Dr. Puliafico will meet monthly with cohorts of clinicians, administrators and educators from participating districts with a focus on supporting students exhibiting school refusal behavior. Dr. Puliafico will cover the following topics in monthly consultations:

The Spring meeting

Please join us for this virtual session to hear from our partner, Circuit Consulting, as they introduce the Brain Healthy curriculum. This curriculum is an engaging, research-based unit for high school health classes developed with Boston College and NYU. Learn how the 10-lesson unit supports brain health through sleep, mindfulness, and exercise, and how it can be adapted into your existing curriculum. Find out how to join the full 3-day summer workshop and receive free classroom materials, implementation support, and a potential stipend.

Our workshops are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Hallie Hirsch, hhirsch@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

This in-person workshop will take place over two consecutive days at Southern Westchester BOCES.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Geraldine Gilmore, ggilmore@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 12, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Tuesday, May 13th and Wednesday, May 14th; both from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Administrators will be able to define SDI, recognize how to differentiate SDI from general education, identify what SDI looks like in the classroom setting, and gain necessary skills for supervision of implementation of SDI.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 12, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

Facilitated by the harris project, this session offers interactive training on a first-of-its-kind Co-Occurring Disorders (COD) curriculum, designed for high school settings. Structured across three sessions, the curriculum seamlessly integrates into existing health periods. It enables a wide range of educators-Health and Physical Education teachers, school social workers, student assistance counselors, and other professionals-to address the intersection of mental health challenges and substance use issues.

Participants will explore how to implement this innovative curriculum, engage with practical teaching strategies, and learn how to build prevention and resilience in students. Through hands-on exercises, attendees will be equipped to integrate the curriculum into their existing programs, helping students navigate complex issues and make healthy, informed choices.

By the end of this session, educators will be prepared to incorporate the COD curriculum into their classrooms and empower students with the tools for resilience and well-being. This will be followed by a Fall review session and the launch of a Support Collaborative, providing opportunities for team-building, troubleshooting, and maintaining quality and consistency while fostering a supportive network for educators as they continue their implementation journey.

Our workshops are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Hallie Hirsch, hhirsch@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Our workshops are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Hallie Hirsch, hhirsch@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Facilitated by Pilon Harlem, this workshop explores how intersecting systems of oppression and domination influence our understanding of dis/ability within a capitalist system. How do these forces shape who is deemed "non-normative,” particularly in education? In this workshop, we will examine how intersectionality and interdependence construct the social meaning of dis/ability. Using the tenets of critical dis/ability theory and the dis/ability justice framework, participants will deepen their understanding of what dis/ability is and is not, interrogate both personal and systemic biases, and co-create standards for more inclusive school spaces and practices.

Our workshops are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Hallie Hirsch, hhirsch@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

CEUs available for Social Workers only

Following a review of statistics from the National School Climate Survey, this session will explore the significance of visibility for LGBTQ+ students and their allies. We will analyze strategies to reduce stress among LGBTQ+ youth in schools and discuss best practices for fostering a welcoming environment.

Participants will gain insights into the importance of Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) and learn how to establish and support these clubs. We will also examine the Zero Indifference Guide to Bullying and Name Calling, adapted from Nancy Goldstein, Ph.D. (GLSEN) by the Anti-Defamation League.

The workshop will involve exploring bullying scenarios and effective intervention strategies, utilizing situational vignettes and interactive small group activities from the GLSEN Safe Space Kit. Participants will brainstorm supportive approaches for LGBTQ+ students in schools and discuss the necessity of implementing Inclusive Curriculum. Additionally, we will review LGBTQ-inclusive checklists designed to evaluate school policies.

Our workshops are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Hallie Hirsch, hhirsch@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

The Spring meeting

This session will explore how an accelerated instructional program with asset-based strategies can help LTELs reach their academic and linguistic potential. We will explore methods such as activating prior knowledge, peer collaboration, scaffolding that preserves the richness of text, and providing flexible access to grade-level standards. Using this approach, LTELs no longer need to be relegated to remedial programs.

This workshop underscores the importance of ensuring LTELs civil right to education and a pathway to graduation. Participants will leave with practical tools and insights to better support LTELs, fostering an inclusive and equitable learning environment that upholds the principles of equity, inclusion, and justice.

Participants should bring a device to access workshop materials.

Our workshops are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Hallie Hirsch, hhirsch@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

This session will be held via Zoom.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 19, 2025, 11:59 pm

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 11:59 pm

In this workshop, Katie Egan Cunningham, co-author of Shifting the Balance: Bringing the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom, introduces six shifts for upper elementary teachers to consider as they work to make reading success more accessible for all students. Across the day, Katie will zoom in on common practices that need reexamination, use scientific research to untangle misunderstandings related to those practices, and offer brain-friendly, high-leverage instructional moves, as an alternative.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 11:59 pm

School Library System Network Meetings are vital in LMS communication throughout the region. Network meeting participants: *Learn best practices from across the region *Connect work to the Empire State Information Fluency Continuum, AASL National School Library Standards, and advocacy *Serve as a spokesperson for your school's and/or district's needs *Secure additional resources for your school/district *Play a critical role in the overall effective operation of the School Library System

Participants communicate information back to their schools and districts about: *New York State Standards, AASL National School Library Standards, and Empire State Information Fluency Continuum implementation *Research tools and tools to service special-needs and ELL students *Subscription databases and educational technology tools *Free resources to support classroom instruction

In the afternoon: Planning for Instruction - Co-planning is critical to the success of this teaching structure. The purpose of this training is to provide foundational knowledge for the effectiveness of purposeful co-planning. In addition, participants will gain knowledge about options for co-planning and apply the information to co-plan a lesson for current or future use. Co-teaching can be applied in any situation when two teachers provide instruction together. It is highly recommended that co-teaching teams attend together, although the information provided will benefit individual teacher practice as well.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: June 1, 2025, 11:59 pm

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 30, 2025, 11:59 pm

Research indicates that early and accurate identification of students with disabilities and at-risk students through universal screening leading to individualized and intensified intervention increases the likelihood of improved learning outcomes and participation in general education classrooms. This training is one within a series of data-based literacy instruction for improving student outcomes. Recommended trainings within this series include Identifying and Intensifying Intervention: What to Do and How to Do It, Best Practices in Academic Progress Monitoring: An Introduction, and Reviewing Your Literacy Curriculum: Evaluating Alignment with the Science of Reading. Please note that each of these trainings requires its own registration.

This in-person workshop will take place at Southern Westchester BOCES.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Geraldine Gilmore, ggilmore@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Tuesday, June 3rd, from 9:00am to 3:00pm

The School Library System Council is responsible for developing and approving the Plan of Service; is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Plan of Service; does long-range and short-range planning, and supports the Plan of Service by serving on a committee; evaluates the system's services; and approves the annual budget and the system's annual report.

Our trainings are accessible to people with disabilities. To request accommodations, please contact Felecia Morris, fmorris@pnwboces.org, at least three weeks prior to your event.

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 11:59.pm