Dates of Barbara Laird's Workshop Presentations
2016
November 16, 2016
Sexuality, Health and Hygiene.....
Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Conference.. Back to Basics
Coast Hotel Vancouver
For information: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/HealthandWellbeing2016/default.as
October 21, 2016
Behaviour is Communicationb
Maple Ridge School District.
Contact: Angela_Chung@sd42.ca
July 7 to 10, 2016
Mission Possible Cruise for Developmental Disabilities
Sailing from Vancouver to Alaska
For information contact : myself ..barb@telus.net or
Rosalie Wagner rosaliewagner@telus.net OR
join the Mission Possible Cruise Website on Facebook.
May 9, 21016
Consultation and workshop on Teaching a child with Down Syndrome
Noel Booth Elementary
Langley, BC
May 6, 2016
An Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Supporting and Teaching to the Diversity in a Classroom
Surrey Teachers Association Convention, Surrey B. C.
April 2, 2016 Access to Education Advocacy Conference
Moderated a panel on Success Stories
February, 2016
Awareness talk in a grade 6 classroom at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Vancouver
February 19, 2016
Support Staff Professional Development
Surrey School District Fleetwood Park Secondary
An Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Supporting and Teaching to the Diversity in a Classroom
February 12, 2016
Sexuality - Puberty - A Discussion - The Challenges of Support Staff
February 11, 12, 2016
Calgary Board of Education - 2016 Staff Association Support staff Convention
Lord Beaverbrook High school.
February 11, 2016
Teaching and Supporting Students with Down Syndrome - The Top Ten Things to Know.
February 9, 2016
UPS and DOWNS Calgary
An evening of questions and answers....contact Janene Flath janene_f@shaw.ca or
Jacquie McKechnie director@upsdowns.org for information re time, location.
2015
April 9 , 2015
Behaviour is Communication Part 2
#103 5171 221 St,Langley BC.
Contact info@lmdss.com for more information
March / April 2015..date to be announced
Behaviour is Communication Part 2...with an emphasis on teen years.
February 27, 2015
Maple Ridge School District
February 27, 2015
Maple Ridge School District
Topics yet to be decided
Contact Angela Chung Angela_Chung"sd42.ca
February 20
Surrey School District
February 12/ 13, 2015
Believe it and Achieve it...Teaching Assistant Convention , Calgary, Alberta
Topics: The Challenges of Support Staff
Working in an Inclusive Classroom: Supporting and Teaching to Diversity in a classroom
Teaching and Supporting Students with Down Syndrome: The Top Ten things to know
Don't Teach Anything you have to Unteach
contact Sue Wenasssue@staffassociation.ca for information
January 15, 2015
Burnaby Parent Networking Group... Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society
Topic: Behaviour is Communication
At the Down Syndrome Research Foundation
1409 Sperling St, Burnaby
6:30 to 8 pm
RSVP info@lmdss.com
January 13, 2015 - 6:30 pm
Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society AGM
Topic: Advocacy 101
ABC restaurant:15373 Fraser Hwy, Surrey.
January 8, 2015 -,6 pm to 8 pm
Langley Parent Networking group...Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society
Topic: Behaviour is Communication
#103 5171 221 Street , Langley
RSVP toinfo@lmdss.com
January 4, 2015
Guest speaker at Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society Annual General Meeting
Topic: Advocacy 101
ABC Restaurant 15373 Fraser Highway, SurreyTime: 6:30 p.m.
Contact Theresa for further info@lmdss.com
2014
October 28th, 2014
Speaker at Conversations about Employment
Family Works evening
Oakridge Seniors Centre, Vancouver
October 28, 2014
Awareness talk in a grade 5 classroom at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Vancouver
October 22 - 24, 2014
The 4th Health and Wellbeing in Children , Youth and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Conference
The Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites, Vancouver
Welcoming address and moderator on October 22
Welcoming address and moderator on October 24
Judging of community based posters October 23/24
October 20, 2014
Discussion and brainstorming with teachers of the Down Syndrome Research Foundation
October 16, 2014
Tolieting Training: a discussion
6:30..Down Syndrome Research Foundation in Burnaby
September 12, 2014
Frontier School Division, Thompson, Manitoba
Workshops in Leaf Rapids, Manitoba
Behaviour is Communication
Visual Strategies 101
July 4 to 11, 2014
Seattle to Alaska and back..Mission Possible Down Syndrome Cruise
Before Behaviour Begins......Behaviour is Communication
Teaching and Supporting Students with Down Syndrome : The Top Ten Things to Know
Sexuality, Puberty, Health and Hygiene...a Discussion.
February 28, 2014
Awareness talk with grade 1/ 2 students at Glen Elementary in Coquitlam
February 20/21, 2014
Teaching Assistant Conference
Grant MacEwan University,
Edmonton, Alberta
Contact: Carolynn Kane kanec2@macewan.ca
February 13/14, 2014
CBE Staff Association Conference,
Calgary Alberta
Contact : Sue Wenaas sue@staffassociation.ca
Workshop presentations :
Behaviour is Communication
Don’t Teach Anything You Have to Un-teach….Later!
Strategies for Working in an Inclusive Classroom
The Challenge of Support Staff
February 4, 2014
Presentation to teachers in a Special Education Class at
Simon Fraser University...re Inclusion
Workshop Presentations:
Behaviour is Communication
Visual Strategies 101
Communication Skills in Students With Down Syndrome (Happy Talk)
Understanding Down Syndrome and its Impact on the Student in the Classroom
November 16, 2016
Sexuality, Health and Hygiene.....
Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Conference.. Back to Basics
Coast Hotel Vancouver
For information: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/HealthandWellbeing2016/default.as
October 21, 2016
Behaviour is Communicationb
Maple Ridge School District.
Contact: Angela_Chung@sd42.ca
July 7 to 10, 2016
Mission Possible Cruise for Developmental Disabilities
Sailing from Vancouver to Alaska
For information contact : myself ..barb@telus.net or
Rosalie Wagner rosaliewagner@telus.net OR
join the Mission Possible Cruise Website on Facebook.
May 9, 21016
Consultation and workshop on Teaching a child with Down Syndrome
Noel Booth Elementary
Langley, BC
May 6, 2016
An Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Supporting and Teaching to the Diversity in a Classroom
Surrey Teachers Association Convention, Surrey B. C.
April 2, 2016 Access to Education Advocacy Conference
Moderated a panel on Success Stories
February, 2016
Awareness talk in a grade 6 classroom at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Vancouver
February 19, 2016
Support Staff Professional Development
Surrey School District Fleetwood Park Secondary
An Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Supporting and Teaching to the Diversity in a Classroom
February 12, 2016
Sexuality - Puberty - A Discussion - The Challenges of Support Staff
February 11, 12, 2016
Calgary Board of Education - 2016 Staff Association Support staff Convention
Lord Beaverbrook High school.
February 11, 2016
Teaching and Supporting Students with Down Syndrome - The Top Ten Things to Know.
February 9, 2016
UPS and DOWNS Calgary
An evening of questions and answers....contact Janene Flath janene_f@shaw.ca or
Jacquie McKechnie director@upsdowns.org for information re time, location.
2015
April 9 , 2015
Behaviour is Communication Part 2
#103 5171 221 St,Langley BC.
Contact info@lmdss.com for more information
March / April 2015..date to be announced
Behaviour is Communication Part 2...with an emphasis on teen years.
February 27, 2015
Maple Ridge School District
February 27, 2015
Maple Ridge School District
Topics yet to be decided
Contact Angela Chung Angela_Chung"sd42.ca
February 20
Surrey School District
February 12/ 13, 2015
Believe it and Achieve it...Teaching Assistant Convention , Calgary, Alberta
Topics: The Challenges of Support Staff
Working in an Inclusive Classroom: Supporting and Teaching to Diversity in a classroom
Teaching and Supporting Students with Down Syndrome: The Top Ten things to know
Don't Teach Anything you have to Unteach
contact Sue Wenasssue@staffassociation.ca for information
January 15, 2015
Burnaby Parent Networking Group... Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society
Topic: Behaviour is Communication
At the Down Syndrome Research Foundation
1409 Sperling St, Burnaby
6:30 to 8 pm
RSVP info@lmdss.com
January 13, 2015 - 6:30 pm
Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society AGM
Topic: Advocacy 101
ABC restaurant:15373 Fraser Hwy, Surrey.
January 8, 2015 -,6 pm to 8 pm
Langley Parent Networking group...Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society
Topic: Behaviour is Communication
#103 5171 221 Street , Langley
RSVP toinfo@lmdss.com
January 4, 2015
Guest speaker at Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society Annual General Meeting
Topic: Advocacy 101
ABC Restaurant 15373 Fraser Highway, SurreyTime: 6:30 p.m.
Contact Theresa for further info@lmdss.com
2014
October 28th, 2014
Speaker at Conversations about Employment
Family Works evening
Oakridge Seniors Centre, Vancouver
October 28, 2014
Awareness talk in a grade 5 classroom at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Vancouver
October 22 - 24, 2014
The 4th Health and Wellbeing in Children , Youth and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Conference
The Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites, Vancouver
Welcoming address and moderator on October 22
Welcoming address and moderator on October 24
Judging of community based posters October 23/24
October 20, 2014
Discussion and brainstorming with teachers of the Down Syndrome Research Foundation
October 16, 2014
Tolieting Training: a discussion
6:30..Down Syndrome Research Foundation in Burnaby
September 12, 2014
Frontier School Division, Thompson, Manitoba
Workshops in Leaf Rapids, Manitoba
Behaviour is Communication
Visual Strategies 101
July 4 to 11, 2014
Seattle to Alaska and back..Mission Possible Down Syndrome Cruise
Before Behaviour Begins......Behaviour is Communication
Teaching and Supporting Students with Down Syndrome : The Top Ten Things to Know
Sexuality, Puberty, Health and Hygiene...a Discussion.
February 28, 2014
Awareness talk with grade 1/ 2 students at Glen Elementary in Coquitlam
February 20/21, 2014
Teaching Assistant Conference
Grant MacEwan University,
Edmonton, Alberta
Contact: Carolynn Kane kanec2@macewan.ca
February 13/14, 2014
CBE Staff Association Conference,
Calgary Alberta
Contact : Sue Wenaas sue@staffassociation.ca
Workshop presentations :
Behaviour is Communication
Don’t Teach Anything You Have to Un-teach….Later!
Strategies for Working in an Inclusive Classroom
The Challenge of Support Staff
February 4, 2014
Presentation to teachers in a Special Education Class at
Simon Fraser University...re Inclusion
Workshop Presentations:
Behaviour is Communication
Visual Strategies 101
Communication Skills in Students With Down Syndrome (Happy Talk)
Understanding Down Syndrome and its Impact on the Student in the Classroom
