The Training Institute at GPA

Upcoming 2024-25 GPA Training Institute Events

DECEMBER 6, 2024, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

So, You Think You Prioritize Social and Emotional Learning?
Creating an SEL Implementation Plan with Intentionality

Featuring Erika Allen and Jessica Cuoccio Daghfous

2 Free NJDOE PD Credits are available for NJ Educators attending this workshop.

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MARCH 7, 2025, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Teaching Students to Use Emotional Regulation:
Best Practices for Educators

Featuring Michael C. Selbst, Ph.D., BCBA-D

2 Free NJDOE PD Credits are available for NJ Educators attending this workshop.

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The Training Institute at Garfield Park Academy disseminates information on best practices in special education. The Institute offers free trainings to school leaders and other educators, with a focus on innovative, evidence-based approaches to serving students with social, emotional, learning and behavioral challenges.

Our Goal

Our goal is to help other schools – public and private – become more aware of the need for using evidence-based school-wide strategies in teaching social-emotional learning, cognitive and behavioral supports, and character development.

Past Events Have Included:

Trauma-Sensitive IEPs: What Child Study Teams Need to Know
Featuring Eric Rossen, Ph.D., and David Bateman, Ph.D., March 3, 2023, Virtual
Child Psychiatry and Mental Health Services for Students with Disabilities
Featuring Dr. Alexander Strauss, MD., December 12, 2022, Virtual
Trauma-Informed Teaching and Social/Emotional Learning: Harnessing the Synergy
Featuring James Moffett, April 1, 2022, Virtual
Trauma-Informed Transition Planning for Youth with Mental Health Challenges
Featuring Kathleen Redpath-Perez, Esq., Hutokhsi (Huti) Cooper, MSW, LCSW, and Jeff Dalrymple, June 4, 2021, Virtual
Central Auditory Processing Disorders
Featuring Rea Morris, MA, CCC-SPL, January 7, 2021, Virtual
Social Media and Adolescents: A Double-edged Sword
Featuring Dr. Amy Carnall, DNP, APN-BC, RNFA, March 6, 2020, Garfield Park Academy
Making the Leap from School to Adulthood: Graduation Considerations and More
Featuring Adam P. Wilson, Esq., January 15, 2020, Garfield Park Academy
Mindfulness in the Classroom
Featuring Dr. Ange Puig, December 6, 2019, Garfield Park Academy
Just Say Know: Reframing our Understanding of Drug Use in Teens
Featuring Dr. Sandy Gibson, Ph.D., LCSW, March 29, 2019, Garfield Park Academy
Turning 18: Guardianship & Transition to Adult Services
Featuring Adam Wilson, Esq., January 16, 2019, Garfield Park Academy
De-Escalation Techniques: Verbal Judo While Doing the Tango
Featuring Dr. Ange Puig, October 19, 2018, Garfield Park Academy

We Offer:

SPEAKERS BUREAU

Helping local schools bring experts to their school.

SEMINARS

Offering CEU Credits to Educators.

E-NEWSLETTERS

Disseminating info on best practice.

Drawing on the advice of the nationally-respected volunteers on our Professional Advisory Board, topics and speakers are selected to help ensure that New Jersey educators have access to topics and speakers that engage attendees and change school culture.