TMCSEA | Professional Development

TMCSEA is pleased to offer many outstanding professional development opportunities throughout the school year. Follow the link below to find additional details and registration information for our professional development activities.

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*There is no pre-registration required for focus groups

If you are interested in attending a TMCSEA professional development event and you are not part of our member districts, please contact Dale Thomas via email at dthomas@tmcsea.org for more information.

Conflict Prevention and Resolution Through IEP Meeting Facilitation

The class is designed to teach a process to enable teams to collaborate effectively while preventing and managing conflict. This ensures that the meeting content and process stays focused on the needs of the student.

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Restorative Practices Cultivating Positive Environments and Cultures

The restorative practice framework is a systematic approach that focuses on building and maintaining positive relationships, repairing harm caused by conflicts or misconduct, promoting accountability, and fostering a sense of community and well-being.

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Gestalt Language Processing with Marge Blanc, MA, CCC-SLP

This three-session course examines the role of echolalia in language development, with a focus on gestalt language processing—a developmental path in which individuals begin by using large, meaningful chunks of language ("gestalts") before progressing to self-generated grammar.

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Ready, Set, PUNS! Transition with a Smile!

Don’t come to this workshop with a frown—come ready to learn and leave empowered! Join us to explore all things Transition.

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Special Education Update: Legally-Compliant IEP Team Decisions

With a practical and fresh approach, this session will use real-life discussions about matters that affect the creation of legally-compliant IEPs, including how special education is changing in the 2020s.

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Putting the Pieces Together:Building Better IEP's from PLAAFP to Progress Monitoring

Presented by IESENetwork

Take a deep dive into high-quality IEP goal writing in this workshop. Participants will learn how to develop comprehensive Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional/Developmental Performance (PLAAFP) sections, to write standards-aligned SMART goals, and to structure progress monitoring.

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Managing Challenging Behaviors

This workshop reframes our understanding of challenging behaviors by examining how regulation ability influences an individual’s capacity to navigate their day, particularly when difficulties are encountered.

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Introduction to the SCERTS Model

This workshop will introduce the SCERTS® (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, Transactional Support) model, a comprehensive, multidisciplinary educational approach designed for autistic learners and learners with social emotional learning differences.

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Navigating School Avoidance, Refusal, and Anxiety

This training will provide a clear understanding of school anxiety, refusal, and avoidance—what they look like in students and how they impact school functioning. We’ll explore the different types of school refusal and share practical, collaborative strategies for addressing each within the classroom and broader school environment.

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Evidence-Based Practices In Autism Spectrum Disorders

Presented by Christine Reeve PH.D., BCBA-D

This presentation is an overview of the evidence-based practices based on the research literature and the reports of the National Professional Development Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders and the National Autism Center.

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CPI Training Dates 2025-2026

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25-26 PD Overview - 2025-2026

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School Psychologists/Social Workers Focus/Support Groups Schedule 2025-2026

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Job Coaching For The Paraprofessional

Participants of this training will follow online curriculum from the University of Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant (TIG). After reviewing the material, we will meet every other week to discuss the information presented and the weekly activities.

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ADOS 2 Training

The ADOS 2 training is designed for school psychologists, social workers, speech therapists and occupational therapists who want to learn how to administer and score the test. The training focuses on the characteristics of autism and how they present in the testing situation. We will focus on behavioral observations and scoring reliability to determine a component to autism eligibility and special education instruction and/or accommodations.

For new teams please attend as a team if possible. For those who have already attended a training but would like an opportunity to “fine tune” evaluation skills this training can serve as a refresher.

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