Workshop Title: Motivating Your Resistant and Reluctant Learners

Date: 9-24-2026

Audience: Special Education Teachers, General Education Teacher, Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists

Workshop Description: Are Your Students Checking Out? Are you experiencing an increased number of resistant and reluctant students in your classroom? Do you feel like you are spending too much time trying to regain student interest and improve participation? Are you dealing with more shut-down behaviors, defiant responses, or students who simply refuse to engage? If so, you won't want to miss this seminar presented by Anissa Moore, an outstanding educator with nearly three decades of experience helping schools improve outcomes for unmotivated learners of all ages.

Presenter: Anissa Moore

PDU's: 6

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $25 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Highland Community College Student Conference Center, Room H-210, 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, IL 61032

Time: 8:30-3:00

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:00 and lunch is included

Workshop Title: Show, Know, Grow- Fine Motor/Functional Skills

Date: 10-7-2026

Audience: Occupational Therapists & Physical Therapists

Workshop Description: Participants will create hands-on tasks that can be incorporated into daily routines in the classroom and school environment to promote fine motor skills and functional performance. Tasks will include creating resources on topics including safety, self-care, and vocational skills. Skills will be presented for all age levels to promote age-appropriate motor and functional skill development.

Presenter: Mollie Sample, NWSE Behavior Consultant

PDU's: 3

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $15 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Northwest Special Education Cooperative, Elizabeth, IL

Time: 8:30-11:30

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:15 and lunch is on your own. Questions? Call Christina Edler, NWSE Supervisor 815-599-1947 or christina.edler@nwseonline.com

Workshop Title: Workshop Title: Show, Know, Grow- Behavior Modification & Replacement Skills

Date: 10-8-2026

Audience: Special Education Teachers, Social Workers, Counselors

Workshop Description: Providing students with a structured and consistent continuum of visual support systems as they develop their skills is a crucial element in scaffolding the potential for progression in learning and independent functioning. Participants will learn about differentiated scheduling and transitioning tools, communication systems, the use of visuals to reinforce and alter routines, the role of language in using visuals, and the physical arrangement of the learning environment for optimal use of visual tools to reduce problem behaviors.

Presenter: Mollie Sample, NWSE Behavior Consultant

PDU's: 6

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $15 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Northwest Special Education Cooperative, Elizabeth, IL

Time: 8:30-3:30

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:15 and lunch is on your own

Workshop Title: Show, Know, Grow- Social & Functional for Preschool/Elementary

Date: 11-12-2026

Audience: Preschool and Elementary Educators

Workshop Description: Participants will create hands-on tasks that can be incorporated into daily routines in the classroom and school environment to promote social interaction and functional performance. Tasks will include creating resources on topics including; social skills, safety, self-care, and vocational skills. Skills will be presented for preschool/elementary students to promote age-appropriate social and functional skill development.

Presenter: Mollie Sample, NWSE Behavior Consultant

PDU's: 6

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $15 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Northwest Special Education Cooperative, Elizabeth, IL

Time: 8:30-3:30

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:15 and lunch is on your own

Workshop Title: Show, Know, Grow- Social & Functional for Middle/High School

Date: 11-13-2026

Audience: Middle and High School Educators

Workshop Description: Participants will create hands-on tasks that can be incorporated into daily routines in the classroom and school environment to promote social interaction and functional performance. Tasks will include creating resources on topics including; social skills, safety, self-care, and vocational skills. Skills will be presented for middle/high school students to promote age-appropriate social and functional skill development.

Presenter: Mollie Sample, NWSE Behavior Consultant

PDU's: 6

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $15 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Northwest Special Education Cooperative, Elizabeth, IL

Time: 8:30-3:30

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:15 and lunch is on your own

Workshop Title: Show, Know, Grow- Speech & Language

Date: 12-11-2026

Audience: Speech/Language Pathologists and Deaf & Hard of Hearing Teachers

Workshop Description: Participants will create resources that address the continuum of speech and language skills so students can more efficiently develop communication skills over time. Tasks will incorporate concepts such as letter identification, letter sound identification, nouns and verbs, sentence development, “wh” questions, etc. to aide in implementation of critical elements of speech and language in a visual structured manner to assist therapists in achieving individual student outcomes. (Training is for SLPs & DHH teachers only)

Presenter: Mollie Sample, NWSE Behavior Consultant

PDU's: 6

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $15 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Northwest Special Education Cooperative, Elizabeth, IL

Time: 8:30-3:30

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:15 and lunch is on your own

Workshop Title: Show, Know, Grow- Fine Motor/Functional Skills

Date: 1-28-2027

Audience: Occupational Therapists & Physical Therapists

Workshop Description: Participants will create hands-on tasks that can be incorporated into daily routines in the classroom and school environment to promote fine motor skills and functional performance. Tasks will include creating resources on topics including safety, self-care, and vocational skills. Skills will be presented for all age levels to promote age-appropriate motor and functional skill development.

Presenter: Mollie Sample, NWSE Behavior Consultant

PDU's: 3

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $15 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Northwest Special Education Cooperative, Elizabeth, IL

Time: 8:30-11:30

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:15 and lunch is on your own

Workshop Title: Show, Know, Grow- Integrating Supports Into the School Environment

Date: 1-29-2027

Audience: Special Education Teachers

Workshop Description: Providing students with a structured and consistent continuum of visual support systems as they develop their skills is a crucial element in scaffolding the potential for progression in learning and independent functioning. Participants will learn about differentiated scheduling and transitioning tools, communication systems, the use of visuals to reinforce and alter routines, the role of language in using visuals, and the physical arrangement of the learning environment for optimal use of visual tools to reduce problem behaviors.

Presenter: Mollie Sample, NWSE Behavior Consultant

PDU's: 6

Registration Fee: Free to NWSE Member Districts/ $15 for educators outside of NWSE member districts

Location: Northwest Special Education Cooperative, Elizabeth, IL

Time: 8:30-3:30

Registration Link: Link

Misc Notes: Registration is at 8:15 and lunch is on your own