UPCOMING EVENTS: Parent Workshops, Restorative Practices Course, and Educator Workshops
UPCOMING EVENTS: Parent Workshops, Restorative Practices Course, and Educator Workshops
September 29, 2025
UNH Teacher PD
Virtual Workshop: Trauma Informed Behavior Plan Basics
October 2, 2025
UNH Educator PD
Virtual Workshop: Using Peer and Video Modeling to Teach SEL Skills
October 16, 2025
UNH Educator PD
Virtual Workshop: ADHD Hacks
October 28, 2025
UNH Teacher PD
Virtual Workshop: Understanding SEL Disorders
November 13, 2025
UNH Virtual Workshop
Behind Behavior: Identifying Lagging Skills, Unmet Needs, and Limiting Beliefs
November 20, 2025
UNH Virtual Workshop
MTSS-B
If your go-to behavior intervention is sticker charts, developing a behavior plan intimidates you, or you're tired of other professionals writing behavior plans for students in your class, this workshop is for you.
Behaviors are a common part of classrooms and when some can't be managed with typical Tier I classroom management techniques, we need to think about more individualized plans to prevent and respond to behaviors. Learn the basics of behavior, evidence-based Tier II and III interventions and how to identify which is right for your student, and the basics of developing Behavior Plans that work.
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 the 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.
The ADHD brain is wired differently, and neuroscience shows us that it is not a disorder of being unable to pay attention, but rather a difficulty in paying attention to too much and effectively filtering out irrelevant stimuli. This workshop will delve into some common characteristics of ADHD, such as dopamine seeking, motivation, time blindness, cognitive overload, task paralysis, and evidence-based strategies to support these needs.
Whether there is an official diagnosis of a social/emotional disorder or a student who exhibits many of the symptoms, the impact on the classroom is similar. These students often struggle with interpersonal skills, engagement, problem solving, and resilience.
Get an overview of disorders including Anxiety, Depression, Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and how they often overlap with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder to better understand how they impact classroom functioning as well as what instructional and environmental strategies teachers can implement to better support students with these needs.
Do you feel like you’re playing ‘whack-a-mole” with behavior challenges, and once you get one under control, another one pops up? Do you feel like your toolbox for responding to behaviors just isn't effective in bringing about real change?
This workshop will take you on a deep dive into how to investigate the underlying causes of behaviors, helping you better identify lagging skills and unmet needs. When we can do this well, we can address the root of problem behaviors by building in supports and teaching skills that reduce and prevent the behaviors.
This will be an interactive workshop with scenarios and templates to practice applying these concepts in a collaborative format.
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
Fall 2025
Parent Workshop Series
Virtual Parent Workshops
Starting November 2025
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!). Sessions will be recorded and link can be accessed to watch on your own if needed.
November 6, 2025 7:00-8:00 pm The Amazing ADHD Brain FREE! Register Here
We’ll cover the difference in girls/boys, co-morbid conditions, and some common characteristics. Then, we’ll delve deeper with this paid series:
All Things Regulation
Motivation and the Dopamine Link
Task Paralysis and the Perfectionist Link
Cognitive Overload and the Working Memory Link
Time Blindness and the Impulsivity Link
Dates and Times TBD. 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.