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    Sense for Schools – For the parents of school age children:

    In an effort to keep families safe and healthy Children's Institute for Pediatric Education now brings educational programs to your school. Fifteen percent (15%) of all proceeds from the programs will be donated back to schools.

    How does the program work?

    A school liaison works with Children's Hospital to organize the class.

    What does Children's Hospital Do?

    Children's provides everything needed for the educational session including instructors, educational materials, confirmation letters and certificates of completion, if applicable.

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    July 27, 2010

    Autism Program for Aides: • Behavior Management Techniques – For anyone that works with a client of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program

    Running a home based intensive behavioral intervention program can be an overwhelming task. Many families struggle with staffing concerns, such as ensuring that their staff has a knowledge base of behavioral principles prior to starting work with their child and ensuring that their staff has opportunities for on-going behavioral training. This struggle is compounded by high turn-over rates among their staff.

    Families of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program will now have an opportunity for their staff to receive the training that is needed for ensuring the highest quality of care for their children. A series of trainings will meet the needs of the families by providing on-going and more intensive training of the staff who work with their children, to ensure they have the most up to date information on behavioral principles and how to effectively implement these procedures with children with autism spectrum disorders.

    These programs will focus on basic principles of behavioral interventions. We will be discussing the history of these techniques and how the processes can be successfully implemented with children with autism. We will also discuss principles of applied behavior analysis to decrease negative behaviors while improving positive behaviors.

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    August 10, 2010

    1234 Parents – For Parents of Children 1-4

    1234 Parents is a three-week series of interactive parenting classes combining videos and facilitated discussion that addresses the major issues facing today's families. The class was developed for adult parents who want new insight into parenting today's kids. We offer three different parenting classes.
    – Active Parenting with Children (for parents of kids age 5-12)


  • –Active Parenting with Teens (for parents of kids age 13-18)
    –1 2 3 4 Parents! (for parents of kids age 1-4.

    When signing up for this class, only one name per registration form please.

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    September 13, 2010

    Adoption Academy: CORE Track – Taking the Mystery Out of the Adoption Process

    This program was made possible through a partnership between Children's Hospital and The National Center for Adoption Law and Policy at Capital University Law School.

    The Adoption Academy offers prospective adoptive parents educational programs from an objective source. Our goal is to bring information together in a comprehensive and sensitive manner to help prospective parents make informed adoption choices. The Academy has three tracks.

    The four week CORE Track examines issues all prospective adoptive parents need to address The Domestic Track is for those interested in adopting children in the United States The International Track is for those interested in adopting abroad We recommend all participants attend the CORE Track as it lays the foundation for the more specialized Domestic and International Series.

    This Academy is intended to be an introduction to the choices prospective adoptive parents have. Taking this class may not satisfy the detailed educational requirements of county children's service agencies for adoptions they process.

    Please complete a separate registration form for each person signing up for this class series.

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    September 14, 2010

    Autism Program for Aides: Discrete Trial – For anyone that works with a client of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program

    Running a home based intensive behavioral intervention program can be an overwhelming task. Many families struggle with staffing concerns, such as ensuring that their staff has a knowledge base of behavioral principles prior to starting work with their child and ensuring that their staff has opportunities for on-going behavioral training. This struggle is compounded by high turn-over rates among their staff.

    Families of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program will now have an opportunity for their staff to receive the training that is needed for ensuring the highest quality of care for their children. A series of trainings will meet the needs of the families by providing on-going and more intensive training of the staff who work with their children, to ensure they have the most up to date information on behavioral principles and how to effectively implement these procedures with children with autism spectrum disorders.

    These programs will focus on basic principles of behavioral interventions. We will be discussing the history of these techniques and how the processes can be successfully implemented with children with autism. We will also discuss principles of applied behavior analysis to decrease negative behaviors while improving positive behaviors.

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    September 14, 2010

    Hearing Team Support Series – Technology for Students with Hearing Loss in the Classroom

    The program will explore different types of FM Systems and will examine the pros and cons of each.

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    September 15, 2010

    Autism Academy 2010 – Overview

    The Autism Academy provides educational sessions for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, including Autism, Asperger’s and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). These sessions are also opened to others within the community interested in knowing more specific information about autism. The program is not designed to substitute for on-going treatment nor will be geared to the specifics of individual children.
    This basics class is recommended for teh newly diagnosed , for those who are feeling overwhelmed in understanding their child's problems and treatment options or for those in the community wh would like a better understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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    September 16, 2010

    Parenting Your Child with Autism

    Parenting Your Child with Autism is a five-part series of interactive parenting classes including facilitated discussion and activities that address the major issues facing families with children with an autism spectrum disorder. The class was developed for adult parents with children in the homeor caregivers who want new insight into parenting children with an autism spectrum disorder.

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    September 21, 2010

    Autism Program for Aides: Discrimination Training – For anyone that works with a client of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program

    Running a home based intensive behavioral intervention program can be an overwhelming task. Many families struggle with staffing concerns, such as ensuring that their staff has a knowledge base of behavioral principles prior to starting work with their child and ensuring that their staff has opportunities for on-going behavioral training. This struggle is compounded by high turn-over rates among their staff.

    Families of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program will now have an opportunity for their staff to receive the training that is needed for ensuring the highest quality of care for their children. A series of trainings will meet the needs of the families by providing on-going and more intensive training of the staff who work with their children, to ensure they have the most up to date information on behavioral principles and how to effectively implement these procedures with children with autism spectrum disorders.

    These programs will focus on basic principles of behavioral interventions. We will be discussing the history of these techniques and how the processes can be successfully implemented with children with autism. We will also discuss principles of applied behavior analysis to decrease negative behaviors while improving positive behaviors.

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    September 28, 2010

    Autism Program for Aides: • Behavior Management Techniques – For anyone that works with a client of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program

    Running a home based intensive behavioral intervention program can be an overwhelming task. Many families struggle with staffing concerns, such as ensuring that their staff has a knowledge base of behavioral principles prior to starting work with their child and ensuring that their staff has opportunities for on-going behavioral training. This struggle is compounded by high turn-over rates among their staff.

    Families of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program will now have an opportunity for their staff to receive the training that is needed for ensuring the highest quality of care for their children. A series of trainings will meet the needs of the families by providing on-going and more intensive training of the staff who work with their children, to ensure they have the most up to date information on behavioral principles and how to effectively implement these procedures with children with autism spectrum disorders.

    These programs will focus on basic principles of behavioral interventions. We will be discussing the history of these techniques and how the processes can be successfully implemented with children with autism. We will also discuss principles of applied behavior analysis to decrease negative behaviors while improving positive behaviors.

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    October 2, 2010

    Autism Saturday Program for Aides: – For those interested in learning beginning strategies to assist in working with a child with Autism.

    Working with children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in a home program or assisting in an educational setting can be both a challenging & rewarding experience. Finding quality educational opportunities to icrease skill levels and help address the challenges associated with working with a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder has been limited.

    Nationwide Children's Hospital is happy to announce that they will offer two Saturday Aide Trainings to provide educational opportunities specifically geared for aides/paraprofessionals that work in either home programming environments or educational settings. These trainings will provide the basic education necessary to be successful in your role and allow the child to reach their potential.

    This workshop introduces the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Target audience includes those interested in learning beginning strategies to assist in working with a child with autism, classroom teachers, special education teachers, speech/language pathologists, occupational therapists, paraprofessionals, home program aides/therapist, counselors, parents and all other personnel who have direct contact with a child with Autism.

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    October 4, 2010

    Gluten-Free Eating: The Basics – The Basics

    There is a lot to learn about the gluten-free lifestyle. This primer is intended for the newly diagnosed or those who want a refresher on the basics of the gluten-free diet.

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    October 6, 2010

    First Steps... Infant Care Class – A Primer for the New, Adopting or Expecting Parent

    First Steps... Infant Care Class is for the new, expecting or adopting parent to learn about basic baby care. We know that new parents have a lot of questions about caring for their babuy and keeping him healthy- so our teachers are especially prepared to address your concerns.

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    October 10, 2010

    Adoption Academy- Domestic Track – Taking the Mystery Out of the Adoption Process

    The Adoption Academy offers prospective adoptive parents educational programs from an objective source. Our goal is to bring information together in a comprehensive and sensitive manner to help prospective parents make informed adoption choices. The Academy has three tracks.

    The CORE Track examines issues all prospective adoptive parents need to address The Domestic Track is for those interested in adopting children in the United States The International Track is for those interested in adopting abroad We recommend all participants attend the CORE Track as it lays the foundation for the more specialized Domestic and International Series.

    This Academy is intended to be an introduction to the choices prospective adoptive parents have. Taking this class may not satisfy the detailed educational requirements of county children's service agencies for adoptions they process.

    Please complete a separate registration form for each person signing up for this class.

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    October 12, 2010

    Active Parenting Series – Parenting Children

    Active Parenting is a six-part series of interactive parenting classes combining videos and facilitated discussion that addresses the major issues facing today's families. The class was developed for adult parents who want new insight into parenting today's kids. We offer three different classes.
    – This class is Active Parenting with Children (for parents of kids age 5-12)




  • When signing up for this class, only one person per registration form please.

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    October 13, 2010

    ADHD Academy - Overview Class – Understanding the Effects on Children.

    This overview class is strongly recommended for parents of newly diagnosed children and for those who are feeling lost in understanding their child's problems and treatment options.

    Please sign-up only one person on a register form.

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    October 20, 2010

    Anger Management – How to Help Your Child Manage Anger

    This four (4) session program is designed to increase parent effectiveness in helping their children develop pro-social skills-specifically the skills of anger management.

    please complete a separate registration form for each person signing up for the class.

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    October 20, 2010

    Autism Academy 2010 – Education and Asperger's: School Modification

    Session will focus on working with the school to provide modifications your chhild with Asperger's Syndrome needs in order to achieve overall school success, including social and functional living goals. Evening will include insight into developing realistic modification plans that meet the specific needs of children with Asperger's.

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    October 27, 2010

    2010 First Aid...First Response for Coaches – Pupil Activity Validation

    This workshop is designed for coaches who instuct youth programs at the elementary, middle and high school levels and recreation leagues. Parent coaches and other interested parties are welcome.
    Nationwide Children's Hospital is an approved provider of the Ohio Department of Education Pupil Activity First Aid programs. This program fulfills the requirements for the two (2) hour - three year validation for participants.

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    October 27, 2010

    ADHD Academy Series – Social Skills Class

    Children with ADHD often have difficulties with personal interactions. This program serves as guide to assist parents in helping their child.

    Please complete a separate form for each person registering for the class.

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    October 27, 2010

    First Aid...First Response for Coaches – For Coaches of Youth Programs

    This program is designed for coaches of youth programs for elementary, middle and high school students (paid or volunteer) and recreation league coaches. Parent coaches and other interested parents are welcome. Children's Hospital is an approved provider of Ohio Department of Education Pupil Activity First Aid programs for FY08. This program fulfills the requirements for the (4) hour - 3 year validation for participants. You will receive paperwork to complete and mail to ODE for credit.

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    November 3, 2010

    ADHD Academy Series – Behavior Management Class

    Join us in exploring behavioral treatments and how they help the child with AD/HD.

    Please use a separate form for each person registering for this program. Our web will only allow one per to register at a time.

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    November 4, 2010

    ADHD Academy – Educational Rights and your Child

    The course serves as a basic introduction of your child's educational rights, guidelines for eligibility and service and the rights of children with AD/HD.

    Please sign up just one person per registration form.

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    November 8, 2010

    ADHD Academy - Overview Class – Understanding the Effects on Children.

    This overview class is strongly recommended for parents of newly diagnosed children and for those who are feeling lost in understanding their child's problems and treatment options.

    Please sign-up only one person on a register form.

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    November 8, 2010

    Adoption Academy-International Track – Taking the Mystery Out of the Adoption Process

    The Adoption Academy offers prospective adoptive parents educational programs from an objective source. Our goal is to bring information together in a comprehensive and sensitive manner to help prospective parents make informed adoption choices. The Academy has three tracks.

    The CORE Track examines issues all prospective adoptive parents need to address The Domestic Track is for those interested in adopting children in the United States The International Track is for those interested in adopting abroad We recommend all participants attend the CORE Track as it lays the foundation for the more specialized Domestic and International Series.

    This Academy is intended to be an introduction to the choices prospective adoptive parents have. Taking this class may not satisfy the detailed educational requirements of county children's service agencies for adoptions they process.

    Please complete a separate registration form for each person attending this class.

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    November 9, 2010

    Autism Program for Aides: Discrete Trial – For anyone that works with a client of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program

    Running a home based intensive behavioral intervention program can be an overwhelming task. Many families struggle with staffing concerns, such as ensuring that their staff has a knowledge base of behavioral principles prior to starting work with their child and ensuring that their staff has opportunities for on-going behavioral training. This struggle is compounded by high turn-over rates among their staff.

    Families of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program will now have an opportunity for their staff to receive the training that is needed for ensuring the highest quality of care for their children. A series of trainings will meet the needs of the families by providing on-going and more intensive training of the staff who work with their children, to ensure they have the most up to date information on behavioral principles and how to effectively implement these procedures with children with autism spectrum disorders.

    These programs will focus on basic principles of behavioral interventions. We will be discussing the history of these techniques and how the processes can be successfully implemented with children with autism. We will also discuss principles of applied behavior analysis to decrease negative behaviors while improving positive behaviors.

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    November 9, 2010

    Hearing Team Support Series – What About the Siblings?

    Tips for Parents in Supporting the Siblings of Kids with Hearing Loss

    While we work so hard to meet the needs of our kids with hearing loss, we also worry about how to be sure siblings are not feeling overlooked. Join us as we discuss strategies to maintain balance.

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    November 10, 2010

    ADHD Academy Series – Medication

    This session will focus on an in-depth discussion on medication options for treating AD/HD.

    Please use a separate registration form for each person attending. Our web can only accept one registration at a time.

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    November 11, 2010

    ADHD Academy Series – Homework Strategies Class

    Home-school communcation is key to success for children with ADHD. Join us in discovering strategies to help bridge the gap and tools to make homework time more functional.

    Please complete a separate registration form for each person attending.

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    November 15, 2010

    Gluten-Free Eating: The Basics – The Basics

    There is a lot to learn about the gluten-free lifestyle. This primer is intended for the newly diagnosed or those who want a refresher on the basics of the gluten-free diet.

  • Click for details

    November 16, 2010

    Autism Program for Aides: Discrimination Training – For anyone that works with a client of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program

    Running a home based intensive behavioral intervention program can be an overwhelming task. Many families struggle with staffing concerns, such as ensuring that their staff has a knowledge base of behavioral principles prior to starting work with their child and ensuring that their staff has opportunities for on-going behavioral training. This struggle is compounded by high turn-over rates among their staff.

    Families of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program will now have an opportunity for their staff to receive the training that is needed for ensuring the highest quality of care for their children. A series of trainings will meet the needs of the families by providing on-going and more intensive training of the staff who work with their children, to ensure they have the most up to date information on behavioral principles and how to effectively implement these procedures with children with autism spectrum disorders.

    These programs will focus on basic principles of behavioral interventions. We will be discussing the history of these techniques and how the processes can be successfully implemented with children with autism. We will also discuss principles of applied behavior analysis to decrease negative behaviors while improving positive behaviors.

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    November 17, 2010

    Autism Academy 2010 – Managing Difficult Moments

    Every parent has, at a time, experienced those trying public and private moments wtih their child. Parents with a child on the Autism Spectrum faces these challenges on an ongoing basis. Join us as we discuss anticipatory guidance to head off difficult moments and behavioral techniques for interventions in those trying times.

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    November 23, 2010

    Autism Program for Aides: • Behavior Management Techniques – For anyone that works with a client of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program

    Running a home based intensive behavioral intervention program can be an overwhelming task. Many families struggle with staffing concerns, such as ensuring that their staff has a knowledge base of behavioral principles prior to starting work with their child and ensuring that their staff has opportunities for on-going behavioral training. This struggle is compounded by high turn-over rates among their staff.

    Families of Children’s Hospital’s Intensive Behavioral Intervention Program will now have an opportunity for their staff to receive the training that is needed for ensuring the highest quality of care for their children. A series of trainings will meet the needs of the families by providing on-going and more intensive training of the staff who work with their children, to ensure they have the most up to date information on behavioral principles and how to effectively implement these procedures with children with autism spectrum disorders.

    These programs will focus on basic principles of behavioral interventions. We will be discussing the history of these techniques and how the processes can be successfully implemented with children with autism. We will also discuss principles of applied behavior analysis to decrease negative behaviors while improving positive behaviors.

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    November 29, 2010

    ADHD Academy Series – Self - Esteem Class

    This session will focus on helping parents foster a positive self-concept in their child(ren).

    Please complete a separate registration form for each person attending.

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    December 1, 2010

    ADHD Academy Series – Stress Management Class

    Raising a child with ADHD can be extremely stressful. This session will focus on ways parents can take care of themselves. Program is specifically designed for challenges of ADHD.

    Please complete a separate form for each person attending this class.

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    December 7, 2010

    1234 Parents – For Parents of Children 1-4

    1234 Parents is a three-week series of interactive parenting classes combining videos and facilitated discussion that addresses the major issues facing today's families. The class was developed for adult parents who want new insight into parenting today's kids. We offer three different parenting classes.
    – Active Parenting with Children (for parents of kids age 5-12)


  • –Active Parenting with Teens (for parents of kids age 13-18)
    –1 2 3 4 Parents! (for parents of kids age 1-4.

    When signing up for this class, only one name per registration form please.

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    December 15, 2010

    Autism Academy 2010 – Medical Care

    Ongoing medical care is a key component of helping a child with Autism Spectrum disorders. Successful coordination of that care and preparing children for doctors' appointments takes careful planning. This session will discuss best practices for coordination of care, collarboration between providers to endure open communication and a team approach and preparing children for medical visits from the dentist to yearly physicals.

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    February 16, 2011

    2010 First Aid...First Response for Coaches – Pupil Activity Validation

    This workshop is designed for coaches who instuct youth programs at the elementary, middle and high school levels and recreation leagues. Parent coaches and other interested parties are welcome.
    Nationwide Children's Hospital is an approved provider of the Ohio Department of Education Pupil Activity First Aid programs. This program fulfills the requirements for the two (2) hour - three year validation for participants.

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    February 17, 2011

    ADHD Academy Series – Homework Strategies Class

    Home-school communcation is key to success for children with ADHD. Join us in discovering strategies to help bridge the gap and tools to make homework time more functional.

    Please complete a separate registration form for each person attending.

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    March 2, 2011

    ADHD Academy Series – Behavior Management Class

    Join us in exploring behavioral treatments and how they help the child with AD/HD.

    Please use a separate form for each person registering for this program. Our web will only allow one per to register at a time.

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    March 10, 2011

    ADHD Academy Series – Medication

    This session will focus on an in-depth discussion on medication options for treating AD/HD.

    Please use a separate registration form for each person attending. Our web can only accept one registration at a time.

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    April 13, 2011

    ADHD Academy Series – Social Skills Class

    Children with ADHD often have difficulties with personal interactions. This program serves as guide to assist parents in helping their child.

    Please complete a separate form for each person registering for the class.

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    May 18, 2011

    ADHD Academy (series) – Alternative Treatment Strategies

    While prescription medications and behavioral management are the conrnerstone to effective treatment for AD/HD, parents often wonder if non-conventional or alternative treatments can also be effective. Join us as we explore those alternative treatments and learn what works, what doesn't and what's unknown.

    Please sign-up each person on a separate registration form.