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Trainings for Educators, Youth Workers and Parents
Ramapo is pleased to offer trainings for educators and youth workers and parent education and support in our conveniently located New York City Office! For a list of offerings, download our calendar or view below. To register, click on the name of the specific workshop, and you will be directed to its registration page.
Teachers
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Jan. 24, 2012 |
9:30am-3:00pm |
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Jan. 27, 2012 |
9:00am-3:00pm |
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Jan. 30, 2012 |
9:00am-3:00pm |
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Feb. 21, 2012 |
10:00am-4:00pm |
For more information or questions regarding registration, please email or call Alicia Barry at 212.754.7003 or abarry@ramapoforchildren.org
Youth Workers
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Jan. 13, 2012 |
10:00am-1:00pm |
Strategies for Avoiding and De-Escalating Conflict Situations |
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Jan. 23, 2012 |
10:00am-1:00pm |
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Feb. 10, 2012 |
10:00am-1:00pm |
Strategies for Avoiding & De-Escalating Conflict Situations |
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Feb. 28, 2012 |
10:00am-1:00pm |
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March 2, 2012 |
10:00am-1:00pm |
For more information or questions regarding registration, please email or call Ali Hirschhorn at 646.588.2313 or ahirschhorn@ramapoforchildren.org
Parents
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Feb. 6, 2012 |
9:30am-11:30am |
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Feb. 13, 2012 |
9:30am-11:30pm |
Help Me Make Friends! Tools to Promote Friendship and |
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March 6, 2012 |
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Relax, Relate, Reconnect: Seeing Your Way Out of Power |
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March 7, 2012 |
9:30am-11:30am |
Helping Parents and Caregivers Manage the Behavior of |
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March 19, 2012 |
9:30am-11:30am |
For more information or questions regarding registration, please email or call Alicia Barry at 212.754.7003 or abarry@ramapoforchildren.org
Ramapo Training's Unique Method Provides Real-world Strategies for Parents
Parent Education and Support Workshops Available for a Wide Range of Challenges
New York, N.Y. -- Ramapo for Children is excited to offer parents and caregivers new opportunities to learn strategies to cope with the challenges of raising children with difficult behaviors, including children with oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and more. New workshops are now available that focus on specific youth needs, including reducing power struggles with teens and addressing the unique challenges of preschool-aged children.
Ramapo Training's parent support and education workshops provide parents with tangible, easily implemented skills to manage their children's behaviors. The workshops also provide a forum for discussion and collaboration, and they connect parents to a community of others who are facing similar challenges.
For parent Kathryn Birn, learning the Ramapo method was a revelation. “It was empowering,” she says, “to learn that we could really be successful in helping our kids realize their potential, using some smart and practical ideas and strategies.”
Ramapo’s parent support and education workshops take place in their conveniently located New York City midtown offices, and registration is open now for January, February, and March. For a full calendar, visit www.ramapotraining.org.
About Ramapo for Children
With over 85 years of experience in direct service and training programs, Ramapo for Children has developed a unique ability to create inclusive environments that promote positive behavioral change, foster skill development, and help support learning and personal growth.
Download the press release here.
Partnership Program
To celebrate the rich and deep relationships we've developed with our partner schools and agencies, Ramapo for Children launched the Partnership Program!
We cherish our partners who have demonstrated their partnership by working with us to bring our training, coaching, and retreats programs to their school professionals and communities. In addition,
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we share the same mission of building safe and supportive learning communities
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they invest in the long-term development of your teachers and students
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their commitment to improving the education experience of your students is unparalleled
Benefits of being distinguished include:
- your school or agency listed on Ramapo's Training and/or Retreats Web sites.
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program discounts for our training and retreat programs
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a spotlight article about your school in our online newsletters
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Ramapo partnership banner for display in your school hallways
Summary of Ramapo Training Evaluation Results - Teacher Trainings 2007-2009
Ramapo Training's workshops and coaching provide skills in behavior management, focusing on preventing behavior problems that are avoidable and on techniques for dealing with disruptions that do occur. Since fall 2007, the effectiveness of Ramapo's teacher training has been studied by an outside evaluator affiliated with Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
This evaluation includes pilot studies of over 250 teachers at a total of 13 diverse New York City schools. Before and after trainings, teachers reported their: 1) perceived effectiveness in reaching and relating to students, engaging them in the classroom, and handling difficult behavior; and 2) sense of resiliency, which includes job satisfaction and ability to build relationships with students. These two areas were measured using validated research instruments that have previously been shown to demonstrate an impact on teacher beliefs and behavior, which in turn have been shown to have an effect on important outcomes including positive classroom management, attitudes about teaching, and individual student achievement.
The studies reported here have had statistically significant findings across years and in both of these areas, showing that teachers gain skills effective in classroom management and that they have an improved sense of ability and satisfaction in their jobs.
Effectiveness in the Classroom
Since 2007, we have seen statistically significant differences in teachers' abilities to:
- Set classroom structure
- Deal with problem behavior
- Keep classrooms safe
- Engage every child in the classroom and feel that they are making a difference
- Deal with the most challenging students - including those that have had past behavior problems or seem least likely to succeed
- Have a positive influence and to help students learn and grow
Teacher Resiliency
Since 2007, teachers have also reported statistically significant:
- Increased job satisfaction
- Improved ability to build relationships with students
- Decreased job stress in working with students
- Decreased likelihood to react emotionally to students (e.g., yelling)
Other Results
Teachers give high ratings to our trainings; 95% rate trainings as "good" or "excellent". Almost all say that they would attend another training by Ramapo. Other frequent comments are that trainers are knowledgeable and responsive, and the trainings are relevant to their work.
Preliminary results of our ongoing teacher coaching show that increased sense of personal accomplishment and decreases in job stress are reinforced with just one coaching session. We have also found that coaching challenges teachers to think more closely about strategies to be effective. Based on these results, we therefore recommend an extended relationship with at least two coaching sessions in order to ensure that positive changes can be maintained, that teachers can facilitate safer and more inclusive classrooms, and that students are able to reach their full potential.
Here and Now Skills for Youth Program Leaders
Many youth-service professionals move into supervisory roles without sufficient training. A 2006 Child Trends brief, The Importance of Professional Development for Youth Workers, asserts that a comprehensive professional development agenda is vital to enhancing and sustaining a cadre of quality youth workers. However, the brief also notes that few training opportunities exist for supervisors of youth workers, and states, "Supervisors can benefit from training that teaches them how to support youth workers in ways other than just by acting as a role model."
To meet this urgent need for professional development, Ramapo Training's comprehensive program, Strategic Supervision: Here & Now Skills for Youth Program Leaders, will offer youth service directors 16 hours of core training.
Ramapo Training's Strategic Supervision© model is most helpful to young managers in diagnosing the demands of situations and developing appropriate strategies. Strategic Supervision is a balance between:
- the amount of direction (task behavior) a supervisor gives,
- the amount of support (relationship behavior) a supervisor provides, and
- the "readiness" level that staff exhibit on a specific task, function, or objective that the supervisor is attempting to accomplish.
The material covered in this professional development program is concrete and highly applicable to the fields of education, recreation and youth service. Strategic Supervision©, can be presented as a 16-hour series or as individual 4-hour sessions. At the conclusion of training, participants will be equipped with a core understanding of strategic supervision and a toolbox of skills and techniques to effectively supervise inexperienced staff.
