Participants in this two-day workshop will learn how to implement the
Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) tool, a nationally standardized
assessment tool that helps teachers understand how students are progressing
with respect to three, key social and emotional skills:
- Developing
healthy relationships
- Learning
to regulate emotions
- Showing
initiative
This
useful tool will allow can help both teachers and parents to work together to select
appropriate strategies based on the results for immediate use at home and
school.
Presenter: Nicolle T. Moore, MS, IMFT has been working with children and their families for over 15 years. She received her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Miami University, and her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Kentucky in 2001. Ms. Moore has been a therapist and Early childhood mental health specialist with Child Focus, Inc. for the past 10 years. She currently works in 5 counties in Southeast Ohio under the Whole Child Matters grant, and was awarded the Early Childhood Mental Health credential by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction. She is a part of United Way’s “Success by Six” efforts, working in collaboration with other Brown County professionals to help get children ready for kindergarten. Nicolle recognizes a need for quality early intervention services to help Ohio’s youth learn necessary skills to be valuable citizens throughout their lives.
When: March 5th and 6th 2019 - 8:30am – 3:30pm
Where: Greene County ESC, 360 E. Enon Rd. Yellow Springs, OH
45387
Cost: Free for GCESC
Staff, $25 for Greene County District Staff, $50 for Out-of-County District
Staff
CEUS/Professional Development Credit: Counselor & Social Work board CEUs are
available for a $20 fee (please bring cash the day of the training)
For those requiring OCCRRA Professional Development, please also register in OCCRRA with – ST# 10077433
**Registration open
until February 27th**
Register by emailing Wendy Wooten
at [email protected]