Educator Courses via Distance Learning

These courses are computer-based training which you can complete at your own pace. The instructor is accessed by a toll-free number or via email for technical or professional questions. You will receive the course materials via mail after you register.

Topics covered include managing disruptive behavior, attention deficity disorder (ADD), violence in schools, drugs and alcohol use and abuse, learning disabilities, harassment in schools, autism, asperger's disorder, special needs students, behavior assessments, sexually transmitted diseases, high achievers, aggressive behavior in the classroom, child abuse (including neglected children), HIV, and AIDS.

All work must be completed by May 15, 2006. Be advised that the units earned in these classes are not applicable to the baccalaureate degree at CSUDH.

Technical Requirements
Students receive course materials by mail after registration. These courses are designed to run from a compact disk (CD) and saves user data on the hard drive.

The following requirements are needed:
Macintosh Operating Systems -- Mac OS 9.x or OSX, 256MB of RAM and 5MB of free hard disk space, 15” or larger color monitor with a minimum resolution of 800 x 600, CD drive 4x minimum speed and a printer connected to your computer.
Windows Operating Systems -- Windows 2000, XP Home, Professional or newer, 256MB of RAM and 5MB of free hard disk space, 15” or larger color monitor with a minimum resolution of 800 x 600, CD drive 4x minimum speed and a printer connected to your computer.

Behavior is Language Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior
TEX 495-41
3 ext units
Learn behavioral techniques and intervention strategies that remediate disruptive behavior, reduce power struggles and feelings of burn-out, and increase
classroom control without increasing your work load. Gain a new perspective on student behavior and learn effective tools to facilitate positive student changes. Practice new skills with the
simulated classroom scenarios.
Instructor: Mick Jackson, MS Ed
$450

Attention Deficit Disorder: Information and Interventions for Effective Teaching
TEX 495-43
2 ext units
Designed to give students a complete history of ADD, along with
accepted and experimental treatment methods. Current treatments of
the disorder, practical intervention strategies designed to increase
on-task behaviors in the
classroom are reviewed.
Instructor: Mick Jackson, MS Ed
$300

Violence in Schools: Identification, Prevention, and Intervention Strategies
TEX 495-44
2 ext units
Foundational understanding of violence and motivational purposes
behind aggression, correlations and impact of the media, community,
and family upon violence will be investigated. Identification and
intervention approaches to working with out-of-control behaviors and
information on national resources available for both parents and
teachers will be provided.
Instructor: Michael Sedler, Ph.D.
$300

Drugs & Alcohol in School: Understanding Substance Use & Abuse©
TEX 495-45
2 ext units
Course offers you a more comprehensive understanding of alcohol,
drugs, and their influences in your classroom. Provides a contextual
framework for understanding what students may be experiencing through
their own substance use or the impact of substance use around them.
Basic historical perspective plus biological, psychological, and
social factors that comprise the disease of addiction are covered.
Instructor: Casey Jackson, MSW
$300

Learning Disabilities: Practical Information for Classroom Teachers©
TEX 495-46
3 ext units
Covers diverse theoretical approaches, lays the foundations for
sensitive and appropriate assessment and evaluation of students,
provides directions for program planning and implementation,
indicates the importance of, and the need for a close and positive
partnership with parents (or alternative care givers) and consider
ways for ensuring that the home-school axis is effective and
meaningful. This program will also consider some major trends and
unresolved issues in the field of learning disabilities.
Instructor: A.N. (Bob) Pillay, Ed.D.
$450

Harassment in Schools: Guidelines & Policies for Prevention©
TEX 495-47
1 ext unit
Harassment in the schools and the intervention strategies you can
access to assist you or those you care about in protecting themselves
from harassment are covered. Examines the relationship between
discrimination and harassment, legal and operational definitions of
the forms of harassment, the impact of sexual harassment on victims
and the workplace, methods for stopping harassment, and guidelines
for creating and implementing policies to prevent harassment.
Instructor: Terrie Scott, MSW
$150

Autism & Asperger’s Disorders: Information & Effective Intervention Strategies
TEX 495-49
2 ext units
This course is designed to help you achieve a better understanding of Autism and Asperger’s Disorder and intervention strategies to enhance communication and learning and to teach more conventional behaviors. Introduction to Autism and Asperger’s Disorder provides information on the characteristics of the disorder, learning styles associated with the disorder, communication weaknesses, and various intervention strategies that have proven to be successful when working with students with autism spectral disorders. The course helps you make sense out of why individuals with autism spectral disorders act the way they do and what you can do to enhance more appropriate behavior. This course also lists resources for educators, related service personnel, and parents who would like more help or information on autism and Asperger’s Disorder.
Instructor: Marrea Winnega, Ph.D.
$300

Inclusion: Working with Special Needs Students in Mainstream Classrooms
TEX 495-51
1 ext units
This interactive computer-based instructional course is designed to help special and general educators like you gain a better understanding of inclusion, one of the current educational reform movements that advocates for educating students with disabilities in the general education classroom.
Instructor: Florah Luseno, Ph.D.
$150

Functional Analysis: Introduction to Completing Behavior Assessments
TEX 495-50
2 ext units
This course is designed to help you achieve a better understanding of Functional Behavior Assessment FBAs and Positive Behavior Support PBS strategies to facilitate positive student behavior. The Functional Analysis course will include an overview of the hierarchy of assessment procedures used to conduct Functional Behavior Assessments. The course will also cover a detailed overview of functional analysis procedures and treatment packages that can be implemented based on the results of the functional analyses. Particular emphasis will be placed on reinforcement-based interventions and dimensions of reinforcements. This course will be particularly useful for educators who work with children with disabilities because their results often lead directly to proactive intervention.
Instructor:Mick Jackson, MS Ed
$300

Sexually Transmitted Infections: Information for Education Faculty & Personnel
TEX 495-48
1 ext unit
This class was created to give an in-depth understanding of sexually transmitted infections. It is not a medical text. It has been written so that teachers, aides, counselors, administrators and other education professionals can understand and learn about the sexually transmitted infection epidemic that affects so many students each year. Pictures have been included for a visual reference and to aid in the detection process. Many of the pictures in this course are a graphic representation of the diseases they represent. If you do not wish to view these pictures during the completion of the course you will have the option to close the link to the pictures. if you choose to do so this will in no way affect your mastery, learning outcome, or final grade. again, the pictures have been provided as an aid for understanding the specific sexually transmitted infection and visual awareness is considered a necessity for this subject matter.
Instructor:Fay Cadwallader, MSW
$150

Talented & Gifted:Working with High Achievers
TEX 495-52
2 ext units
Talented and Gifted Education provides information on the history of the
exceptional in relation to education, current law, and accepted methods for
referral, assessment, and identification of these students. The course also covers major program models and methods of differentiating instruction to meet the rate and level of learning of those students identified. The course gives you an understanding of ways to meet the affective needs of the gifted and talented student in the regular classroom. This course also lists resources for teachers and parents who would like more information about the talented and gifted.
Instructor: Margie Arnzen, MS Ed
$300

Understanding Aggression: Coping with Aggressive Behavior in the Classroom
TEX 953-53
3 ext units
Understanding Aggression includes topics on violence, aggression in the classroom, youth gangs, aggression in sports and on television, how drugs and alcohol play a role in aggression and violence, and "hot spots" that tend to breed aggression and violence The course helps school personnel become more aware of the causes of aggression and ways to evaluate aggression and intervene before the aggression turns to violence in the schools. The course also speaks about aggression in our communities through driving, dating, sports, television, music and how these issues are dealt with in modern society. The software is designed to be loaded onto the hard drive of your personal computer from a compact disk (CD).
Instructor:Mick Jackson, MS Ed
$450

Child Abuse: Working with Abused & Neglected Children
TEX 495-56
2 ext units
Welcome to Child Abuse: Working with Abused and Neglected Children, an interactive computer-based instruction (CBI) course designed to help you identify and effectively teach students affected by child abuse and/or neglect. This course teaches you to recognize the signs of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect in students. it also discusses the specific factors that exist in families who abuse or neglect their children. A major emphasis in this course is on helping the participant understand the special learning needs of the abused or neglected child and how to meet those needs in the regular classroom. Working with parents and community agencies is also emphasized.
Instructor:Joan Halvetstadt, MS Ed
$300

Traumatized Children: The Effects of Stress, Trauma & Violence on Student Learning
TEX 495-57
2 ext units
This course is designed to help you identify and effectively teach students affected by stress, trauma and/or violence. Learn to recognize the signs of stress, trauma and violence in students. It also covers the factors which exist in families and communities where stress and violence are common. Emphasis is on helping the participant understand the special learning needs of the student who is experiencing stress, trauma or violence in his/her life and how to meet their needs. Working with parents and community agencies is covered.
Instructor:Joan Halvetstadt, MS Ed
$300

Advanced Classroom Management: Children as Change Agents
2 Ext Units
Prerequisite: Any introductory behavior management course.
This course is geared primarily for eduational professionals who serve children adn youths presenting behavior problems in the school or community. It focuses on cognitive and cognitive-behavioral interventions (often lumped together under the rubric "social skills") with an emphasis on teaching students how to change and manage their own behavior. Since previous knowledge and understanding of traditional behavioral (operant) concepts and strategies is required, it is strongly recommended that students take an introductory behavior management course to learn the basic terms and concepts of behavior management prior to taking this "advanced" course.
Instructor: Joe Kaplan
$300

Teaching Diversity: Influences & Issues in the Classroom
1 Ext Unit
This course is designed to give you the knowledge, tools and dispositions to effectively facilitate a diverse classroom. This course will help you understand and identify differences in approaches to learning and performance, including different learning styles and ways in which students demonstrate learning. An emphasis in this course will be on understanding how students’ learning is influenced by individual experiences, talents, disabilities, gender, language, culture, family and community values. You will be challenged to apply knowledge of the richness of contributions from our diverse society to your teaching field.

Educational Assessment: Assessing Student Learning in the Classroom
2 Ext Units
This course is designed to further develop the conceptual and technical skills required by teachers to help them identify their educational goals, and implement meaningful instructional strategies for effective learning by students with special needs. The focus of this course will therefore be on assessment for instructional programming. The course will outline procedures for designing or selecting, administering and interpreting, a variety of informal assessment measures typically used in schools. The use of a range of informal assessment measures in the academic and social skills areas will form the core of the content to be covered. The presentation of assessment information in an acceptable format to parents and teachers will also be addressed.

Schedule

About the Instructors

Margie Arnzen, MS Ed. counselor, Spokane Public Schools, Assistant Principal, Bancroft Center.

Fay Cadwaller, MSW, LICSW. Private practitioner, Youth Force, Spokane, Washington and social worker, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane

Jeff Driskell, MSW. Case Manager, Spokane AIDS Network and adjunct faculty, Eastern Washington University

Joan Halverstadt, MS Ed. School counselor, Rochester (WA) Primary School

Casey Jackson, MSW. Clinical reviewer and research associate, Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training, Washington State University. Also in private practice

Mick Jackson, MS Ed. President and CEO for Virtual Education Software, Spokane, WA

Joe Kaplan, Ed.D. Professor of Education, Portland State University

Karen Lea, Ph.D., Director of Teacher Education, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois

Florah Luseno, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chicago State University

A.N. (Bob) Pillay, Ed.D., senior lecturer, executive officer, special education and director, Learning Improvement Center, The University of Melbourne (Australia)

Terrie Scott, MSW. Spokane Mesa Center Direcotr, Washington State University. Adjunct Faculty, Eastern Washington University

Michael Sedler, Ph.D., MSW, teaches distance learning courses throughout the northwest

Marrea Winnega, Ph.D., in private practice and a consultant on autism and related disorders in Chicago

Contact
Babette Wald, 310-243-3730 or bwald@lists.csudh.edu