension.

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Writing From the Start

teaches participants about the central role literature plays in a young writer’s development and provides activities for home that encourage students to write.

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Addition and Subtraction

demystifies addition and subtraction computation methods for participants and introduces math vocabulary and word problems.

WORKSHOPS: 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade

(Date will be Announced)

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Develop and Support Your Reader

encourages independent reading skills by sharing strategies parents can use with reluctant readers to improve fluency, comprehension and vocabulary.

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Help Your Child Grow as a Writer

explains the steps of the writing process, the writing genres students must know, and gives writing activities for home.

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Multiplication and Division

discusses multiplication and division methods and shows how they can be applied to solve word problems.

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Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

demonstrate for every day, practical uses of decimals, fractions, and percentages as well methods of calculation.

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Geometry

explores the study of points, lines, forms and shapes and provides the opportunity to practice activities that reinforce geometric concepts with children.

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Help Your Child Prepare for the Florida State Tests

explains the format of tests, explores the types of questions asked, and teaches activities to help children prepare for the tests.

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Understanding the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

explains what the (NGSSS) are and the changes in academic expectations for students.

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Making the Transition to Middle School (4th and 5th Grades)

informs participants about middle school choices, the middle school environment, and how to adapt to middle school.

PARENT’S CORNER:

WORKSHOPS: Pre-Kindergarten – 5th Grade

(Date will be Announced)

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Storytelling and Bookmaking

explores how to increase a child’s interest in reading and writing through storytelling, read-aloud, and bookmaking.

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Homework Help

equips participants to support students with homework, and informs families how to help children become more organized and build healthy study habits and skills.

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It is Your Turn

focuses on parents’ own education, providing information on earning a GED diploma, pursuing higher education or career training and resources available to help them achieve their goals.

WORKSHOPS: Middle School

(Date will be Announced)

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Making the Transition to Middle School

informs participants about middle school choices, the middle school environment, and how to prepare for the changes children will face during this transition.

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Middle School Academic Success: Study Skills and Organization

teaches families ways to help students develop the study and organization skills they need to succeed.

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Middle School Academic Success: Reading

introduces the reading skills students need to master in middle school and gives parents activities to practice with their children at home.

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Middle School Academic Success: Writing

provides an overview of the genres of written work middle school students must produce and how to support their writing development.

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Help Your Child Select a High School

Dual Enrollment Programs informs families about the State of Florida school admissions process, the types of high schools, and their selection processes.

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Making the Transition to High School

helps families understand the high school environment as well as requirements for promotion and graduation.

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Support Your Child through Early Adolescence

describes the developmental characteristics and behaviors of early adolescence and gives strategies for improving communication in families.

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Support and Foster Self-Esteem in Your Adolescent Child

introduces the Search Institute’s developmental framework for fostering healthy youth development.

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Understanding Bullying

teaches parents and caregivers how to talk with their children about bullying and help them actively address bullying behavior at school.

Special Needs Workshops

Pre-K3 – 12th Grade

Rights of Parents and Children with Disabilities

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TOPIC 1: Basic Rights in Special Education

Developing an IEP (Individualized Education Program) for Achievement
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Title I and No Child Left Behind Helping Students Meet Academic Standards
Developing School Compacts for Learning Under No Child Left Behind
District Self-Assessment: An Instrument for Change
Inclusion/LRE (Least Restrictive Environment) Difference between Accommodations and Modifications
Making the Grade Using the Florida Core Curriculum Standards

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TOPIC 2: Early Intervention: Transition to Preschool Services

(Topics will be announced )

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TOPIC 3: My Child Nutrition Monitoring Needs

My Child Mental and Emotional Health Needs

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TOPIC 4: The Rights of Homeless Students

Students in Foster Care
Surrogate Parents in Early Intervention

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TOPIC 5: Understanding of My Child Disability

Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorder ADD
Understanding Dyslexia and Apraxia
Understanding Specific Learning Disability

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TOPIC 6: Understanding of My Child Disability

Using Multiple Intelligences to Help Children Learn
Using True Color to Understand My Child’s Personality and Have a Happy Family

Violence Prevention:

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TOPIC 7: Conflict Resolution

Creating Positive School Environments
Character Education
Families in Early Intervention
Observing & Recording Behavior
Positive Behavioral Supports for Children with Challenging Behaviors
Social Problem-Solving: Building Skills to Resolve Conflict
Prevent Youth Drop Out
Strengthening Families Program
Strengthening Multi-Ethnic Families and Communities

Transition from School to Adult Life – Post Secondary to Work Force

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TOPIC 8: Youth Advocacy is a statewide project that targets youth and young adults with disabilities, ages 14 to 22, receiving special education and related services.

to better understand vocational rehabilitation and independent living programs and services;
to provide follow-up support for transition and employment programs;
to communicate more effectively with transition and rehabilitation personnel and other relevant professionals;
to provide support in the development of the individualized plan for employment;
to provide support and expertise in obtaining information about rehabilitation and independent living programs, services and resources that are appropriate;
to understand the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act, particularly provisions relating to employment, supported employment, and independent living.