Saturday Mornings is continuing!

Join us for our Third Year of Webinars!  

Starting in August 2024, the National Resource Center for Paraeducators, Related Service Providers, & Interveners (NRCP) in collaboration with the Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE) have organized a brand-new year of monthly, low-cost, professional development webinars for paraeducators, related service providers, interveners, teachers, administrators, parents and others.

Connect with us the Second Saturday of each month for exciting topics and presenters! In 2024-2025 we will cover topics such as:

  • August 10, 2024
    • Shaped, Strengthened, Maintained: How Behavior Develops Over Time
  • September 14, 2024
    • Ethical Practices within Paraeducator Roles
  • October 12, 2024
    • Challenging Behavior and De-escalation
  • November 9, 2024
    • Strategies for Paraeducators working in Secondary Settings
  • December 14, 2024
    • Student and Staff Wellness: Trauma-Informed Practices for Kids and Preventing Educator Burnout
  • January 11, 2025
    • Effective Instruction Techniques, Prompting, Fading
  • February 8, 2025
    • Understanding Autism and Implications for the Educational Setting
  • March 8, 2025
    • Academic and Behavioral Strategies for Students with Autism
  • April 12, 2025
    • Speak up! Self-Advocacy, Communication and Collaboration
  • May 10, 2025
    • Cultivating Interdependence in Inclusive Classrooms
  • June 14, 2025
    • ADHD Overview and Strategies
  • July 12, 2025
    • Data Collection and More! How to Take Reliable Data While Monitoring

Registration is open and ongoing for 12 low-cost webinars!  Each 2-hour webinar will be held from 10 AM – 12 PM Mountain Time (Please be mindful of your specific time zones).  

Each webinar will be $25 per person. Session bundles are available. Six webinars can be purchased for $125, or all 12 can be purchased for $250. That is 1 year of professional development!

Each webinar will also be recorded and made available to all registrants for a limited time (14 days). The 12-session bundle includes extended access to the recordings until August 31, 2025 via a USU Canvas course with options for continued networking!

Group discounts of 20% are available for groups of 5 or more participants (not limited to specific sessions or bundles)! Email Laura Lema at  laura.lema@usu.edu for more information and discount codes.

These webinar topics were selected based on feedback collected during the 2022-2024 Saturday Mornings with the NRCP and past conferences. The topics were then prioritized based on responses from a participant survey shared with conference participants and across social media outlets. If you have other topics you feel would be pertinent, please feel free to email us at laura.lema@usu.edu.

We ask for your help by sharing this opportunity to all who may be interested!