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Devereux Center for Effective Schools releases free, online training modules for educators
With schools across the U.S. shifting to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Devereux Center for Effective Schools (CES) recently developed a series of free, online training modules to help educators successfully adapt to this new reality and engage students through remote instruction.
These six training modules address the following topics:
- An introduction to engaging students through remote instruction
- Delivering remote instructional activities
- Teaching behavioral expectations for remote learning contexts
- Using a lesson agenda and effective transitions in remote instruction
- Providing frequent opportunities for students to respond during remote instruction
- Providing academic and behavioral feedback during remote instruction
Each training module takes between 15 and 40 minutes to complete, and several modules are supplemented with example materials and handouts.
To access these modules, follow the steps below:
- Participate in a quick survey.
- Write down the class code shown at the end of the survey.
- Go to Google Classroom.
- Log in with a Google Account – this can be a personal Gmail Account (name@gmail.com) or a Google for Education School Account (name@schooldistrict.org). Please e-mail continuingeducation@devereux.org if you experience access difficulties.
- Enter the class code from the survey to gain access to the training materials.
“Educators across the country are demonstrating unwavering dedication and commitment to serving and supporting students – and their families – during this challenging time,” said Devereux Center for Effective Schools Director Barry McCurdy, Ph.D., NCSP, BCBA-D. “These training modules are designed to provide instruction and assistance to teachers as they guide students through this process and help them embrace this new way of learning.”
The Devereux Center for Effective is here to support you during COVID-19. Please contact the CES team with questions or support needs.
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Launches New Pharmacy Division; Appoints Glen Bianchini as Chief Pharmacy Officer
Villanova, PA – April 13, 2020 – Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit providers of behavioral healthcare, today announced the launch of a new, integrated pharmacy aimed at improving overall safety and quality for the individuals it serves, and as a means to increase the salaries of its front-line staff.
“Devereux’s multiphase organizational redesign effort, along with its strategic plan, included the creation of an integrated pharmacy division to enhance our programs and services, and support our organization’s long-standing and deep-rooted mission to unlock and nurture human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral and cognitive differences,” said Devereux President and CEO Carl E. Clark II. “Our new pharmacy division will be built upon the strong foundation and success of our Devereux Texas pharmacy, established in 1992, which is currently under the direction of Executive Director Pam Reed.”
By taking this innovative approach to pharmacy operations, Clark noted, “We will: 1) enrich Devereux’s medication management services and clinical/regulatory excellence across all campuses; and 2) recapture dispensing fees, enabling us to redirect savings into our ongoing initiative to increase the salaries of front-line staff, including direct support professionals and supervisors.”
Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara Named a 2020 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) announced today that it has been named to the 2020 “Best Law Firms” in America list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® for 14 practice areas in Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. This marks the 10th consecutive year PLDO has received the designation in Rhode Island for its professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health announces significant expansion of education division
Villanova, PA – Oct. 30, 2019 – As part of its organizational redesign initiative led by new President and CEO, Carl E. Clark II, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit providers of behavioral healthcare – announced a major expansion of its historic education division to enhance the provision of specialized education services across the nonprofit’s geographic footprint and beyond.
The expansion will center around the creation of new programs and content delivery modalities, diversifying Devereux’s current educational service offerings to both public and approved private schools across the country, as well as within Devereux-operated educational programs nationwide.
