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Professional Development Opportunities
Open to Parents, 2008-2009

The workshops highlighted in bold have five scholarships for parents to attend for a reduced fee of $25 available on a first come, first serve basis. Call Connie Russell at (319 ) 399-6767 to find out if scholarships have not been taken. Copies are also available at the Grant Wood AEA PEP Office, 1120 33rd Ave SW, Cedar Rapids. For information about each workshop, visit GWAEA’s website and click on Professional Developments & Workshops or call the PEP Program at (319) 399-6702.

Grant Wood AEA Professional Development Registration Form

Session #

Title

Date

Time

Fee

4082-08-04

Visual Supports for Individuals w/ Autism Spectrum Disorders 
Coralville AEA

4/2/09-4/30/09

5-8 pm

$25

 

9278-08-01

Social Cognitive Deficits Across the School & Home Day: ILAUGH Model Of Social Cognition
St. Jude’s Parish Center

9/26/08

8:30 am-3:30 pm

$55

 

9282-08-01 

Where the Boys Aren’t: Re-Engaging Our Male Learners in School
St. Jude’s Parish Center

10/20/08

8:30 am-4 pm

$50

4274-08-04

Cognitive Strategies for High Functioning Autism & Aspergers Syndrome
Coralville AEA Building

10/15/08-11/12/08

5-8 pm

$25

 

4274-08-03

Cognitive Strategies for High Functioning Autism & Aspergers Syndrome

4/2/09-5/7/09

5-8pm

$25

9284-08-01 

Emergent Literacy: Fostering Reading                     
Success During the Earliest Years of Schooling
Clarion Hotel CR                                

11/4/08

8:30am-3:30pm

$50

9287-08-01

Schools Where Everyone Belongs                            St. Jude’s Parish Center

12/8/08

8:30am-4pm

$75 

9291-08-01

Parents As Allies

2/3/09

9:30am-11:30am

No Fee

9037-08-01

Solving Behavioral Issues in Autism

2/18/09

9:00am-4:00pm

No Fee

9279-08-01

The Why, What & How of School, Family & Community Partnerships

3/9/09

8:30am-3:30pm

$60

Other workshops in and around Iowa

10/3/08

Autism Society of Iowa Fall Conference
West Des Moines, Iowa
1-888-722-4799
autism50ia@aol.com

10/16/08

Wrights Law Special Education Law & Advocacy
Altoona, Iowa
1-800-779-2502
www.ipna.org

10/19/08-10/21/08

LDA-I Conference
Des Moines, Iowa
kathylda@askresource.org

10/19/08-10/21/08

Midwest Autism Conference: Putting the Pieces Together
LaCrosse, Wisconsin
(608) 785-6504
langaard.kare@uwlax.edu

4/20/09-4/21/09

Iowa Special Education Law Conference
Coralville, IA
(515) 242-5614