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Healthy Minds offers a variety of trainings for education and mental health professionals, as well as parents and related service providers. Please CONTACT US for more information on any of our current training offerings or to schedule a training for your school or organization.

For Education Professionals:

• FASD and the IEP
  Nearly 1 in 20 students has been prenatally exposed to alcohol. Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are frequently mislabeled and given interventions that exacerbate, rather than alleviate, their challenges. This training will discuss the brain-based nature of this disability, which traditional interventions to avoid (and why), and how to create an IEP that is supportive and effective.
• Beyond SMART Goals
  Learn how to write IEP goals that are not only appropriate and measurable but also reasonable and logical. Having appropriate, well written goals is a defining feature of a solid, supportive IEP that allows you to accurately and effectively measure student progress.
• Baby Signs® Workshops for Early Childhood Educators
  Becoming a Certified Baby Signs® Center demonstrates to the families you serve that you are on the cutting edge of supportive, research-based programs to enhance children’s development. Utilizing sign language in your center supports language and cognitive development, reduces tantrums and aggressive behaviors, and promotes trust and positive emotional development.

For Full Service Partnership (FSP), Wraparound, and Mental Health Professionals:

• Educational Advocacy: The Role of the Mental Health Professional
  This is an 8-hour training provided at your agency, providing instruction in baseline educational advocacy, the basics of navigating the special education system, ethical considerations when advocating in schools, and considerations of learning styles when choosing or applying therapeutic interventions. We will work with your agency to provide continuing education units for your staff.
• Baby Signs® Workshops for Mental Health Professionals
  The Baby Signs® Program is now being utilized by mental health professionals to assist families in creating a deeper parent-infant bond, reducing frustrations, tantrums and aggressive behaviors that stem from misunderstandings and non-communication, and increasing positive, supportive communication between parents and children. Trainings for mental health professionals are based on the Baby Signs® Trainings for Early Childhood Educators, and are modified to meet the needs of clinicians in a mental health setting.

For Parents:

• Understanding the IEP Document
  This personalized 2-hour interactive training unveils the meaning of each section of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) document and ensures parents understand this essential and important guide to their child’s special education services.
• FASD and the IEP
  Nearly 1 in 20 students has been prenatally exposed to alcohol. Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are frequently mislabeled and given interventions that exacerbate, rather than alleviate, their challenges. This training will discuss the brain-based nature of this disability, which traditional interventions to avoid (and why), and how to create an IEP that is supportive and effective.
• Beyond SMART Goals
  Learn how to ensure your child’s IEP goals are not only appropriate and measurable but also reasonable and logical. Having appropriate, well written goals is a defining feature of a solid, supportive IEP. This training will increase families’ ability to fully participate in the goal writing portion of the IEP.
• Baby Signs® Parent Workshop
  The Parent Workshop is specially designed for expectant parents and parents and family members of children from birth to 24 months old. The workshop will teach you all you need to know to begin using sign language at home to improve communication and enhance your relationship with your child.