Professional Development for Teachers

Project DIRECT provides professional development seminars on a variety of topics to our community partners.

Recent topics have included the following:

• Creating Safe and Supportive Schools
• Expectations for Behavior through a Developmental Lens
• Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool
• Understanding Preschooler Development:  Self-Awareness, Self-Control, and Delay of Gratification
• Creating Trauma-Informed Schools: Rationale and School Wide Approach
• Working with Children who have Challenging Behavior 
• Behavioral Assessment and Intervention in Schools
• De-escalating Upset Children (and Angry Parents, too)
• School-Related Anxiety
• Understanding Normal (and Abnormal) Behavior in the Preschool Setting

Graduate student Corey Black providing a professional development seminar on social-emotional learning to early childhood educators. 

Workshops for Parents

Project DIRECT also provides workshops for parents as a service to our community partners. 

Recent topics have included the following:

• Discipline without Tears
• Getting your Preschooler to Do What You Ask:  Giving Effective Commands