Training Opportunities for Professionals
Yachad/NJCD provides ongoing trainings for agencies, schools, students and its own staff throughout the year. If you are interested in putting together a training program for your organization and tailoring it to your specific needs, please contact Mrs. Amanda Levy, Family and Clinical Services Coordinator, at 212-613-8172 orlevya@ou.org.
The following is a list of trainings that have been offered by Yachad/NJCD:
- Improving Critical Thinking Strategies for Individuals with Special Needs
- Transition from School to Work
- Mental Retardation: A Pediatric Perspective
- Positive Behavioral Supports
- Social Skills Training for People with Special Needs
- Recognizing the Signs of Families in Crisis
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- An Introduction
- Nutrition & Weight Management
- The Vineland- How to interview and score the Vineland
- Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse
- Autism Panel: Diagnosis, Education and Ongoing Intervention
- Coping with Stress and Getting through difficult life events
- Working with Difficult People
- Help a child learn & grow; The Feurestein Approach
- Going Beyond the “Time-Out”
- Self Advocacy
Schools can also set up a program for their students to partake in a sensitivity workshop and learn more about inclusion.
