Please join us in a special training: Social and Emotional Learning in School Gardens with Lisa Combs!

When: September 1st @ 3:30pm to 5:30pm 

Where: Virtual training session via Zoom

In this training session, we will go over:

• Learn practical SEL strategies for use in school gardens
• Explore tools from our School Garden Toolkits, including “Back Pocket Activities”
• Engage with curated lessons and activity cards from top resources:
  • Life Lab
  • Kids Gardening
  • Plus, UVF2S original lessons
• Gain confidence using the school garden:
  • Individually with students needing a break
  • With small groups
  • With your whole class
• Walk away with hands-on activities and a clearer understanding of how to integrate the garden into daily learning

In addition, we are pleased to announce Lisa Combs will be hosting the training.

Lisa Combs, M.A. Special Education,CAS, has played many roles in the education field over 30 years: intervention specialist, administrator, author, consultant, job embedded instructional/behavioral coach, national presenter, adjunct university instructor, and certified autism specialist.  She has authored two books on autism intervention through AAPC publishing company.  She is also the author of the popular “Best Friend Books” social-emotional children’s books series, and conducts social emotional workshops for students, school staff and community groups.  She has her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Special Education and graduate level training in  supervision and applied behavioral analysis. As a founding member of the Miami Valley Autism Coaching Team, she coached thousands of educators supporting students with autism and other complex disabilities.  She also has extensive experience coaching educational teams in positive behavioral intervention and support, co-teaching, differentiation of instruction, and universal design for learning. She enjoys training special education paraprofessionals as well, with the sincere belief that they are critical members of the educational team. She is a passionate advocate of public education and she takes pride in developing trusting relationships with educators to help them identify their strengths and challenges, enhance their professional growth, and inspire them to achieve the best possible outcomes for themselves and their students!

To register, please follow this link:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/social-and-emotional-learning-in-the-garden

The day of event, we will email a Zoom link to join the session.