FREE CEU’s in Ohio!


10/21 – 1 – 4:15 Lying & Stealing “The Sneaky Disorder”
10/22 – 1 – 4:15 Serious Emotional Disturbances in Chn. & Adol. – need 6

10/23 – 1 – 4:15 The Impact of Loss and Grief – need 3
10/31 – 8:45 – 4:15 Developing a Medical Mindset: Casework Concerns for Chn. w/Special Healthcare needs – need 8
11/5 – 8:45 – 4:15 Verbal De-Escalation – need 7
11/10 – 1 – 4:15 Conflict Mgmt. – need 3
11/14 – 8:45 – 4:15 A Toolbox for Meeting Facilitators – Part 1 – need 10
11/19 – 1:00 – 4:15 What Do Mental Health Diagnoses Mean, and What Do We Do? – need 6
11/20 – 1:00 – 4:15 Teen Culture and Generation Y – need 6
11/21 – 1:00 – 4:15 The Depressed Child and Teen – need 3
12/8 – 8:45 – 4:15 TWO DAY – 12 HRS – Personal Safety Defense (VERY HIGHLY RATED ON EVALS) need 7
12/10 – 1 – 4:15 I’m an Individual; Chn. & Young People w/Disabilities Need 12
12/11 – 8:45 – 4:15 Revised Internet Addiction AND De-Escalation – need 3
12/16 – 8:45 – 4:15 Human Trafficking (VERY HIGHLY RATED AS WELL) need 1
12/18 – 8:45 – 4:15 A Toolbox for Meeting Facilitators – Part II – need 10
The sooner you register, the better as it helps for those who may need to find alternate trainings if the class size doesn’t increase. Thank you.

> >HOW TO REGISTER FOR TRAININGS WITH LCCS USING ACTEVAWe have an on-line training registration program that you can use to register for trainings called Acteva. In your subject line, type in www.childrenservices.org and then click on training, training calendar, it takes you to a calendar. Once you see the calendar, you’ll see arrows next to the name of the month, click on the arrows to advance through the months if you don’t see a training you want in the current month. Once you find the training that you’re interested in, click on the underlined training. NOTE: As a new user, once you’re in our system, a screen that says “MyActeva” will come up. The system wants you to create a user name and password (please note it is case sensitive so please be careful if you use upper and lower case). It may tell you that, that name is already in use, choose something else but whatever you choose, please write it down as I won’t have access to that information. Once you’ve typed in the password, and hit continue, you’ll fill in a page of your demographics only once. Any time you want to register after that, you’ll just click on the trainings that you are interested in, it will ask you to confirm and it will send the confirmation to your email and my email.

Just a note, when you want to register for a training that’s “sold out”, you can still register but where it says “order”, it will say “wait” which means you’ll be on a waiting list. Should someone cancel, I go through the list in the order that the requests come in and will make a call or email you asking if you’re still interested in attending.

Also, you will see in the calendar some of the trainings will be all capitalized, (CORE, SPECIALIZED, ADOPTION ASSESSOR, SUPERVISOR CORE), those are trainings that are specifically for Lorain County Children Services staff. You will also see trainings that start off with “Foster Parent Trainings”, those are designed specifically for our foster parents. The other trainings that you probably are interested in will just start off with the title of the training, they are free and available to everyone. Please note that the CEU’s are social worker CEU’s.

Just an FYI, when you are entering in your demographics into your “MyActeva” account, please be sure to include an alternate number in any available cell just in case we need to cancel due to weather, emergency, etc. It’s also helpful to check your email that you registered with in the morning just in case we do cancel. I will give the trainers my home number so they can contact me asap if there is a cancellation. I will then email registrants and try to call to advise you if there is a cancellation. Please note, even though Spitzer’s is located within Lorain County Community College, if the college closes, Spitzer’s does not. If the trainer cancels the training due to weather, I’ll will call and email you.

IF YOU MOVE, CHANGE YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER/S OR EMAIL ADDRESS, PLEASE GO INTO YOUR “MYACTEVA” ACCOUNT AND DO AN EDIT TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE WITH THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION.

PLEASE NOTE: WHEN YOU CONFIRM A TRAINING IN ACTEVA, DON’T CLICK IT AGAIN DURING THE PROCESSING AS YOU DOUBLE REGISTER. IT WILL COME MOVE YOU ON.

It really is very user friendly but if you need assistance, please email or call me and I’ll get back with you to assist you in the process. DeborahTyras@childrenservices.org or (440) 329-5774.

FREE CEU


10/21 – 1 – 4:15 Lying & Stealing “The Sneaky Disorder”
10/22 – 1 – 4:15 Serious Emotional Disturbances in Chn. & Adol. – need 6

10/23 – 1 – 4:15 The Impact of Loss and Grief – need 3
10/31 – 8:45 – 4:15 Developing a Medical Mindset: Casework Concerns for Chn. w/Special Healthcare needs – need 8
11/5 – 8:45 – 4:15 Verbal De-Escalation – need 7
11/10 – 1 – 4:15 Conflict Mgmt. – need 3
11/14 – 8:45 – 4:15 A Toolbox for Meeting Facilitators – Part 1 – need 10
11/19 – 1:00 – 4:15 What Do Mental Health Diagnoses Mean, and What Do We Do? – need 6
11/20 – 1:00 – 4:15 Teen Culture and Generation Y – need 6
11/21 – 1:00 – 4:15 The Depressed Child and Teen – need 3
12/8 – 8:45 – 4:15 TWO DAY – 12 HRS – Personal Safety Defense (VERY HIGHLY RATED ON EVALS) need 7
12/10 – 1 – 4:15 I’m an Individual; Chn. & Young People w/Disabilities Need 12
12/11 – 8:45 – 4:15 Revised Internet Addiction AND De-Escalation – need 3
12/16 – 8:45 – 4:15 Human Trafficking (VERY HIGHLY RATED AS WELL) need 1
12/18 – 8:45 – 4:15 A Toolbox for Meeting Facilitators – Part II – need 10
The sooner you register, the better as it helps for those who may need to find alternate trainings if the class size doesn’t increase. Thank you.

> >HOW TO REGISTER FOR TRAININGS WITH LCCS USING ACTEVAWe have an on-line training registration program that you can use to register for trainings called Acteva. In your subject line, type in www.childrenservices.org and then click on training, training calendar, it takes you to a calendar. Once you see the calendar, you’ll see arrows next to the name of the month, click on the arrows to advance through the months if you don’t see a training you want in the current month. Once you find the training that you’re interested in, click on the underlined training. NOTE: As a new user, once you’re in our system, a screen that says “MyActeva” will come up. The system wants you to create a user name and password (please note it is case sensitive so please be careful if you use upper and lower case). It may tell you that, that name is already in use, choose something else but whatever you choose, please write it down as I won’t have access to that information. Once you’ve typed in the password, and hit continue, you’ll fill in a page of your demographics only once. Any time you want to register after that, you’ll just click on the trainings that you are interested in, it will ask you to confirm and it will send the confirmation to your email and my email.

Just a note, when you want to register for a training that’s “sold out”, you can still register but where it says “order”, it will say “wait” which means you’ll be on a waiting list. Should someone cancel, I go through the list in the order that the requests come in and will make a call or email you asking if you’re still interested in attending.

Also, you will see in the calendar some of the trainings will be all capitalized, (CORE, SPECIALIZED, ADOPTION ASSESSOR, SUPERVISOR CORE), those are trainings that are specifically for Lorain County Children Services staff. You will also see trainings that start off with “Foster Parent Trainings”, those are designed specifically for our foster parents. The other trainings that you probably are interested in will just start off with the title of the training, they are free and available to everyone. Please note that the CEU’s are social worker CEU’s.

Just an FYI, when you are entering in your demographics into your “MyActeva” account, please be sure to include an alternate number in any available cell just in case we need to cancel due to weather, emergency, etc. It’s also helpful to check your email that you registered with in the morning just in case we do cancel. I will give the trainers my home number so they can contact me asap if there is a cancellation. I will then email registrants and try to call to advise you if there is a cancellation. Please note, even though Spitzer’s is located within Lorain County Community College, if the college closes, Spitzer’s does not. If the trainer cancels the training due to weather, I’ll will call and email you.

IF YOU MOVE, CHANGE YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER/S OR EMAIL ADDRESS, PLEASE GO INTO YOUR “MYACTEVA” ACCOUNT AND DO AN EDIT TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE WITH THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION.

PLEASE NOTE: WHEN YOU CONFIRM A TRAINING IN ACTEVA, DON’T CLICK IT AGAIN DURING THE PROCESSING AS YOU DOUBLE REGISTER. IT WILL COME MOVE YOU ON.

It really is very user friendly but if you need assistance, please email or call me and I’ll get back with you to assist you in the process. DeborahTyras@childrenservices.org or (440) 329-5774.

How would you make Driver Education classes more interesting?

I teach driver education and I want to know if you had a favorite part of driver education. Do you remember anything in particular that you really liked, or really disliked?

If you was teaching driver education, what would you do to keep the students attention?

Well I am 16 and just recently got my lisence. My favorite part of driver's ed, was when our teacher brought in beer goggles. He made us wear them and do different tasks such as walking a straight line, catching a tennis ball, pouring water into a cup, etc. It was really fun and interesting, yet still got the point across of how drinking will affect driving.

Home Schooling Education

A home schooling education is a prized asset to anyone’s background. It demonstrates independent work completed in a timely manner, often reflecting an education well above the average education level of that from a public or private school.

A home schooling education most often involves well thought out planning and instruction from a loving parent or guardian who’s gently guided the child through many series of targeted lessons. The lessons have covered in-depth information on not only main topics of focus as required by the local laws by often much more advanced training with onsite visits at local industry establishments and interviews with their company workers as part of the lessons.

The more customized and in-depth lessons learned by those with home schooling education provide a much more well-rounded real-life education for after high school years. While their peers from public and private schools battle learning good independent life skills, work and study habits, their home schooling peers already excel in those areas, for example.

The child’s home schooling education has included plenty of socialization within peers groups of other home schooled children and children who attend their local churches, on average. Plus home schooling education means an average of 3 children or more per household, so others to play with, plus neighborhood children, library groups, etc.

Grades, maturity levels and college work / study habits of those who have had a home schooling education are on the whole at more advanced levels than those of their peers in public and private schools. Those educated at home with a more Christian approach, especially, tend to not have dealt with the negative issues like early sexual activity and pregnancy, substance abuse, neglect, abuse, etc. as witnessed in their public and private school peers. And those with a home schooling education are accepted more often in universities and colleges, often having had scholarships offered, too.

While public and private schools have time-tables for sessions, breaks, months to complete lessons, etc., home schooling education offers a much more flexible training program. It can go with families when they travel, take breaks, are transferred for work / military or other reasons. And home schooling education offers much more flexibility with materials; books, online learning, non-violent materials, Christian materials with incorporated religious training and daily activities, etc.

In summary, a home schooling education can offer a very valuable asset. Anyone interested in giving their child or children a head start in life, a solid foundation for learning and growing should delve further into the subject.

Barack Obama: Education speech in Dayton, OH

Barack Obama discussed his plans to change education in America, in Dayton, OH on September 9, 2008

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Rise Against - Re-Education (Through Labor)

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My Experience With Online Education

Online Education has been around for a several years and has
been the target of many skeptics. Many skeptics feel that there
is not enough interaction with the teachers and other students
to make a virtual campus as educational as a traditional campus.
They also feel that the material is not as educational. While
this is dying out as a topic on the critics list, because they
are being proven wrong, I felt this was pretty interesting. I
have attended both types of universities, online and
traditional. I have to disagree with all of the skeptics
statements.

I personally attended a traditional campus throughout my
freshman year. During this time, I don’t think I spoke to ten
students and I was never able to contact my teachers. After
sitting through a two hours lecture that they called class, I
usually was so brain dead from trying to soak up all of the
information or too tired to think of questions that I had. So, I
would go home ponder on the lecture and come up with questions.
At this point it was too late to ask them. How does this benefit
anyone? I don’t think it does.

However, when I began to obtaining my online education as a
sophomore, I found there was so much more interaction. I could
e-mail my teachers and get a response from them usually within
twenty four hours. I also found that I was not embarrassed to
ask any questions. As a student, I often wondered if my
questions were stupid or ridiculous. I was always afraid to ask,
for fear that I would get laughed at by other students or that
the teacher would look at me and say, “Duh.” Which never
happened, but it was always in the back of my mind. I have had
discussion through chat sessions, e-mails, and phone
conversation with hundreds of other students throughout my
sophomore year. I personally have enjoyed the experience so much
that I have decided to continue my online education and obtain a
four-year degree.

The material that has been covered in my online education
institute has been as challenging, if not more so, than when I
attended a traditional university. I have had a large increase
in my GPA as an online student. This is mostly due to the fact
that I can review the material as many times as I want and add
to the material whenever I want. In my freshman year at a
traditional university, I spent many hours sitting in a
classroom listening to lectures. After I left the lecture, I had
several questions, as I stated above, which never got answered.
The other problem was that the teachers speak very quickly and
it is almost impossible to catch every point that they make. The
next time I would go to the class, the teacher would have a pop
quiz or a test on the lecture. I did not score very high on
these.

After I thought about my personal experiences with online
versus traditional education experiences, I began to wonder how
others felt that had been in both atmospheres. I began looking
at forums and talking with other students at my online
university. There are hundreds of students that feel they are
getting a better education at an online university than they
were at a traditional university. But I guess the critics have
to have something to talk about.

Online education is not easy. It takes a lot of self-discipline
and responsibility, but it does work. My personal experiences
are proof that you can get a decent online education. Is it for
everyone? No, there are many people out there that need to have
the classroom atmosphere for different reasons. Traditional
classrooms offer a motivated work environment instructed by an
educator. Some people need that in order to complete their
degree program. They need to have someone motivate them. They
need to have a teacher tell them that there assignment is due on
a daily basis or weekly basis. That is not a bad thing. But,
that doesn’t mean that online education is any worse or better
than a traditional classroom either.

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More Ways To Use The Taxation System To Pay College Education Costs

In addition to Education IRAs and federal tax credits there are
many other ways to use the taxation system to pay for the high
and increasing costs of a college education. You need to
consider all of these tax benefits in order to ensure that you
can benefit from this form of government support to families who
are helping their kids get a higher education.

Some of the other ways to let the taxation system pay for some
of your family’s college education expenses include deductible
expenses, Section 529 plans, regular IRA’s, savings bonds,
investing on your child’s behalf, and putting your child to work
for you.

You can deduct up to $4,000 a year in qualified educational
expenses but you can’t combine a deduction and a tax credit for
the same student in the same year. You can however split the
deduction and the credit if you have more than one child who
qualifies.

Many people also contribute money to Section 529 plans which are
named after the section of the IRS code that regulates these
plans You can also put money into so-called Section 529 plans.
Section 529 plans are regulated by the states that hire an asset
management company to look after the business side. You can
contribute to these plans for future college education and the
earnings added to the funds are tax-free.

You can now also use your regular IRA penalty-free if you want
to use some of it pay for qualified educational expenses. You
can deduct up to $2,500 in interest paid for educational loans
as an above-the-line deduction. Like many other deductions these
benefits are not available to single, or dual high-income
earners.

But perhaps the easiest way to get taxation monies working for
your child’s college education is through a special U.S. Savings
Bond exclusion. You can exclude a portion of the interest that
accrues on such bonds if you meet certain qualifiers. Those
qualifiers include having paid education expenses in the year of
redemption; are not married and filing separately, and if you
meet the general base income restrictions.

Still another way to beat the taxman and save money on college
education is to make investments in your child’s name. Children
under 14 face a much lower tax rate and even as their income
grows it will likely be at a lower rate than yours. Just make
sure that the investment is in your child’s name and stay on
their good side because ultimately that money is theirs.

The final way to meet your college education needs that works
for some people is to hire your kids if you are self-employed.
There are some restrictions but once again any monies you give
your children should be plowed back into their own or the family
college education fund