The Southern Alberta Professional Development Consortium, SAPDC, provides support and learning opportunities to all the school jurisdictions and their teachers south of Calgary to the US Border. Naturally, we look forward to listeners joining from around the world as we visit with presenters and educators from the region as well as across the world. We hope teachers everywhere will enjoy the strategies, concepts, lived experiences and supports as together we all work to ensure our students have the best learning opportunities available.
All content for Hit Pause with SAPDC is the property of Rick Gilson and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
The Southern Alberta Professional Development Consortium, SAPDC, provides support and learning opportunities to all the school jurisdictions and their teachers south of Calgary to the US Border. Naturally, we look forward to listeners joining from around the world as we visit with presenters and educators from the region as well as across the world. We hope teachers everywhere will enjoy the strategies, concepts, lived experiences and supports as together we all work to ensure our students have the best learning opportunities available.
Layne Pethick: Behavior and Autism Spectrum Disorders Conversation
Hit Pause with SAPDC
32 minutes
5 years ago
Layne Pethick: Behavior and Autism Spectrum Disorders Conversation
A visit in early March 2020 following day 1 of Layne's two-day visit with educators in Lethbridge as we discuss supporting students, teachers, classmates and families on the very long and wide path of the Autism Spectrum.
Layne offers a couple of book to check out - "Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management by Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey.
Albertan Jody Carrington's "Kids These Days" and
Nathan Maynard's Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice
We also recommend listeners check out the Alberta Family Wellness Website https://www.albertafamilywellness.org/ and the free online Brain Course offered on the site. (Great resource for teachers, parents, education assistants)
Layne Pethick is a Behavior and Autism Spectrum Disorders Consultant for Region 10 ESC. He is holds a PhD in Leadership and has a Master’s degree in Special Education with concentration in Human Behavior, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder, along with degrees in Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, and Reading.
Layne has experience as a general and special education teacher, school administrator, district trainer, program director, and in higher education as a professor of special education, assessment, early childhood and teacher education. He has had several articles published and presents at local, state, national, and international conferences. He has, and continues to work with various countries in the areas of education and special education to include Mexico (2009-2011), Hong Kong (2011), Canada (currently), Vietnam (currently), and across the United States (currently).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hit Pause with SAPDC
The Southern Alberta Professional Development Consortium, SAPDC, provides support and learning opportunities to all the school jurisdictions and their teachers south of Calgary to the US Border. Naturally, we look forward to listeners joining from around the world as we visit with presenters and educators from the region as well as across the world. We hope teachers everywhere will enjoy the strategies, concepts, lived experiences and supports as together we all work to ensure our students have the best learning opportunities available.
