Children’s Workshop Commended in Recent Site Reviews

posted on : November 5th, 2009

Children’s Workshop, along with the other schools of The Institute for Effective Education’s (TIEE’s) family of schools were given site visits by two review teams in spring, 2009. One of the teams represented the California State Department of Education (SDE) and their review was conducted as part of a cycle of annual reviews pursuant to SDE certification of TIEE’s schools as Non-Public, Non-Sectarian Schools. Joining the state team was a second team representing San Diego County Office of Education and Read more

Children’s Workshop Teachers Attend European ABAI Conference

posted on : November 5th, 2009

Special educators from Children's Workshop (CW), who are enrolled in the Masters in Autism program of San Diego State University’s Department of Special Education, attended the international conference on Applied Behavior Analysis in Oslo, Norway, August 7th-9th, with funding from the Federal grant that supports the SDSU program. CW teachers Sherry Castenada, Laura Hoge, Christine Daly and Dana Pulde attended panels and workshops ranging from “Early Childhood Intervention in Communication Skills” to “Coaching Mastery and Parent Involvement” with studies presented Read more

Children’s Workshop Director Invited to Direct Instruction Conference

posted on : November 5th, 2009

The Association for Direct Instruction invited Hillary Whiteside, Director of Children’s Workshop, along with Mary Taylor, Director of The Institute for Effective Education’s (TIEE’s) Urban Skills Center to attend a conference in Eugene, Oregon on the use of Direct Instruction (DI) practices and materials with students with autism. The TIEE Directors met with two eminent research professors of DI practices and outcomes, Tim Slocum, Ph.D., of Utah State University and Cathy Watkins, Ph.D., of California State Read more

Children’s Workshop Staffers Participate in Fall Community Events

posted on : July 15th, 2009

Alicia Ritter, Children’s Workshop Program Coordinator joined Jen Swope, Lead Coordinator of COOK Education Center’s Secondary Program, at the Resource Fair of the San Diego Walk Now for Autism, held on September 26 at De Anza Cove in Mission Bay Park. The two TIEE professionals were on hand to answer questions and provide information about TIEE’s educational programs for children and adolescents with autism. Hillary Whiteside, Director of Children’s Workshop, hosted The Institute for Effective Education’s table at the San Read more