• Student Assistance Development Training for Schools
• Imagine That: SAP Dreams and Dilemmas
• Moving Targets: SAP Assessment and Goal Setting for the Individual School

How to register for training
Registrations along with payments are entered on a first received basis due to space limitations in the trainings.

To register for trainings: download our Registration form and either the Pre-training Form or the New SAP Planning Steps form.

New members being added to an existing SAP, who are attending SAP Development Training, must download the Pre-Training Form, complete the pre-training activities, and submit the form by fax (217.793.7354). Your registration will be complete and confirmed when the Pre-Training Form is received.

For new SAPs, download the New SAP Planning Steps Form, complete and bring with you to training.

Complete the appropriate forms including the registration form or either new member or planning steps forms and give a purchase order number. Fax the forms to 217.793.7354 Attention: Valerie Ellis. You also can mail the forms along with the check to Prevention First, 2800 Montvale Drive, Springfield IL 62704, to Valerie's attention. Make checks payable to Prevention First.

If you are using a purchase order, please put the purchase order number on the registration form and give an estimated date check will be mailed to Prevention First. Please ensure that a copy of the registration names accompanies the check so that it may be properly credited to your school or agency.

A non-refundable $25 per person registration fee is charged for each training. Participants unable to attend will not receive a refund. Schools or agencies of those cancelling will receive by mail, following the training, a $25 registration waiver to be used at any future trainings. Individuals needing to cancel attendance should call 800.252.8951 Ext 124.

Student Assistant Development Training for Schools
Current Offerings:

April 2-3, 2008
Rend Lake College Marketplace
327 Potomac Blvd.
Mt. Vernon, IL

April 8-9, 2008
YMCA Network for Counseling & Youth Development Center
3801 W. 127th St.
Alsip, IL

April 16-17, 2008
Prevention First
2800 Montvale Drive
Springfield, IL

May 1-2, 2008
Hilton Garden Inn
1501 S. Neil St.
Champaign, IL

May 6-7, 2008
I-Wireless Center
1201 River Dr.
Moline, IL

Appropriate for:

• New Student Assistance core teams*
• New Student Assistance Coordinators*
• New members being added to existing Student Assistance Programs*
• Staff members wishing to learn more about how the SAP operates in their building*
• Staff members previously SAP trained who want to receive updated training*

*Those attending from a school with an existing SAP should download and complete the Pre-Training Worksheet and fax to the number on the sheet.

*Schools developing a new Student Assistance Program should download the New SAP Planning Steps Form, complete the pre-training activities and bring to the training.

Length of Training: Two days

Goal: Provide participants with the basic information and key concepts necessary to begin implementation of a new Student Assistance Program or become a member of an existing building-based Student Assistance Program.

Focus: SAP implementation and development based in best practices that should result in the capacity of participants to assess student and staff needs and resources, establish a framework for prevention, early identification, intervention, and support services that address those needs.

Content Areas: Nine Constructs of a Comprehensive Student Assistance Program framework through universal, selected and indicated strategies; integration of SAP with RTI, socio-emotional learning and other school programs.

12-hours of Teacher Re-certification Units are available for this training.

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Imagine That: SAP Dreams and Dilemmas
Student Assistance Booster Training for Multiple Schools

Pre-Requisite: prior training and experience in working with a school-based Student Assistance Program.

Length: One day (6 training hours)

Target Participants: multiple schools with existing SAPs

Goal: Working through an assessment process that allows participants to leave with a basic plan for the coming year’s SAP

Focus: Universal, selective and indicated strategies utilized by each school with the intent of sharing program ideas and solutions for common problem areas for their SAPs. Participants will examine issues impacting the SAP process. Participants will consider the strengths and growth needed for each area.

Six-hours of Teacher Re-certification Units are available for this training.

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Moving Targets: SAP Assessment and Goal Setting
For the Individual School

Call Patricia Berry at 800.252.8951 Ext 109 to discuss scheduling Moving Targets for your SAP.

Pre-Requisite: prior training and experience in working with a school-based Student Assistance Program.

Length: One day (6 training hours)

Target Participants: An individual school with a minimum of 20 participants working with an existing SAP. We regret that we are unable to schedule the training for groups smaller than 20 participants.

Goal: Assisting the individual school in assessing that school’s Student Assistance strategies.

Focus: The workshop content and process identifies what’s working, where gaps exist, and considers a 1 to 3 year plan for implementing additional strategies for the SAP. The workshop must be scheduled away from the school setting with participants committing to a full day of attendance.

Six hours of Teacher Re-certification Units are available for this training.

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