Upcoming Events

Oct 8, 2024

AEP Connections

Live Webinar: INTERMEDIATE COURSE: Declarative Language and Co-Regulation: Case Studies, Trouble Shooting and Peer Interaction

October 21, 2024

Nogdawindamin Family and Community Services

Newmarket, Ontario

7-hr Virtual Training: Declarative Language & Co-Regulation: Supporting Social Information Processing and Attunement Across Social Learning Styles

Past Events

Sept 20, 2024

Boston Area Workshop: Understanding Supporting PDA Individuals

with PDA North America and Peer Projects

May 21, 2024

Andover SEPAC

Virtual: Introduction to Declarative Language, and Q&A

May 14, 2024

York Regional District School Board

Newmarket, Ontario

6-hr Virtual Training: Declarative Language & Co-Regulation: Supporting Social Information Processing and Attunement Across Social Learning Styles

May 7, 2024

AEP Connections

Live Webinar: Declarative Language and Co-Regulation: Tools for Helping Create Supportive Learning Environments

May 4, 2024

Declarative Language & Co-Regulation Training at Caregiver Respite Weekend

Northeast Arc, Danvers, MA

March 7, 2024

5th Annual PDA North America Conference

Declarative Language & Co-Regulation: Tools to Create Competence, Understanding, and Positive Connection, Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

February 29, 2024

Theramoves

Live Webinar: Declarative Language & Co-Regulation: Learn to Guide Individuals with Social Learning Differences for Optimal Engagement and Learning

January 10, 2024

Tower School - Marblehead, MA

Declarative Language & Co-Regulation - Case Studies and Troubleshooting: Weaving These Concepts Together on the Ground, and in Dynamic ways

December 14, 2023

Volusia County Public Schools, Speech Language Pathologist Team - Voluisa County, FL

Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

December 12, 2023

AEP Connections

Live Webinar: Creating Positive and Successful Peer Interactions

December 5, 2023

AEP Connections

Live Webinar: Declarative Language & Troubleshooting: What to Think About and/or Do When it Doesn’t Seem to Work

November 30, 2023

Brookwood School, Parent Association - Manchester, MA

Declarative Language: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids Feel Competent, Connected, and Understood

October 27, 2023

Parenting Boys Peacefully - Out With Agression

Declarative Language: Using a Thoughtful Language Style the Support Regulation and Connection

October 25, 2023

Tower School - Marblehead, MA

Declarative Language & Co-Regulation: Tools to Create Competence, Understanding, and Positive Connection, Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

October 17, 2023

AEP Connections

Live Webinar: Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

October 10, 2023

Glen Urquhart School - Beverly, MA

Understanding and Supporting Neurodivergent Learners

October 10, 2023

AEP Connections

Live Webinar: Declarative Language - Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Individuals with Social Learning Differences Feel Competent, Connected and Understood

September/October 2023

Skills For Life Program - Brookline, MA

Declarative Language 8-Week Workshops For the Skills for Life Team and for Skills for Life Families

September 26, 2023

Sensory Integration Education, a not-for-profit organization in the UK

Live Webinar: Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

September 11, 2023

Sensory Integration Education, a not-for-profit organization in the UK

Live Webinar: Declarative Language - Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Individuals with Social Learning Differences Feel Competent, Connected and Understood

June 7, 2023

Manchester-Essex Regional School District - Middle School and High School, SAIL and ACE Programs

Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Students feel Competent, Connected and Understood

June 27, 2023

AEP Connections

Live Webinar: Declarative Language and Co-Regulation: Tools for Helping Create Supportive Learning Environments

May 3, 2023

BuxMont CHADD

Virtual: Overview of Declarative Language Handbook

April 24, 2023

Tiferes Mordechai

Virtual: Overview of Declarative Language

April 3, 2023

EF Specialists

Virtual: Live-Streamed Conversation about Declarative Language, with Sean McCormick, Founder/Executive Director

FREE! You can register here.

March 29, 2023

Hamilton Wenham Regional School District (ILP & Integrated Preschool Team) - Wenham, MA

Going Deeper with Co-Regulation: Frameworks and Adjusting Complexity

March 28-30, 2023

Low Demand Parenting Summit with Amanda Deikman

Low Demand Communication

FREE! You can register here.

March 13, 2023

Theramoves

Live Webinar: Declarative Language & Co-Regulation: Learn to Guide Individuals with Social Learning Differences for Optimal Engagement and Learning

March 8, 2023

Fayerweather Street School - Cambridge, MA

Parent Education Event: Overview of Declarative Language and Using a Positive Communication Style with Neurodivergent Children

March 3, 2023

Indian Prairie School District #204 - Aurora, IL

Virtual: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids feel Competent, Connected and Understood

January 26, 2023

Fayerweather Street School - Cambridge, MA

Virtual: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids feel Competent, Connected and Understood -Troubleshooting

January 25, 2023

Hamilton Wenham Regional School District (ILP & Integrated Preschool Team) - Wenham, MA

Declarative Language & Troubleshooting: What to Think About and/or Do When it Doesn’t Seem to Work

January 4, 2023

White Plains Special Needs Committee for Parents - White Plains, NY

Virtual: Overview of Declarative Language Handbook

November 30, 2022

Hamilton Wenham Regional School District (ILP & Integrated Preschool Team) - Wenham, MA

Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

November 16, 2022

Seminole County Public Schools, Speech Language Pathologist Team - Seminole County, FL

Virtual: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids feel Competent, Connected and Understood

November 11, 2022

Centre of Excellence - Quebec, Canada

Virtual: Creating Positive and Successful Peer Interactions

November 10-28, 2022

2022 ASHA Convention (Virtual Library)

Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

November 3, 2022

Cambridge Somerville Early Intervention - Cambridge, MA

Virtual: Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

October 27, 2022

Fayerweather Street School - Cambridge, MA

Virtual: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids feel Competent, Connected and Understood

October 12, 2022

Hamilton Wenham Regional School District (ILP & Integrated Preschool Team)

Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids feel Competent, Connected and Understood

October 7, 2022

Bridgeview Montessori School - Sagamore, MA

Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning

October 6, 2022

Cambridge Somerville Early Intervention

Virtual: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids feel Competent, Connected and Understood

September 27, 2022

Bridgeview Montessori School - Sagamore, MA

Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids feel Competent, Connected and Understood

July 2022

This Speech Life Podcast with Caitlin Lopez MS, CCC-SLP

The One About Co-Regulation

April, May, June 2022

First Words - Ottawa, ON

Virtual: 3-Part Continuing Education Series for Speech Language Pathologists: Becoming Proficient with Declarative Language & Co-Regulation

Cambridge Somerville Early Intervention

Virtual: 3-Part Continuing Education Series for EI Providers: Introduction to Social Learning & Social Communication

April 4-8, 2022

Bright & Quirky Child Summit 2022

Using Declarative Language to Decrease Power Struggles with Demand Avoidant Kids

April 5, 2022

Somerville Public Schools - SEPAC

Virtual: Overview of Co-Regulation Handbook

January - March 2022

Education Chapter Chat Podcast with Cari Eberts and Mike McLeod

Declarative Language Handbook & Co-Regulation Handbook

March 9, 2022

Medford Public Schools - SEPAC

Virtual: Overview of Declarative Language Handbook

February 11-13, 2022

Decoding Behavior Summit

Helping Kids Think for Themselves with Declarative Language & Co-Regulation

2021- 2022 school year

Wakefield Public Schools

Continuing Education Series on Social Learning Differences

Part 3: Introduction to a Guiding Mindset & Co-Regulation: Creating Competence, Balance and Positive Connection Through the Ups and Downs of Learning (February 16, 2022)

Part 2: Declarative Language: Trouble Shooting! (January 26, 2022)

Part I: Introduction to Declarative Language: A Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids Feel Competent, Connected and Understood (October 23, 2021)

December 8-9, 2021

Beverly School for the Deaf: The Children’s Center for Communication

Introduction to Declarative Language: A Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids Feel Competent, Connected and Understood

November 15-22, 2021

2021 ASHA Convention

Declarative Language: A Thoughtful Language Style that Helps Kids Feel Competent, Connected and Understood

July 26, 2021

ADHD - What Now?

Parenting ADHD Kids with Declarative Language and Co-Regulation (video available)

April 2021

Interview with ADHD Dude Live with Ryan Wexelblatt

Helping Your Child with ADHD Feel Competent While Learning New Skills/Using Co-Regulation (video available)

January 12, 2021

Somerville Public Schools - SEPAC

Overview of Declarative Language Handbook

December 16, 2020

Beverly Public Schools - SEPAC

Overview of Declarative Language Handbook

October 21, 2020

Peer Projects Therapy From the Heart - Parent Info Night

Overview of Declarative Language Handbook

October 5, 2020

Marblehead Charter School SEPAC

Overview of Declarative Language Handbook

November 7-8, 2020

RDI Virtual Annual Conference - November 7-8 2020

Introduction to Declarative Language: A Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids Feel Competent, Connected and Understood )

August 4, 2020

Autism Sprinter

Introduction to Declarative Language: A Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids Feel Competent, Connected and Understood )

June 2020

Interview with ADHD Dude Live with Ryan Wexelblatt

Building social competency & executive functioning

2019- 2020 school year

Wakefield Public Schools

Three Part Continuing Education Series on Social Learning Differences

Part 3: Creating Positive and Successful Peer Interactions Throughout the School Day (February 12, 2020)

Part 2: A Case Study in Disruptive Behavior - Three Special Boys through a Different Lens (December 11, 2019)

Part 1: Thinking about Social Competence: An Introduction to Social Learning Challenges. Strengths, Weaknesses, and Ways We Can Help! (October 23, 2019)

November 5, 2019

Winthrop Public Schools

Thinking about Social Competence: An Introduction to Social Learning Challenges. Strengths, Weaknesses, and Ways We Can Help!

June 12, 2019

Peer Projects Therapy From the Heart Parent Info Night Series, Beverly, MA

Thinking about Social Competence: An Introduction to Social Learning Challenges. Strengths, Weaknesses, and Ways We Can Help!

May 15, 2019

Dallin Elementary School - Parent Forum, Arlington, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

May 2, 2019

Milestones Day School - Speaker Series, Waltham, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

April 11, 2019

Malden SEPAC, Malden, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

March 27, 2019

Tri-Town SEPAC, Boxford, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

January 25, 2019

Shore Country Day School, Beverly, MA

Thinking about Social Competence: An Introduction to Social Learning Challenges. Strengths, Weaknesses, and Ways We Can Help!

November 14, 2018

5th World Autism Organisation International Congress 2018, Houston TX

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

October 5, 2018

Marblehead SEPAC, Marblehead, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

June 24, 2018

11th Annual Social Thinking Global Providers’ Conference, South San Francisco, CA 

A Case Study in “Disruptive Behavior”: Looking at three special boys through a different lens

May 16, 2018

Milestones Day School Staff Training, Waltham, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

May 9, 2018

Spaulding Youth Center, Northfield, NH

Webinar: How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

April 26, 2018

Schools for Children, Inc. at the Winn Brook School, Belmont, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

April 19, 2018

Peer Projects Therapy From the Heart Parent Info Night Series, Beverly, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

March 23, 2018

Tot Spot Childcare at Landmark School, Beverly Farms, MA

Speech and Language Development: 15 months to 5 years, with Andrea Gougian MA, CCC-SLP & Sue Savarese MS, CCC-SLP

February 16, 2018

Tara Montessori School, Manchester, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

November 18, 2017

5th Annual Burr Family Conference: "Making Things Possible: Educating the Whole Child” Conference at the Cotting School, Lexington, MA

RDI in a Nutshell, with Lizz Ramirez, RDI Consultant

April 26, 2017

Asperger/Autism Network (AANE)

Webinar: How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

March 21, 2017

Tot Spot Childcare at Landmark School, Beverly Farms, MA

Creating Positive and Successful Peer Interactions

February 6, 2017

Beverly School District: Early Childhood Committee, Beverly, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

November 8, 2016

Beverly Public Schools, Beverly, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day?

November 5, 2016

4th Annual Burr Family Conference: "Making Things Possible: Social Success” Conference at the Cotting School, Lexington, MA

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

October 12, 2016

Danvers Public Schools (Elementary Schools), Danvers, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day? 

October 4, 2016

RDIConnect

Webinar: Facilitating Peer Interactions in an RDI® Way!

Sept 1, 2016

Danvers Public Schools (Middle School), Danvers, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day? 

July 6, 2016

Project FUN, Manchester, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day? 

June 26, 2016

9th Annual Social Thinking Global Providers’ Conference, South San Francisco, CA 

How Can We Encourage Kids to Think Critically? Exploring Mindful Use of Language by Parents and Professionals

June 6, 2016

Mass Advocates, Boston, MA

RDI in a Nutshell: What is it and how can it help?

May 4, 2016

Danvers SEPAC, Danvers, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day? 

November 30, 2015

Lynnfield Public Schools, Lynnfield, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day? 

May 7, 2015

Reading Public Schools, Reading, MA

Using Declarative Language

April 22, 2015

LEAP Program at MGH, Boston, MA

Relationship Development Intervention: What is it and how can it help?

August 26, 2014

OTA - The Koomar Center, Watertown, MA

Relationship Development Intervention: What is it and how can it help?

May 19, 2014

Somerville SEPAC, Somerville, MA

Relationship Development Intervention: What is it and how can it help?

March 5, 2014

Lynnfield Public Schools, Preschool Program (Teachers and Therapists), Lynnfield, MA

Developing Social Competence

February 12, 2014

Lynnfield Public Schools, Preschool Program (Paraprofessionals), Lynnfield, MA

Developing Social Competence

December 18, 2013

Fayerweather Street School, Cambridge, MA

Thinking about Social Competence: An Introduction to High Functioning Autism. Strengths, Weaknesses, and Ways We Can Help!

November 6, 2013

Lynnfield Public Schools, Lynnfield, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day? 

October 24, 2013

Somerville SEPAC, Somerville, MA

How Can We Help Kids Develop Social Competence Across the Day? 

May 23, 2013

Woburn SEPAC, Woburn, MA

Developing Social Competence

September 13, 2012

Lynnfield, Public Schools, Lynnfield, MA

Developing Social Competence

April - June 2011

Pathways for Children, Gloucester, MA

3 Part Training: Developing Social Competence and Facilitating Peer Interactions

April 11, 2011

Preschool at Wellesley Schools (P.A.W.S.), Wellesley, MA

Relationship Development Intervention

January 29, 2011

Covenant Community Church, Peabody, MA

Supporting Social Interactions for Kids

December 2, 2010

North Shore Nursery School, Beverly Farms, MA

The Concepts and Foundations of Relationship Development Intervention

November 7, 2010

Reading Public Schools (Paraprofessionals), Reading, MA

The Concepts and Foundations of Relationship Development Intervention

April 20, 2010

Reading SEPAC, Reading, MA

Relationship Development Intervention

May 27, 2009

Beverly Public Schools (Speech Language Pathologists), Beverly, MA

Relationship Development Intervention

April 20, 2009

Milestones Day School, Waltham, MA

Relationship Development Intervention