The
OPI Montana Autism Education Project is offering a
limited number of registration scholarships for the Montana Association of
School Psychologists Summer Institute in Billings, June 5th and 6th.
The topic of the Institute is “Managing Frustration, Anxiety and Teaching Social Skills.”
Students on the autism spectrum and those with behavioral challenges often present with difficulty regulating their feelings and interacting socially. This workshop describes how to handle meltdowns and design effective behavior plans to prevent these moments and reduce frustration and anxiety. The second day of the presentation details strategies to motivate students to learn, ways to teach social skills, how to generalize skills into the natural setting and increase acceptance and tolerance from peers.
A full description of the conference can be found here.
These registration scholarships are available to school psychologists, special
educators, speech-language pathologists and paraeducators working with students
with autism in a public school and also to university students in the degree
areas of school psychology, special education and communication. The scholarships are for the conference
registration only. The OPI will not provide travel reimbursement (gas,
food, lodging.)
You can request a scholarship
here. (THE SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED AND THE APPLICATION IS CLOSED.)
We
will notify you on May 17th as to whether you have received a
scholarship.
