UWI-ROYTEC has earned a reputation as a preferred tertiary level institution with an outstanding track record in teacher preparation and professional development. We are recognized as a national leader in applied learning and specialized training, empowering all learners to develop to their fullest potential. 

Building on the institution's strategic mandate, UWI-ROYTEC has provided professional development training for teachers in the area of special needs education since 2018.  Since then, more than one hundred and seventy (170) teachers have participated in six (6) different workshops.  We continue to promote an inclusive approach to education, where recognition and acknowledgement is given to diverse perspectives and realities of children with special needs. 

Sensitization workshops are designed for education professionals and policymakers in the following areas:

• Planning for differentiated instruction.
• Pedagogical approaches in special education.
• Writing Individual Educational Plans.
• Interpreting Psycho-educational assessments.
• Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours.
• Evidence-based instructional strategies and tools to serve children with special needs.
• Develop a healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging learning environment for all children.
• Strategies for dealing with children with challenging behaviours.
• Social and Emotional Development.
• Stress and Trauma.
• Positive parenting.
• Working with children of unique vulnerabilities
• Online and remote learning for students with disabilities
• The Impact of Crisis and Isolation on Children

For further information and registration please contact:

• Tel: (868) 225-1299 ext. 2109 or 2119, 702-3540, 473-0974, or 799-4898
  
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