Mar/100
Disability & Diversity at PDA
If you look directly under our company name and logo you may have noticed about a year ago we changed our slogan from “Ideas, Training and Solutions for Today’s Disability Professional” to “The Professional’s Choice for Disability and Diversity Resources”.
I must admit, I wasn’t sure it was a good change. We’d had the old slogan for 25 years, and it served us well. Why did we need to add ‘diversity’ to the mix? We have always been the ‘go to guy’ for all of our customers’ disability resources, would we be diluting a core reason for founding PDA by adding it?
In an effort to understand it, I turned to Google and Merriam-Webster for some help and found there are 2 ways to define ‘diverse’;
As an adjective:
1: differing from one another: unlike
2: composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities
And as a noun:
1: the condition of being diverse: variety; especially: the inclusion of diverse people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization
Based on either definition, disability is clearly, a dimension of diversity. Plus diversity is also a major management strategy for our customers. Companies employing people with disabilities not only increase their competitive advantage, they know the value and recognize the many benefits of diversity within their organizations. Managing diversity involves the creation of an open, supportive and responsive program that includes and acknowledges the talents of people of disability.
To that end, PDA has expanded their product line to include a new category exclusively for diversity related resources. And has recently added two programs created specifically to help employers manage diversity: We’re All Different: Diversity in the Workplace and Getting It Right: Disability Etiquette in the Workplace. Although We’re All Different barely mentions disabilities and Getting It Right focuses on disability, they both foster an atmosphere of acceptance and understanding. These training DVDs will help create a workplace that is accepting and respectful of differences, while at the same time encouraging employees to see the unique values in their co-workers.
So, did we lose anything by adding diversity to our slogan? Absolutely not. People with disabilities are our nation’s largest minority crossing all racial, gender, educational, socio-economic and organizational lines. Just like any business who adds diversity to its workforce and customer base, we are better and stronger.
Getting It Right: Disability Etiquette in the Workplace
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Getting_It_Right_DVD-pid174.html
We’re All Different: Diversity In the Workplace
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?
We_re_All_Different_Diversity_in_the_Workplace_DVD-pid501.html
For the complete list of Diversity products:
http://www.DisabilityTraining.com/product-list.php?Diversity-pg1-cid43.html
Reference:
US Dept of Labor, Offices of Disability Employment Policy
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek96/diverse.htm
Mar/100
New Resource - Fred’s Roman Holiday
Freds Roman Holiday DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Freds_Roman_Holiday_DVD-pid956.html
Resource #: FSRD979W
Fred's Roman Holiday DVD
Fred’s Roman Holiday is the story of an elderly man who early in his life was labeled with a developmental disability. His poignant return to Rome late in his life embodies the lost oppurtunities of a human being confined to a state facility.
The film sequel to the multi-award-winning film Fred’s Story (1996), in which Alfredo Calabrese described living against his will for decades inside Mansfield Training School - then one of Connecticut’s institutions for people with mental retardation. Fred shared the joy of the freedom of his new life once the institution had closed.
Opening scenes in Fred’s Roman Holiday reprise Fred’s Story to provide a context for Fred’s ordeal inside the institution. But Fred’s friend, Gayle Kranz, knew that Fred had a dream that went beyond those in Fred’s Story. She had met Fred at Mansfield Training School twenty years earlier and knew that Fred had always longed to go to Rome. To Fred, Italy was a magical place. Three years after the release of Fred’s Story she organized this trip.
On the way to Rome, the viewers meet Fred’s other traveling companions: Gayle’s niece, Neesham; Kathy, an academic in the field of inclusive education; and Fred’s close buddy and caretaker, Bob. These people join Fred in quest to find the office of Benito Mussolini, the disgraced dictator who had become the focus of Fred’s mysterious, lifelong fascination. Their collective search evolves into a profound exploration of what sustains a person’s strength through years of hardship, loss of identity, and institutional control.
When Fred last reveals the source of this ironic and misunderstood fascination, the viewer understands Fred’s attempts to cope with dashed dreams of romance and freedom. Fred has touched the hand of history, and he would never forget how it felt and how special he knew he was, despite all the world has done to him.
Mar/100
New Resource - Communication Skills
Communication Skills DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Communication_Skills_DVD-pid953.html
Resource #: HCCDC913W
VOLUME 6 OF THE COMMUNICATION SERIES
Communication Skills DVD
Communication is a process of creating shared understanding that includes speaking, listening, and non-verbal cues.
This program describes the importance of positive communication skills and teaches effective methods for creating clear, respectful exchanges.
When you train your home care staff in positive communication skills, it increases their ability to relate effectively and improves the quality of life for patient/client.
Topics covered include:
• Verbal and non-verbal communication
• Active listening
• Asking open-ended questions
• Clarification
• Pacing
• Obstacles to communication
• Communicating with someone who has hearing loss
• Uncomfortable conversations
• Honoring your client’s feelings
• Ageism: What is it? and How to avoid it
• Importance of professional appearance
Mar/100
New Resource - Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome: Addressing Sensory Issues, Brain Function, Social Skills, Job Skills, Medications and more
Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome: Addressing Sensory Issues, Brain Function, Social Skills, Job Skills, Medications and more DVD
Resource #: AASD099W
FORMERLY - WAY I SEE IT: A PERSONAL LOOK AT AUTISM & ASPERGER’S
Autism & Asperger's SyndromeDVD
Bring Dr. Temple Grandin into your home or classroom! She serves as inspiration and role model to hundreds of thousands of families and people with autism.
In this unique video, she eloquently and candidly describes the challenges she has faced and offers no-nonsense ideas on how others dealing with autism can meet these obstacles and improve the quality of their lives.
Backed by her personal experience and evidence-based research, Temple shares her valuable insights on a wide variety of topics, and offers useful do’s and don’ts.
Addresses:
• Sensory Sensitivities and Ways to Remedy Them
• Accommodating Neurological Differences
• Disability versus Just Bad Behaviors
• Alternative versus Conventional Medicine
• Employment Advice
Mar/100
New Resource - American Sign Language Clip and Create 5
American Sign Language Clip and Create 5 CD-ROM
Resource # : ASLF939W
VERSION 5
American Sign Language Clip and Create 5 CD-ROM
New Features for Clip and Create 5 include:
• Over 5,555 sign pictures (more than 1,500 new signs)
• Sign-O pictures are larger
• Print the User’s Guide
• Access the categories from Custom Print section
• More categories of signs to choose from
• Print the pictures in grid and individual form directly from the dictionary
The Custom Printing section allows you to create various types of materials (e.g., single and double-fold cards, stationary, 2-5 page banners, labels). Once you have selected the type of material you want to make, you can import sign clipart from the dictionary, use shapes or draw freehand, add text, import other images, and of course, save, and/or print your creation. A layering feature allows you to decide which pictures to move to the front, and which to move to the back. Each of your creations can be saved within the program, or as a bitmap, to be used in other programs.
ASL Clip and Create 5 contains seven templates that can be customized by using any of the vocabulary in the dictionary. Make your vocabulary selections, and get instantaneous crossword puzzles, word searches, SIGN-O cards, fingerspelling scrambles, and ABC order worksheets. An Alternate Display button allows you to retain the same vocabulary but create different worksheets. All templates can be saved within the program or as bitmap files!
There are four games on this software too:
• Con-SIGN-tration requires the player to match a sign picture with its English word equivalent. There are nine categories of words and two levels of challenge. The game keeps score of clicks and matches, and entertains with an animation when the game is complete. Because it randomizes every time it is played, there is always a new challenge.
• Spell Well can be played on any of six categorical gameboards. Use the keyboard on the screen or your own to spell the English word equivalent of each sign picture that appears. Your game piece will follow the trail until you reach the end, when an animation appears.
• Match Madness is a vocabulary matching speed game. You have four gameboard choices. Once you have picked your gameboard, you can choose your level of challenge by deciding how many words will appear simultaneously (2-6). Click on the word that matches the sign picture that appears. To win, make 10 correct matches before the third item drops.
• Sort It Out! focuses on categorization skills. A menu appears that asks you to decide the number of categories into which you must sort pictures containing signs and words. After choosing your number of categories, a screen appears with that number of categories and the names of the categories. The
Dec/090
New Resource - Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites
Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Shouting_Wont_Grow_Dendrites_DVD-pid947.html
Resource #: SWGD929W
20 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING A BRAIN-COMPATIBLE CLASSROOM
Demonstrate how teachers can increase students’ academic achievement through proactive classroom management!
Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites DVD
Designed around the successful format of Marcia L. Tate’s best-selling book Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites, this comprehensive multimedia presentation offers staff developers all the materials they need to help novice and experienced teachers reduce classroom problems and cultivate a physical environment conducive to learning. Workshop leaders will be able to demonstrate how teachers can significantly improve learners’ performance by developing a classroom management plan; delivering successful brain-compatible lessons; responding effectively to chronic behavior problems; and using easy-to-implement strategies such as:
• Constructive classroom conversations
• Classroom rituals
• Music and movement
• Lighting
• Humor
Featuring 20 practical and proven techniques, Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides:
• The 140 page companion book, Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites, covering the critical elements of managing a brain-compatible classroom
• A 70-minute, content-rich VHS video that features Marcia L. Tate discussing brain-friendly strategies and master teachers demonstrating research-based techniques in the classroom
• A companion DVD with navigation menus and bullets for easy stop-and-search control of the video content
• A step-by-step 72 page facilitator’s guide that connects the core content of the book to the video/DVD and includes segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, key points, and discussion questions
This all-in-one package is indispensable for staff developers, principals, and district administrators conducting training on brain-friendly classroom management practices to improve student outcomes.
Dec/090
New Resource - More Power: Instruction in Co-Taught Classrooms
More Power: Instruction in Co-Taught Classrooms DVD
Resource #: MPID918W
More Power: Instruction in Co-Taught Classrooms DVD
More Power: Instruction in Co-Taught Classrooms
, builds on the six co-teaching approaches Dr. Friend made famous in the Power of Two DVD by presenting seven key dimensions of effective instructional practices across K-12 settings. This next generation of co-teaching empowers teachers and gives students a richer and deeper classroom experience. This DVD incorporating evidence-baced strategies, demonstrates how to get more power from your co-teaching to improve outcomes for all students. It includes a 27 page digital facilitator’s guide.The seven dimensions shown are:
• Assessment & Planning (23:30)
• Content, Materials, & Technology (26:00)
• Instructional Environment (19:40)
• Instructional Presentation (19:00)
• Student Participation (15:30)
• Evaluation of Performance (19:10)
• Adult Interactions (18:10)
Bonus Section: Brief review of the 6 co-teaching approaches—the scaffolding on which this DVD is constructed.
Getting the Most From This DVD: Each of the sections is designed to be viewed separately, and in any order. We encourage creative professional developers and others using this program to match co-teachers’ needs to appropriate video segments and draw on the digital facilitator’s guide to encourage discussion of the many ideas presented.
Nov/090
New Resource - Visual Strategies Workshop
Visual Strategies Workshop DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Visual_Strategies_Workshop_DVD-pid933.html
Resource #: VSWD924W
A LIVE PRESENTATION OF LINDA HODGDON’S POPULAR AND INNOVATIVE WORKSHOP.
Visual Strategies Workshop DVD
The Visual Strategies Workshop is a 5-video set filmed at a live presentation of Linda Hodgdon’s popular and innovative workshop. It provides lots of information about how to use visual strategies and it is packed with samples and examples of visual strategies that have proven successful with students who experience Autism Spectrum Disorders and other moderate to severe communication or behavior challenges. The information in the Visual Strategies Workshop is pertinent for every educator or parent who provides support for these students.
Will teach you to:
• Identify significant factors in student learning and functioning style that affect communication
• Informally assess the student’s communication strengths and challenges
• Recognize specific situations where communication breakdowns can affect student understanding, behavior, and participation
• Create and use specific visual supports that have significantly improved student communication, behavior and participation.
DVD 1: 35 minutes - Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders and Communication
DVD 2: 30 minutes - Informally Assessing Communication: Students, Partners, and Environments
DVD 3: 35 minutes - Samples & Examples of Visual Strategies
DVD 4: 34 minutes - More Samples & Examples of Visual Strategies, Visual Strategies at Home: Parent Interview
DVD 5: 25 minutes - How to Create Visual Tools, Potpourri of Commonly Asked Questions
Package includes a FREE CD with a collection of supplementary materials including:
• Reproducible handouts for each video program
• Discussion questions
• Test questions
• Plus lots of other support materials to help you receive maximum benefit from this training package
• Stored on a CD for easy duplication
Nov/090
New Resource - ADHD, ADD & ODD
ADHD, ADD & ODD DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?ADHD_ADD_ODD_DVD-pid936.html
Resource #: AAOD999W
Part of Foster Parent College
ADHD, ADD & ODD DVD
Children with ADHD and related conditions are plagued by impulsiveness, lack of focus, and/or physical hyperactivity. These behaviors can make it difficult for children to succeed at home, at school, and in the community.
In this course, Dr. James Kagan offers insights and positive strategies for resource parents coping with kids diagnosed with ADHD, ADD or ODD. He discusses symptoms, diagnosis, medication, power struggles, keeping things positive and advocating for the kids.
Nov/090
New Resource - Children With Autism
Children With Autism DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Children_With_Autism_DVD-pid935.html
Resource #: CWAD999W
Part of Foster Parent College
Children With Autism DVD
The growing number of children diagnosed with autism increases the possbility that foster, kinship, and adoptive parents wil face this challenging disability.
Dr. Robert Nickel, Professor of Pediatrics and nationally respected authority on autism, offers insight into Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) based on his many years of experience as a developmental pediatrician.
This course examines the core deficits of autism: communication, social skills, and play. Also covered are develomental delay, Functional Behavior Assessment, Asperger syndrome, and medical issues commonly experienced by children with autism.
Nov/090
New Resource - Instructional Coaching Multimedia Kit
Instructional Coaching Multimedia KIT
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Instructional_Coaching_Multimedia_KIT-pid930.html
Resource #: ICMD929W
Provides targeted professional development on the “nuts and bolts” of instructional coaching!
Instructional Coaching Multimedia KIT
Designed to complement Jim Knight’s best-selling book Instructional Coaching, this comprehensive multimedia presentation provides staff developers with the necessary materials to demonstrate the principles of a partnership approach for coaching teachers to improve classroom instruction.
Facilitators will be able to show aspiring and experienced coaches how to get teachers on board, observe teachers, provide model lessons, and engage in reflective conversations. Workshops will include group discussions about:
• Incorporating the essential components of coaching
• Fostering positive communication between coaches and teachers
• Understanding the relationship between effective teaching and behavior
• Content knowledge, direct instruction, and formative assessment
Featuring a research-based, job-embedded approach to instructional intervention that can make a substantive difference in students’ learning experiences, Instructional Coaching: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides:
• The companion book, Instructional Coaching, with an in-depth examination of techniques that can dramatically refine classroom practices
• A companion DVD with a navigation menu for easy stop-and-search control of the video content
• A step-by-step facilitator’s guide that connects the core content of the book to the video/DVD and includes segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, key points, and discussion questions
Appropriate for groups of any size, this all-in-one multimedia resource helps staff developers, principals, and district administrators provide professional development that strengthens coaching capacity, instructional effectiveness, and schoolwide performance.
Nov/090
New Resource - Work Readiness Inventory
Work Readiness Inventory
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Work_Readiness_Inventory-pid932.html
Resource #: WRIN934W
Work Readiness Inventory
Employers want to hire individuals who are work ready. People who are work ready have the basic skills, attitudes, and knowledge required in nearly every job. Today’s job market calls for workers who are responsible and adaptable, who have basic skills (such as reading and writing), who understand how to communicate and interact with others, who follow rules, health and safety requirements, and who are self-motivated and self-confident. However, employers find that more and more applicants and new hires are not work ready. As a consequence, more and more programs are created to train new workers.
Identifying areas of concern is often the first step in helping an individual become work ready. The Work Readiness Inventory (WRI) does just that. It is an assessment designed to help workers recognize and address the demands of the workplace by identifying their readiness concerns or areas of weakness. Research shows that readiness assessments can also assist in the career planning and decision making process, leading to more informed choices.
This 36 item self-report identifies levels of concern in six areas crucial to work readiness:
• Responsibility
• Flexibility
• Skills
• Communication
• Self View
• Health and Safety
Self-scoring and self-interpreting, the assessment comes with a worksheet for improving one’s work readiness and takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and score. Ideal as an intake assessment or as a pre-test/post-test, the WRI can help coaches, counselors, and administrators quickly assess an individual’s overall work readiness and identify those barriers and concerns requiring additional training and attention.
Nov/090
New Resource - Financial Literacy Inventory
Financial Literacy Inventory
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Financial_Literacy_Inventory-pid934.html
Resource #: FLIN936W
Financial Literacy Inventory
The Financial Literacy Inventory (FLI) is designed to help individuals with these initiatives and measures a person’s basic knowledge with regards to money management. This 60 item assessment feeds into five scales: Income and Careers, Banking and Budgeting, Credit and Debt, Saving and Investing, and Rights and Risks.
The FLI helps individuals determine how much they know about effectively managing their money, giving them both individualized scores on each of the scales as well as an overall assessment of their financial literacy. The FLI then offers guidance on how to improve the individual’s financial literacy and manage their money better through specific suggestions and online resources. Finally, the FLI provides a personal finance checklist and goal-setting worksheet for individuals to better plan their financial futures.
This inventory is based on the national standards created by the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, the Institute for Adult Financial Literacy, the FDIC’s Money Smart program, and the Indiana Financial Literacy Education standards for high school seniors.
The FLI gives test takers a benchmark to motivate them to revise their spending habits and learn more about their financial options. It also gives counselors, coaches, and other professionals the chance to step in and alleviate key financial hurdles that will stand in the way of their client’s success. Self-scoring and self-interpreting, the FLI takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Nov/090
New Resource - Barriers to Employment Success
Barriers to Employment Success DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Barriers_to_Employment_Success_DVD-pid931.html
Resource #: BESD911W
Barriers to Employment Sucess Video DVD
Whether individuals are looking for a job or working to keep the one they have, they are bound to face obstacles. Some won’t have a resume or reliable transportation. Others may lack the education or experience needed to advance on the job. These are just a few of the barriers that people face in the world of work every day, but they can be overcome.
To successfully find and keep jobs, people must prevent their problems from becoming obstacles or excuses. This video takes viewers through the five categories of barriers that often stand between individuals and employment success.
This program also helps viewers develop the attitudes, resources, and know-how to meet their needs, analyze their options, and take action. As a result, viewers will be better equipped to overcome their barriers and achieve long-lasting success and security in the world of work.
Nov/090
Featured Product - Dress and Groom for the Workplace
Dress and Groom for the Workplace
By Perry Como
Dress and Groom for the Workplace DVD
When I was in the service dressing and grooming was important. Not so much to me, but it certainly was to the Army. It was in the mid 60’s when I boarded the bus for basic training; long hair, beards and tattered jeans were in vogue. However, the Army quickly made its own fashion statement. After shaving my head, the fun really began! Get caught with a little beard stubble…you get to shave it off with a razor only, no water, no lather. Miss a button on your fatigues … 20 push-ups, boots not polished … your free time will be spent in the kitchen. After a few hundred push-ups, hours in the kitchen and several dry shaves there were no more Army “fashion faux pas” for this soldier!
As only the Army could, it taught me a life long lesson. I realized not only the importance of good grooming and dressing but also the importance of conforming to the dress standards of the workplace.
Dress and Groom for the Workplace does the same thing, albeit in a considerably kinder and gentler manner! Presenting the fundamental principles of dressing for success for the job interview and in the workplace, both male and female viewers will learn do’s and don’ts for grooming and attire. The video shows viewers examples of what works and what doesn’t in both white and blue collar environments. Tips on shopping for appropriate clothes, shopping on a budget and proper accessories are all covered. How to take care of clothing and what to watch out for that could be hazardous on the job is also included.
Of course, everyone always has the option of being a non-conformist. Showing up at an interview or the job site with a Mohawk cut, needing a shower, dirty clothing, etc. is entirely up to each of us. A supervisor or boss may not communicate the message quite as clearly as my drill sergeant and you will avoid push-ups and KP duty, but, the chances are good that getting the job you want or keeping the job you already have are very slim.
Dress and Groom for the Workplace is produced by Jist and available from Program Development Associates. http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Dress_and_Groom_for_the_Workplace_DVD-pid528.html
Some tips form the Department of Employment and Economic Development of Minnesota: http://www.deed.state.mn.us/cjs/dress.htm
Nov/090
New Resource - Aged Care: Meaningful Activities for People with Dementia
Aged Care: Meaningful Activities for People with Dementia DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Aged_Care_Meaningful_Activities_for_People_with_Dementia_DVD-pid893.html
Resource #: AGMD912W
Part of the Aged Care Series
Aged Care: Meaningful Activities for People with Dementia DVD
Balancing practical know-how with medical theory, this program examines the needs of patients with dementia and explores a range of fulfilling activities that foster self-worth and belonging.
After an insightful look at dementia and its symptoms, the video illustrates both one-on-one and group activities and identifies which recreational pursuits are best suited to a particular level of dementia.
A well-equipped nursing home in Australia serves as a working model for developing activities programs, rounding out this excellent resource for aged care and dementia care training.
Nov/090
New Resource - How the Special Needs Brain Learns
How the Special Needs Brain Learns DVD SET
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?How_the_Special_Needs_Brain_Learns_DVD_SET-pid929.html
Resource #: HSND229W
A MULTIMEDIA KIT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
How the Special Needs Brain Learns DVD SET
Demonstrate how teachers can promote increased retention and cognitive flexibility for students with special needs! Based on the second edition of David A. Sousa’s best-selling book How the Special Needs Brain Learns, this multimedia presentation offers staff developers the materials to help teachers improve learning outcomes for students with learning disabilities and other common challenges. Facilitators can present a framework for identifying, accommodating, and motivating learners with special needs and guide discussions on topics that include:
• Creating a positive emotional climate and using techniques to raise students’ self-esteem
• Meeting learners’ needs through differentiation
• Applying effective strategies to address specific learning difficulties in speech, reading, writing, and mathematics
• Supporting students with attention, behavioral, or autism spectrum disorders
• Fostering effective general/special education teacher collaboration
Featuring activities that promote independent learning for students with special needs, How the Special Needs Brain Learns: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides:
• The companion book, How the Special Needs Brain Learns, Second Edition, a research-based approach for working with students with learning challenges
• A 44-minute, content-rich VHS video that features David A. Sousa discussing the impact of current neuroscientific findings on instruction for students with special needs and teachers demonstrating what brain-based strategies look like in the classroom
• A companion DVD with a navigation menu for easy stop-and-search control of the video content
• A step-by-step facilitator’s guide that connects the core content of the book to the video/DVD and includes segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, key points, and discussion questions
Use this invaluable all-in-one package to enhance your school or district’s capacity to appropriately serve the needs of students with learning difficulties and help ensure their path to a successful future.
Nov/090
New Resource - How to Grade for Learning
How to Grade for Learning DVD SET
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?How_to_Grade_for_Learning_DVD_SET-pid928.html
Resource #: HGLD929W
A MULTIMEDIA KIT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
How to Grade for Learning DVD SET
Demonstrate how teachers can link grading to standards to promote student achievement! Designed around the third edition of Ken O’Connor’s best-selling How to Grade for Learning, this comprehensive multimedia presentation offers staff developers the necessary materials to help K–12 teachers apply effective grading strategies that support learning and encourage student success.
Participants will be able to examine and reflect on their own methods and ensure that grading practices:
• Honor the learning process and include students in both learning and assessment
• Reflect definitive information about a student’s academic strengths and weaknesses
• Accurately measure achievement only, separate from behavior
• Are consistent and aligned with performance standards that are clearly communicated to students
How to Grade for Learning, K–12, Third Edition: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides:
• The companion book, How to Grade for Learning, K–12, Third Edition, which defines the relationship between content standards, performance standards, assignments, assessments, and grades
• A 53-minute, content-rich DVD featuring Ken O’Connor presents essential elements of effective grading models and offers a navigation menu for easy stop-and-search control of video content
• A step-by-step facilitator’s guide connecting the book’s content to the DVD and including segment prompts, workshop activities, and discussion questions
• A CD-ROM providing a digital copy of the entire facilitator guide and overheads for easy use during presentations
This all-in-one package will be indispensable for staff developers, principals, and district administrators leading professional development to help teachers develop grading methods that accurately reflect each learner’s academic achievements.
Nov/090
New Resource - Village of 100
Village of 100 DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Village_of_100_DVD-pid927.html
Resource #: VILD939W
Village of 100 DVD
This training favorite asks the simple question: If we shrunk the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing ratios remaining the same, what would it look like?
In three minutes, this program statistically approximates what that village would be like. These dramatic figures make the need for both tolerance and understanding glaringly apparent.
Key Learning Points:
• The importance of diversity
• Understanding the diverse workplace
• The value of accepting others’ differences
• How we ourselves are part of the diversity of the world
• The need for tolerance and understanding
Nov/090
New Resource - As Simple As Respect
As Simply As Respect DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?As_Simply_As_Respect_DVD-pid926.html
Resource #: ASRD979W
DIVERSITY, RESPECT AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE
As Simple As Respect DVD
This easy-to-follow program features a series of workplace vignettes that illustrate disrespectful behavior and how to correct it.
Both employees and managers will be able to use the seven commonsense Guidelines to discuss issues of respect in a diverse workplace as it relates to their own experience and behavior.
The Guidelines are further broken down into Simple Steps which makes this an especially effective and user-friendly program. The vignettes include healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and office settings.
Key Learning Points:
• Turn uncomfortable situations into learning opportunities
• Religious or cultural beliefs don’t justify disrespectful behavior toward coworkers
• Just because expressions or words are commonly used, doesn’t mean they are acceptable
• Be careful not to display or send potentially offensive materials on your computer
• Judging people’s abilities by their appearance can lead to discrimination
• Cultural or ethnic stereotypes are offensive
• Speak up against disrespect
Nov/090
New Resource - Diversity: Face to Face
Diversity: Face to Face DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Diversity_Face_to_Face_DVD-pid925.html
Resource #: DFFD979W
OVERCOMING STEREOTYPES AND MICROINEQUITIES
Diversity: Face to Face DVD
An innovative and unique training program that explores four main aspects of diversity in the workplace—stereotypes, similarities, unity and benefits—by listening to the stories and thoughts of characters who actually live and work in a diverse world.
Through their eyes, we learn why diversity is so important, and are given the definitions and tools to understand more deeply our own roles in diverse workplaces, from smaller organizations to larger corporations. Everyone plays an important part in the complex mosaic that is our diverse world.
Key Learning Points:
• Stereotypes: Fully understand what stereotypes are and are not. Learn how stereotypes affect others and ourselves. Learn how to recognize them and stop negative behavior.
• Similarities: What we have in common is often what brings us together. Learn how to search for what we share rather than focus on what we disagree on.
• Unity: Becoming a member of the team is important. Unity is an important goal for any organization. Learn how to “come together” instead of excluding ourselves and others.
• Benefits: Explore the benefits and rewards of a diverse organization in ways you may have never considered! The world has changed, and because of the global marketplace, diversity is even more important than ever.
Nov/090
New Resource - Harassment Hurts: It’s Personal
Harassment Hurts: It’s Personal DVD
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Resource #: HHID959W
Harassment Hurts: It's Personal DVD
Explores the pain and cost of harassment, covering such topics as age, race, sexual orientation, political affiliation, pregnancy, ethnicity, sexual harassment and much more.
This program explains harassment and uses personalized stories and detailed legal and policy definitions to cover all types of harassment in organizations and workplaces.
Harassment hurts us all–from individuals to entire companies–and Harassment Hurts: It’s Personal is a comprehensive program under twenty minutes that explores issues of harassment, their ramifications and their remedies.
Key Learning Points:
• Understand and learn what harassment is and isn’t.
• Learn the different types of harassment and their negative ramifications.
• Through individual narratives, learn the negative consequences of various types of harassment.
• Explore sexual as well as other types of harassment. For example, discrimination based on any differences such as sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation and much more.
• See how statistics demonstrate the prevalence of harassment in the workplace.
• Learn how to speak up about harassment and where to turn if you are harassed.
Nov/090
New Resource - It’s Up to You: Stopping Sexual Harassment for Employees
It’s Up to You: Stopping Sexual Harassment for Employees DVD
Resource #: IUYD979W
It's Up to You: Stopping Sexual Harassment for Employees DVD
With recent legal changes, and the ever-increasing need to confront sexual harassment issues in the workplace, the challenges to comprehensive training have grown. The answer is It’s Up to You: Stopping Sexual Harassment, a complete and updated tool for managers and employees alike. This series uses real-world situations and a knowledgeable host to help your organization understand and stop sexual harassment behavior. Settings include office, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, education, and hospitality.
It’s Up to You: Stopping Sexual Harassment for Employees: Join our host as she explains the law, and then introduces 14 real-world scenarios to illustrate the most common sexual harassment issues confronting organizations today, including inappropriate touching, slurs, jokes, computer-related materials, and much more. Clear, concise, and thorough, this version teaches employees how to recognize and stop sexual harassment in their work environment.
It’s Up to You: Stopping Sexual Harassment for Managers: Building on the extensive content of the employee version, this program delves deeper into the issues that confront supervisors and managers when dealing with sexual harassment. Each real-world scenario is followed by comprehensive discussions about tools, techniques, and the powerful roles that managers and supervisors play in stopping sexual harassment.
Key Learning Points:
• In-depth understanding of the key definitions of sexual harassment
• The negative effects of sexual harassment on organizations and individuals
• How to recognize and discourage illegal behavior
• How to respond to sexual harassment from both the employee’s and manager’s perspectives
• Fostering a safe and comfortable work environment
• Judging behavior as a reasonable person
• Proper procedures for reporting sexual harassment
• Prevention and response tools for unwelcome behavior
Nov/090
New Resource - Job Application: Looking Good on Paper
Job Application: Looking Good on Paper DVD
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Resource #: JALD912W
Job Application: Looking Good on Paper DVD
A job interview is a crucial opportunity to shine—but before that happens, a would-be employee needs to sell his or her abilities in writing. This program helps students identify, organize, and promote their skills and experience during the application phase of a job hunt.
Starting with a period of personal reflection and goal-setting, the video guides viewers through the critical components of cover letters and resumes, with emphasis on clarity, simplicity, appropriate formats and styles, and the best ways to make up for lapses in work history or experience.
Using the STAR method to answer selection criteria questions is another important topic. Contains brief references to Australian employment Web sites.
Nov/090
New Resource - Aged Care: Nutrition in an Aged-Care Environment
Aged Care: Nutrition in an Aged-Care Environment DVD
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Resource #: AGND912W
Aged Care: Nutrition in an Aged-Care Environment DVD
Preparing meals that meet the individual requirements of elderly people is a challenge, especially when patients or clients can no longer look after themselves.
This program provides senior-care trainees and specialists with helpful diet information and strategies for getting older people to eat properly.
Topics include basic and specific nutritional needs, portion sizes, appropriate meal frequency, and the importance of avoiding pre-packaged and convenience foods as much as possible.
The video also discusses malnutrition-linked ailments to which the elderly may be particularly susceptible, including metabolic bone disease.