UPCOMING EVENTS: Parent Workshops, Restorative Practices Course, and Educator Workshops
UPCOMING EVENTS: Parent Workshops, Restorative Practices Course, and Educator Workshops
January 29, 2026
UNH Educator PD
Virtual Workshop: Trauma Informed Instruction
February 12, 2026
UNH Educator PD
Virtual Workshop: Practical Strategies for Executive Functioning
March 26, 2026
UNH Educator PD
In-Person Workshop (Portsmouth):
Building Resiliency Skills
April 16, 2026
UNH Educator PD
Virtual Workshop: Understanding and Supporting Neurodiversity with a UDL Approach
December 18, 2025
UNH Virtual Workshop
Virtual Workshop: MTSS-B
Trauma informed practices in instruction benefit all students and can be a universal approach that's easier to implement than you think. Learn about the research behind trauma and toxic stress and how it affects the brain and learning/behaviors in order to recognize the signs and symptoms, so we can shift our mindset and how we're perceiving challenges.
Build your toolbox of practical classroom and schoolwide strategies to clearly identify and remove barriers to student success, teach and model coping skills, and build connections with even the most difficult students. Re-think traditional discipline procedures and move towards a focus on restorative practices and repairing relationships. You will walk away with evidence based practices that you can implement in your classroom the very next day.
Learn what the latest research says about ADHD and Executive Functioning in children to better understand the impacts in the classroom such as working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self regulation/inhibition.
You will walk away with practical, evidence based strategies to improve these areas and specifically improve attending, organizing/planning, task initiation, managing emotions, and self-monitoring.
Since many other students often struggle with various executive functioning due to trauma, anxiety, or disabilities, these strategies can be applied for a variety of populations.
Many of our students lack resilience and are unable to persevere when things get difficult or recover from setbacks. The fear of failure is often what impacts student performance beyond just raising their hand or taking tests and also affects how they perceive themselves, work with others, and problem solve obstacles. With the high percentage of students affected by trauma, or the increase of anxiety in the classroom, youth just aren't taking risks like they used to.
This course will delve into what the research says about resilience and offer environmental and instructional strategies to increase risk taking and perseverance.
Learn how to structure group activities that push students to collaborate, fail and recover, think out of the box, problem solve, reflect, and give and accept feedback. The structure of these activities align with CASEL core competency areas, can be easily applied to content related classes, and the skills transferred to various settings.
Come ready to move, play, and take home group activities that you can implement in your classroom tomorrow.
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There’s a recent movement in the neurodiverse community to celebrate our differences, and in the classroom, this means that educators need to find a balance between pushing students to grow and accepting their capabilities. Most teachers are expected to have a basic understanding of disabilities and their impacts on learning, but few teacher prep programs include this information. This course provides an introduction to the common characteristics of various disabilities, special education eligibility criteria, and the best ways to support these students.
You'll practice identifying how to prioritize skills and expectations, as well as remove barriers using neurodiverse practices so that all students can succeed to their full potential. Learn about Universal Design for Learning and how to proactively design lessons for success, instead of responding to problems as they pop up, using UDL rubrics. Whether you’re new to the classroom or a veteran teacher seeking a refresher, this workshop will empower you with up-to-date information on diverse learning needs. There will be opportunities to collaborate, work through scenarios, and apply the content to your setting, ensuring you leave with strategies you can implement immediately.
Do you feel like your school is constantly “spinning your wheels” or “putting out fires” instead of making any actual progress with responding to behavioral needs? Many schools/districts are moving away from PBIS models and into a system framework called Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports-B, for social/emotional needs.
Understand what the tiered systems of support are, how it can be used to better identify and meet the needs of students with behaviors, how to use data to make better decisions and monitor progress, and utilize school and community resources to provide a variety of resources.
Whether you want to learn how roll-out MTSS-B at your school, or whether you’re just trying to understand the process and tiered interventions for students, this workshop is for you.
Restorative Practices Course
Earn Southern New Hampshire University graduate credit
2025/26
Parent Workshop Series
Virtual Parent Workshops
Starting January 2026
Traditional discipline practices have been proven unsuccessful in changing behaviors, but teachers and administrators are left not knowing what or how to discipline in effective ways.
This course will explore restorative practices that view discipline as teachable moments such as using:
Reset: Create Space
Reflection
Reteaching
Repairing Relationships, Restorative Circles
Restitution/Logical Consequences
Learn what these practices look like in practice, how to structure them, and how to implement them at the Tier I, II, and III levels so boundaries and responses to student behaviors are clear. Participate in a book club and complete several assignments to earn graduate credit.
Register Here OR Email: removingbarriersconsulting@gmail.com for more information.
Join these virtual sessions for up to date, neuroscience driven, educator and parent informed, neurodiverse affirming, and practical strategies for parents of children with ADHD, suspected ADHD, or just still developing executive functioning skills (all our kids under 26 yrs old!).
January 8, 2026 All Things Regulation
January 28, 2026 Motivation and the Dopamine Link
February 19, 2026 Task Paralysis and the Perfectionist Link
March 11, 2026 Cognitive Overload and the Working Memory Link
April 4, 2026 Time Blindness and the Impulsivity Link
7:00-8:00pm EST or can access recording. $35/session or $135 for all 5. Register for more info here
UNH Teacher PD (virtual): Video and Peer Modeling to Teach SEL Skills
Peer models and video modeling are effective tools in teaching students social/emotional related skills because they provide the visual of what to do combined with the script of what to say in student friendly ways. Peer modeling allows students to practice their skills while also helping others and leaves students feeling empowered, connected, and more accountable. Video modeling can be a tool in helping students learn skills in real life contexts and scenarios that are meaningful. This workshop will show you how to structure the use of video modeling and peer modeling to teach, practice, and build social emotional skills in the CASEL Competencies of Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making. Learn how to implement these at the Tier I level to teach whole class expectations such as how to agree/disagree constructively, accept feedback, and what group work looks like as well as at the Tier III level to teach student goals such as “reading the room,” reframing negative self-talk, or using replacement/coping strategies. There will be opportunities to collaborate, work through scenarios, and apply the content to your setting so you leave with strategies you can implement tomorrow.
NHSAA 2023 Best Practices in SEL Conference
Sarah is presenting 2 sessions on Re-Thinking Discipline
UNH Teacher PD (virtual) Workshop: Trauma Informed Instruction
Build your toolbox of practical classroom and schoolwide strategies to clearly identify and remove barriers to student success, teach and model coping skills, and build connections with even the most difficult students. Re-think traditional discipline procedures and move towards a focus on restorative practices and repairing relationships. You will walk away with evidence based practices that you can implement in your classroom the very next day.