Please join us to learn about NYS agencies and community based organizations and the services they provide to individuals with disabilities.

Adult agencies such as Office for People with Developmental Disabilities(OPWDD), Adult Career and Continuing Education Services - Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) and the Office for Mental Health (OMH) will be discussed. You will explore ways to collaborate with community partners to help students as they move into the adult world. Learn about how students apply for services, eligibility requirements, types of programs available and how you can make referrals. We will be joined by representatives from community agencies who will share information about their services and how to access them.

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, April 1, 2025, 11.59 pm

This package contains materials that explore values as an element of culture. Educators and Educational Organizations will be asked to reflect on their values and to consider the connection between values, equity and the provision of services for students with disabilities.

The package also contains tools for exploring values with students and families to foster cross cultural exchanges between families and Educational Organizations.

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, March 31, 2025, 11:59 pm

This explicit instruction training is intended to support participants' knowledge of explicit instruction and teachers' abilities to effectively implement explicit instruction. Explicit instruction is a high leverage practice that has proven to be effective for special education students. Participants will learn how to use the Recognizing Effective Special Education Teachers (RESET) Explicit Instruction Rubric (EIR) which is aligned with best instructional practices for students with disabilities within this training.

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: Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Monday, April 7th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Join us to learn about the role of the job coach in work-based learning experiences. We will explore task analysis and other training methods to support skill acquisition in the workplace.

You will learn about effective communication, data collection and problem solving for successful work-based learning experiences aligned with your students' IEPs.

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: April 6, 2025, 11:59 pm

Identify and differentiate between skill-based, fluency-based, and performance-based interventions.

Learn when each of these approaches is appropriate, given the nature of the observed problem and learn how to determine the intensity of intervention to the learner as a response to instruction.

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: April 5, 2025, 11:59 pm

This training is designed to provide participants with essential information necessary for preparing for and conducting a review of their district's current K-5 literacy curriculum. Participants will examine the purpose of regularly evaluating their literacy curriculum, review the key elements of the Science of Reading, learn how to develop a curriculum review team, and gain knowledge in how to create a plan to address instructional gaps through implementing necessary initiatives and practices.

This in-person training 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, April 7, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

This training package empowers educators to understand and effectively manage the conflict cycle of behavior. In this one-day training, participants will ground themselves in a common understanding of the phases of acting-out behavior and how to effectively manage unexpected social, emotional and behavioral situations in the classroom. Participants will learn to recognize and respond to acting-out behavior with de-escalation strategies tailored to each phase of the acting-out cycle. Equipped with this knowledge, educators will build their toolbox of techniques aimed at fostering a safer and more conducive learning environment that increases instructional time and improves student performance. *Please note that this is NOT a crisis or emergency intervention training.*

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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website.

If a delayed opening is announced:

- Morning trainings will be cancelled and we will attempt to reschedule at a later date.
- Full-day workshops will start at 10:30am and will be postponed if BOCES closes.
- In case of early dismissal, afternoon trainings will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Wednesday, April 9th; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

This professional development package describes the diploma and credential options that are available to New York State (NYS) students, focusing on the options available to students with disabilities.

Participants will learn the definition of self-determination and its relation to determining individualized diploma and credential options, the credit requirements for graduation in NYS, the Multiple Pathways to Graduation 4 + 1 Option requirements, the appeal eligibility criteria, the safety net options for students with disabilities, the superintendent's determination option for a local diploma, and exiting credentials available in NYS.

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, April 21, 2025, 11:59pm

This full-day training package is designed for district/building level administrators to gain a better understanding of the process related to discipline for students with disabilities as per the Part 201 of the Commissioner's Regulations. This professional development supports the administrator's understanding of the regulatory requirements and the administrative responsibilities, as they relate to discipline, and are aligned to state law to ensure district compliance.

Participants will increase their knowledge of policies, regulations, and best practices related to suspension, removal, and behavioral supports related to implementing discipline for students with disabilities.

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, April 18, 2025, 11:59 pm

This training will help participants understand how to use consultant teacher services to support the participation of students with disabilities in the general education classroom and curriculum.

Participants will examine the purpose and goals of including consultant teacher services in a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP). The training will define consultant teacher services according to New York State regulations as well as offer insight into what effective consultant teacher services look like in the classroom. Participants will learn how to determine if consultant teacher services are appropriate for meeting a student with a disability's unique educational needs, what information about consultant teacher services should be included in an IEP, and the roles and responsibilities of educators in providing these services. We will also explore how teachers can engage in effective collaboration and co-planning to ensure the effective delivery of high-quality consultant teacher services.

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, April 24, 2025, 11:59 pm

This professional learning package provides an overview of systematic screening measures that can help schools catch students in need of social, behavioral, or mental health supports as part of their Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) or Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) programs. On Day 1, participants will have the opportunity to explore a variety of systematic screening measures and learn the steps to implement them effectively. On Day 2, participants will have time to work in teams to create action plans to move forward with implementation of screening systems at their settings and receive individualized coaching and support.

This training is NOT appropriate for individuals or schools new to PBIS/MTSS.

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, April 25, 2025, 11:59 pm

The purpose of this 2-day training is to help participants gain a greater understanding of the Science of Reading; specifically, what phonological awareness is and how crucial this skillset is to the foundation of reading success. Participants will explore what phonological awareness skills to teach, when to teach them, and how to teach these skills for students to master phonological awareness. The training will also provide context for the importance of using assessments to improve effectiveness of phonological awareness instruction for students.

To overcome equity barriers, educators need to focus on systematic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading. This training is one within a series on effective reading instruction. Recommended trainings within this series include Foundations of Effective Reading Instruction: Understanding the Science of Reading, Phonics & Word Recognition: Establishing the Foundations for Reading Success, Explicit Vocabulary Instruction for Teachers, Explicit Instruction: An Evidence-Based Practice for Effective and Long-Term Learning, and Reviewing Your Literacy Curriculum: Evaluating Alignment with the Science of Reading. Each of these trainings requires its own registration.

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.

This two-day, all-day training will take place at Southern Westchester BOCES.

Registration Deadline: Monday, April 28, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Dates: Tuesday, April 29th and Thursday, May 1st; both from 9:00am to 3:00pm

This training is designed to look at specific examples of how businesses can partner with schools to implement WBL experiences, utilize strategies and resources designed to effectively recruit and build rapport with local businesses, and identify methods and resources to positively maintain business relationships throughout WBL experiences.

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: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Thursday, May 1st; from 9:00am to 11:00am

The Educational Benefit IEP Reflection: Strategies for Improving Education Programs and Decision Making at the Committee on Special Education professional development training package is intended to build awareness that student growth should be reflected across multiple years of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Furthermore, it is intended to guide participants to the realization that throughout the IEP there should be indicators of how the student learns, what their needs are, and the specialized instruction that their disability requires.

● - Participants will learn the historical context around Educational Benefit.
● - Participants will understand what constitutes Educational Benefit.
● - Participants will perform a replicable process for reviewing IEPs.
***Please bring 3 consecutive years of a student's IEP with the corresponding progress notes for each year (paper copy only and DE-IDENTIFIED).

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.

Cancellations or delays due to inclement weather can be found on the PNW BOCES website. If a delayed opening is announced:

1-Hour Delay: Workshops start at 9:30am
2-Hour Delay: Workshops start at 10:30am
3-Hour Delay: Workshops start at 11:30am

In the event of an early dismissal, afternoon professional learning activities, meetings, etc. will be cancelled.

Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 11:59pm

This training is designed to provide participants with essential information necessary for preparing for and conducting a review of their district's current K-5 literacy curriculum. Participants will examine the purpose of regularly evaluating their literacy curriculum, review the key elements of the Science of Reading, learn how to develop a curriculum review team, and gain knowledge in how to create a plan to address instructional gaps through implementing necessary initiatives and practices.

This in-person training will take place at ROCKLAND 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 5, 2025 at 11:59pm
Training Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025; from 9:00am to 3:00pm

This workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and resources to complete transition assessments with their students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Topics will include an overview of transition assessment, transition assessments for students with ID/DD, and using transition assessment results. Participants will review over a dozen transition assessments to support transition planning and measurable postsecondary goals.

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 5, 2025, 11:59 pm

The purpose of this training is to help participants gain a greater understanding of the Science of Reading; specifically, what phonics and word recognition is and how crucial this skill set is to the foundation of reading success. Participants will explore what skills to teach when, and how to teach these skills for students to master phonics and word recognition. The training will also provide context for the importance of using assessments to improve the effectiveness of phonics instruction for students. To overcome equity barriers, educators need to focus on systemic, explicit instruction to teach the skills supported by the science of reading.

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

This workshop is designed to further develop administrator's knowledge of SDI and how SDI should be designed and developed based on individual student need to address their learning barriers.

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.

The Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Graduation Rate and Decreasing Dropout package is designed to assist Educational Organizations (EOs) to develop systems and evidence-based practices that are known to enhance successful completion of school for students with disabilities.

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.

This full day workshop will teach participants how to use the Competing Behavior Pathway to analyze problem behaviors and develop classroom strategies to address them. The Competing Behavior Pathway is a problem-solving tool that guides stakeholders in determining the function of a student's problem behavior and identifying corresponding function-based interventions. Participants will leave with a better understanding of why students engage in challenging behaviors, how to use the pathway to identify skills to replace them, and strategies to help students be successful in the classroom.

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

In the morning: This training will help participants gain a foundational understanding of co-teaching as a service delivery model and the six models used to implement it. In New York state the co-teaching model is most often associated with the special education service integrated co-teaching. This model will be covered as well as the use of the co-teaching model among other service providers (e.g. English as a New Language [ENL] teachers, speech language pathologists etc.). Variations for use of the models will also be discussed throughout the training.

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

This training is designed to assist professionals in understanding the transition planning process from a culturally responsive lens. When professionals think about the transition process through a culturally responsive lens, students with disabilities experience improved post-school outcomes in the areas of employment, postsecondary education, and independent living.

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

Join us for an interactive workshop to understand the importance of beginning career development at the elementary age for students with disabilities.

We will explore elementary career development activities that support self and career awareness, identity and career exploration and enhance understanding of collaboration among schools, families, and community connections in elementary career development. We will review resources and strategies to ensure elementary experiences are impactful and encouraged for elementary- aged students with disabilities and throughout elementary school.

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, June 10, 2025, 11:59 pm

This training is a refresher for participants who have previously attended one of the RPC's intensive 4-day FBA-BIP training.

The refresher provides a review of how to conduct high-quality, comprehensive Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), including how to analyze ABC data, write functional hypotheses, identify replacement behaviors, select function-based BIP strategies, and engage in progress monitoring and data-based decision making. This training is not appropriate for individuals new to the FBA-BIP process.

**Participants should bring copies of their own FBAs and BIPs (with identifying student information removed) as they will have an opportunity to engage in collaborative review to assess the quality and completeness of their FBAs and BIPs.

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, June 10, 2025, 11:59pm

Even with the most effective, data-driven, and proactive classroom management plan, teachers will still experience student behavior that does not meet expectations. During this 1-day workshop, a menu of strategies that aim to diminish the frequency, intensity, and duration of minor inappropriate behaviors in and out of the classroom will be taught through discussion, videos, and application activities.

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, June 16, 2025, 11:59pm

This workshop will guide participants through the eligibility requirements for New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA). We will discuss the definition and purpose of NYSAA, the regulations and eligibility for NYSAA, federal requirements, tools for appropriate decision-making, and justifications and assurances.

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.

This workshop will not cover information on administering the alternate assessment or Dynamic Learning Maps.

Registration Deadline: Sunday, June 15, 2025, 11:59pm

This training is intended to help administrators gain a greater understanding of what the Science of Reading has determined to be the foundational skills needed to become a proficient reader.
Participants will explore current instructional practices in reading and the impact they have on reading proficiency.
This training also highlights ineffective practices and why those may not be working. Participants will review tools to support analyzing classroom and building practices and have time to begin action planning for improvement.

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, July 7, 2025, 11:59 pm