MRDD
| Principles of Supervision | Principles of Group Facilitation |
| Intervention Program Development | Child Growth & Development |
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Principles of Behavior Support | Disabilities & Risk Factors from Birth to Three |
| Assessment & Evaluation from Birth to Three |
| Parent/Professional Partnership (Family Dynamics) | Principles of Habilitation Programming |
| Introduction to Developmental Disabilities | Understanding the AD/HD Child In the Classroom |
Early Intervention
| Early Intervention Offerings |
The Center for Professional Development at Notre Dame College provides ongoing professional development for MR/DD, early intervention, and special education teachers, social workers, counselors, and human services personnel. Flexibly scheduled courses cover a broad range of topics necessary for registration, certification or licensure as well as professional development.
Notre Dame College is an approved provider of Social Worker Continuing Professional Education (CPE) (RSX040201) by the State of Ohio Social Worker and Counseling Board.
Notre Dame College is an approved provider of Counselor Continuing Professional Education (CPE) (RCX040202) by the State of Ohio Social Worker and Counseling Board.
Notre Dame College is an approved provider of continuing education credits (CECs) and continuing professional development(CPD) for adult services, case management, and early intervention by the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities (ODMR/DD).
Special Education teachers needing continuing education units (CEU) must seek approval from their Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC)
For more information, call 216-373- 5286 or email jpetrunak@ndc.edu.
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Principles of Supervision
Louis W. Oliverio, Ed.D.
Dates: February 9 & February 23, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Southwest ACC
This course provides the basics of supervision essential for a
supervisor’s success. Participants will also learn about group
behavior and the informal organization. This course explores
the fundamentals of various leadership behaviors and decisionmaking
models. Human Resource Management issues of
developing, appraising and rewarding personnel to achieve
quality outcomes will be covered. The principles of motivation
and delegation are covered along with effective interpersonal
skills.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR113
Undergraduate Course Cost: $370
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED567
Graduate Course Cost: $400
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Adult Services, Early Intervention, Case Management.
Counselors and Social Workers - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed. #: BMR113
Continuing Ed. Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Principles of Group Facilitation**
(Principles of Team Process)
Julieanne Hall, M.S.
Dates: February 16 & March 1, 2008 repeated
July 23 & July 28, 2008
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
Professionals in all service areas can gain understanding from
what it means to be a team. This course will explore how your
organization works, what benefits a team approach would make
and why top-down approaches cannot always work. The course
explores team membership and behavior. Facilitating a team
meeting is a skill that can be developed. It is essential for today’s
professionals to have the know-how to run a successful and
productive meeting on behalf of their clients whether they are
children’s parents and teachers in an IEP, adults planning to
strategically develop new methods of management, or problemsolvers
looking for solutions to sticky situations.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR104
Undergraduate Course Cost: $370
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED562
Graduate Course Cost: $400
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Adult Services, Early Intervention, Case Management.
Counselors and Social Workers - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed. Course #: BMR104
Continuing Ed. Course Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Intervention Program Development**
Sheryl Kline, M.Ed. & Rocky Carroscia, M.Ed.
Dates: February 16 & February 23
March 1 & March 8, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
This course will provide an overview of planning and development
for early intervention services for children age's birth to five. This
will include acquiring the knowledge and understanding to be
able to implement services as indicated on the (IFSP) Individual
Family Service Plan, develop strategies for specific issues and
needs, build awareness for cultural sensitivity, and to work in a
collaborative team process with other professionals and family
members.
Undergraduate Credit: 3 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR118
Undergraduate Course Cost: $450
Graduate Credit: 3 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED560E
Graduate Course Cost: $465
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Early Intervention, Case Management.
Counselors and Social Workers - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed. Course #: BMR118
Continuing Ed. Course Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Child Growth & Development**
Al Koterba, Ed.D.
Dates: March 15 & March 29, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
This course will take you through the critical stages of fetal
development and why the information may influence the
child’s development after birth. Learn why early recognition
of atypical development may make a difference with future
development.
This offering covers when an infant really begins to learn
about his/her environment. At what age should parents begin
to provide educational experiences to their children? Is it
appropriate to call age two “terrible?” Finally, how does a
preschooler learn? Is there such a thing as “too much
structure?” Does a public school district have any educational
obligations to a preschooler?
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR112
Undergraduate Credit Cost: $370
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED566
Graduate Credit Cost: $400
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Early Intervention, Case Management.
Counselors and Social Workers - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed. #: BMR112
Continuing Ed. Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Principles of Behavior Support*
Janet Keeler, Ph.D.
Dates: April 5 & April 19, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
This offering is a study of fundamental principles of behavior
management (behavior support). Topics include prevention,
positive programming for durable results, and the limitations
of the non-aversive model. Practical experiences and case
examples promote increased skills in defining behaviors,
behavioral assessments, and designing and evaluating
intervention strategies. A variety of intervention strategies
are reviewed. Essential information provided allows
participants to immediately implement strategies across a
variety of school, mental health, and human services settings.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR102
Undergraduate Course Cost: $370
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED561
Graduate Course Cost: $400
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Adult Services, Early Intervention, Case Management.
Counselors and Social Workers - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed. Course #: BMR102
Continuing Ed. Course Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Disabilities & Risk Factors from Birth to Three**
Al Koterba, Ed.D.
Dates: April 5 & April 19, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
This offering is designed to provide students with knowledge
about atypical development and disabilities from birth to age
three. Factors affecting infants’ and toddlers’ physical, social,
emotional, cognitive, language and aesthetic development are
covered using observation, case study, and exposure to research
and dominant theories of child development. Assessment of
young children and how they differ in development and
approaches to supporting individual development are covered.
Assessment of conditions that affect young children’s
development including risk factors, patterns of specific disabilities,
and significance of socio-cultural and political context are
addressed.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR119
Undergraduate Course Cost: $370
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED560B
Graduate Course Cost: $400
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs Early
Intervention, Case Management.
Counselor and Social Worker - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed. Course #: BMR119
Continuing Ed. Course Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Assessment & Evaluation from Birth to Three**
Staff
Dates: April 11-12, April 18-19, April 25-26, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Times: Friday: 5:30 PM ~ 9:30 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
This course will cover screening/assessment instruments and
processes for children ages birth to three. This will include
family interviewing, observation and formal assessment practices.
Federal and state mandates as they relate to assessment and
the IFSP will be discussed. Students will have practical
experiences in assessment during class time and in their major
project.
Undergraduate Credit: 3 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR120
Undergraduate Course Cost: $450
Graduate Credit: 3 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED560C
Graduate Course Cost: $465
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Early Intervention, Case Management.
Counselors and Social Workers - 36 CPE
Continuing Ed. Course #: BMR120
Continuing Ed. Course Cost: $225
Text: Assessing Infants and Pre-Schoolers with Special Needs,
McLean, 3rd Ed. ISBN 0130986623, Pearson
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Parent/Professional Partnership
(Family Dynamics)**
Al Koterba, Ed.D.
Dates: April 26 & May 3, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
This blended course is designed to give students an overview
of the issues associated with working with families of disabled
children and adults. It will provide students with specific
strategies to more effectively develop family/professional-working
partnerships. The course will provide you with an
understanding of parental educational rights and
responsibilities, legislative issues and methods for professionals
and parents/guardians to communicate in person, in writing,
by telephone and through technology.
This offering also provides an understanding of the dynamics
of family relationships between siblings with and without
disabilities as well as immediate and extended family members.
Stages of acceptance, coping strategies and expectations for
the future are covered.
This course meets the requirement for Early Intervention
Family Dynamics certification.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR109
Undergraduate Course Cost: $370
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED563
Graduate Course Cost: $400
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Early Intervention, Case Management.
Counselors and Social Workers - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed. Course #: BMR109
Continuing Ed. Course Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Principles of Habilitation Programming
Barbara Sapharas, M.A.
Dates: April 26 & May 3, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Brooklyn Adult Activity Center
10991 Memphis Ave.
Brooklyn, OH 44117
The purpose of this course is to give students the principles
necessary to develop and implement person centered planning.
This includes the ability to:
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assess the wishes, desires, preferences, and needs of
individuals and their environment
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develop and implement programming emphasizing services
and supports
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identify natural and paid supports
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evaluate effectiveness
The students will study theoretical approaches, which include
current trends and issues, and will be given opportunities to
incorporate them into practice.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR105
Undergraduate Course Cost: $400
Continuing Ed. Credit: ODMRDD 30 CPDUs
Adult Services, Case Management
Counselor and Social Workers - 24 CPE
Continuing Ed Course #: BMR105
Continuing Ed. Course Cost: $225
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Introduction to Developmental Disabilities**
Al Koterba, Ed.D.
Dates: June 16 & June 19, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 8:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
A study of the causal factors of the intellectual, social, emotional,
physical characteristics and learning potential of persons with
varying degrees of mental retardation and developmental
disabilities from birth through adulthood; the philosophy and
psychology of educational provisions and their relationship to
community and home adjustment. Learn the history of the
field of mental retardation and developmental disabilities and
how terminology has changed. Gain exposure to the myriad
of ways we assess a disabling condition and gain an
understanding of how the law influences educational decisions.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Undergraduate Course #: BMR101
Undergraduate Credit Cost: $370
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED560
Graduate Credit Cost: $400
Continuing Education Credit: ODMRDD 30 CECs Early
Intervention, Case Management, Counselor and Social
Worker - 24 contact hours
Continuing Education #: BMR101
Continuing Education Cost: $225
Materials Fee: $20
(Applies to credit and continuing education)
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Understanding the AD/HD Child In the Classroom
Kim Langley, M.Ed.
Dates: June 23-24-25-26, 2008
(Attendance is required at all sessions.)
Time: 9:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Location: Notre Dame College Administration Bldg.
Participants will become familiar with the myths of AD/HD
and be able to distinguish true neurological AD and typical
misbehaviors. The offering will provide simulated experiences
of what AD/HD feels like to the child in the classroom. Learn
the legal protections of the AD/HD child and become aware
of the wide range of adaptations and techniques for helping
students with homework frustrations. Print and video resources
for assisting the classroom teacher will be shared.
Graduate Credit: 2 semester hours
Graduate Course #: ED566D
Graduate Course Cost: $400
Materials Fee: $10
Text: The Myth of Laziness, Mel Levine
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