Structured Teaching Level I (modified 4-Day Training)
“Structured teaching” encourages professionals to understand and assess
the characteristics of autism for each child and then develop instructional curriculum
based on that assessment. This intensive seminar provides teachers and other professionals
with an overview of structured teaching, and the chance to see it in action by working
directly with students of different ages and developmental skills in a demonstration
classroom.
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Describe and understand the characteristics of autism
• Explain classroom assessment
• Demonstrate the components of structured teaching
• Understand how to work with families of children with autism
• Describe and address the communication difficulties of children with autism
• Explain independence, social, and leisure skills
• Describe how structured teaching principles affect behavior management strategies
Training dates and times:
Monday, August 4 – Thursday, August 7, 2014 (9:00am – 3:00pm)
Parents meeting: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 (4:00pm – 6:00pm)
Wendy Moran
Executive Director
Wendy Moran is the Executive Director of the TIM Academy, where she
serves as both an administrator and autism consultant. She has over 24 years of
autism experience as a classroom teacher, parent educator and professional staff
developer. She designs and delivers staff development programs and provides
consultative services to both public and private schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
New York, and Delaware. Wendy has participated in several mission projects enhancing
the education of individuals with autism in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.
Kathleen Fitts
Assistant Director
Kathleen Fitts has more than 22 years of experience in special education, including
classroom teaching, training of staff, and administration. She has been a
collaborator with the TIM Academy for several years and was appointed Assistant
Director in 2011. Her current role emphasizes the training of individuals
who work with children with autism.
Kathleen has a diverse background in Special Education. She came to the TIM
Academy after working in an elementary autistic support classroom in the Phoenixville
Area School District. Prior to this, she spent 10 years at a school exclusively
for students with autism where her responsibilities ranged from classroom teacher
to Assistant Director. During this time, she played a major role in establishing
the Structured Teaching training program for staff at this School and other institutions.
She spent the first 8 years of her career as a high school teacher in New Orleans
Public Schools working with students in emotional and behavioral support classrooms.
Chrissie Lucey
TIM Academy Trainer
Chrissie Lucey has over 25 years of experience working at a private school for individuals
diagnosed with autism. She has experience working with students who have a
wide range of cognitive, behavioral and social skill development. Chrissie has worked
collaboratively with the TIM Academy training team for 17 years.