The Upside Down Organization (UDO) hosts regular professional development experiences for teachers, parents and child-serving professionals -- anyone who works with or spends time with young people. These experiences are open to everyone and registration can be completed online, by mail, or via fax. Payments can be processed directly online with a credit card and check payments can be mailed to our office for processing.
Download a WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM or click links below to register online.
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OCTOBER 15, 2010
The New IQ? Understanding and Teaching Executive Function Skills In and Out of the Classroom
presented by Frank Kros, MSW, JD
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / registration at 8:30 a.m.
The Children's Guild - Glen Burnie Campus, 6730 Bay Meadow Drive, Suite A, Glen Burnie, MD 21060
6 CEU Credits - Category I / Social Work
Teaching children to think — clearly and efficiently — is a universal goal of parents and teachers alike. Despite the importance of these “executive function” skills, these thinking processes are not systemically taught at home or in schools and are not the focus of the curriculum. In this workshop, participants will first learn what constitutes an executive function skill and where these thinking processes happen in the brain. Next, the workshop identifies the “Top 7 Skills for School and Life Success” and provides parents and teachers practical tools for assessing executive function abilities in their children and students. The third phase of the workshop introduces exercises and techniques to directly teach the Top 7 Skills to children at every developmental level, pre-school through college.
COST
Early Bird Registration Rate (up to 9/23/10):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $189 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $169 per person
Regular Registration Rate (after 9/23/10):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $199 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $179 per person
Group Rate (3 or more registrants):
$169 per person
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NOVEMBER 12, 2010
Battling the Bully: Brain-Inspired Responses to Bullying
presented by Heather Higgins, LCSW-C
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / registration at 8:30 a.m.
The Children's Guild - Glen Burnie Campus, 6730 Bay Meadow Drive, Suite A, Glen Burnie, MD 21060
6 CEU Credits - Category I / Social Work
Bullying has become a significant concern on many campuses as students with physical or cognitive advantages intimidate and exploit their more vulnerable classmates, often with a sophistication and a discreetness that makes it difficult for adults to observe and intervene with. In this workshop, bullying will be looked at through the lens of cognitive neuroscience with a new perspective provided on the often perplexing behavior of these students. Packed with specific, low cost interventions, this workshop will offer an alternative set of tools for reaching those hard to reach learners in any school setting.
COST
Early Bird Registration Rate (up to 10/23/10):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $189 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $169 per person
Regular Registration Rate (after 10/23/10):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $199 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $179 per person
Group Rate (3 or more registrants):
$169 per person
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JANUARY 25, 26 & 27, 2011
What's the Brain Got To Do With It? Using Neuroscience to Deliver Phenomenal Presentations
presented by Frank Kros, MSW, JD, Heather Higgins, LCSW-C, and UDO Team
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / registration at 8:00 a.m. on Day One
The Children's Guild - Glen Burnie Campus, 6730 Bay Meadow Drive, Suite A, Glen Burnie, MD 21060
18 CEU Credits - Category I / Social Work
This course introduces new techniques for delivering learning, based on cutting-edge neuroscience. With more than 25 strategies for engaging audiences, enhancing learning and increasing retention, the workshop teaches effective use of visuals; building audience trust and rapport; solidifying memory and recall; framing for audience engagement; and using music, aromas, manipulatives and movement to deepen the learning experience.
COST
Early Bird Registration Rate (up to 1/5/11): $269
Regular Registration Rate (after 1/5/11): $299
Group Rate (3 or more registrants): $249
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FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Rethinking Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD): What Works, What Doesn't and Why
presented by Frank Kros, MSW, JD
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / registration at 8:30 a.m.
Hilton Garden Inn - Columbia, 8241 Snowden River Parkway, Columbia, MD 21045
6 CEU Credits - Category I / Social Work
Children and youth with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) have unique brains. In this illuminating workshop, you’ll learn the “12 Power Tools” for maximizing the strengths and minimizing the contextual weaknesses of the AD/HD brain. Participants learn how to become “the surrogate frontal lobes” for AD/HD brains and how to change their thinking about AD/HD from a behavioral disorder to a unique brain construct that can be accommodated with highly successful outcomes.
COST
Early Bird Registration Rate (up to 1/22/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $189 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $169 per person
Regular Registration Rate (after 1/22/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $199 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $179 per person
Group Rate (3 or more registrants):
$169 per person
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MARCH 11, 2011
Jack's Brain, Jill's Brain: Gender Differences in the Classroom and Why They Matter
presented by Heather Higgins, LCSW-C
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / registration at 8:30 a.m.
Hilton Garden Inn - BWI, 1516 Aero Drive, Linthicum, MD 21090
6 CEU Credits - Category I / Social Work
This workshop introduces participants to the rapidly emerging research on how the brains of females and males are develop-mentally, structurally and functionally different. Based on these differences, participants will learn academic approaches customized to the distinctly different learning styles of girls and boys. In addition, this session will acquaint participants with the practical application of gender research to behavioral and emotional interventions with a focus on helping both sexes avoid high risk activities such as drug use, alcohol abuse and sexual activity.
COST
Early Bird Registration Rate (up to 2/19/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $189 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $169 per person
Regular Registration Rate (after 2/19/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $199 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $179 per person
Group Rate (3 or more registrants):
$169 per person
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APRIL 8, 2011
Giving a Fish a Bath: The Untold Story of the Adolescent Mind
presented by Frank Kros, MSW, JD
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / registration at 8:30 a.m.
Tidewater Inn, 101 East Dover Street, Easton, MD 21601
6 CEU Credits - Category I / Social Work
Recent discoveries in neuroscience offer exciting insights into how the brains of our teens really work and the special “brain-based” challenges facing adolescents as they mature. This workshop reveals why teens are especially vulnerable to drug use, high-risk peer influences and depression as well as the proactive measures adults can take to minimize a teen’s exposure to these dangers. If you’ve ever thought that the adolescent mind could not be understood, this workshop will arm you with the latest insights and information on knowing and empowering the teenage brain.
COST
Early Bird Registration Rate (up to 3/19/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $189 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $169 per person
Regular Registration Rate (after 3/19/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $199 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $179 per person
Group Rate (3 or more registrants):
$169 per person
[Click here to REGISTER]
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MAY 6, 2011
Child Abuse and the Brain: The Developmental Impact of Trauma in Childhood
presented by Frank Kros, MSW, JD and Heather Higgins, LCSW-C
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / registration at 8:30 a.m.
The Children's Guild - Glen Burnie Campus, 6802 McClean Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21234
6 CEU Credits - Category I / Social Work
Key discoveries in neuroscience have revealed a more comprehensive and sophisticated understanding of the impact of child abuse on the developing brain. With incredible specificity, scientists have mapped how the experience of abuse in childhood changes the growing brain and predisposes it to psychiatric disorders in adulthood. Child abuse produces severe stress in the brain. The body’s physiological response to stress impacts the brain at a highly vulnerable period in its development. Understanding the specific consequences of abuse on the growing brain can significantly inform interventions and inspire new approaches for the focus and goal of treatment for child abuse victims.
COST
Early Bird Registration Rate (up to 4/15/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $189 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $169 per person
Regular Registration Rate (after 4/15/11):
Full 6-Hour Workshop: $199 per person / 5-Hour Workshop: $179 per person
Group Rate (3 or more registrants):
$169 per person
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* PLEASE NOTE: UDO offers two options for our hosted workshops -- UDO offers a full 6-Hour Workshop that includes our 60-minute "Brain Anatomy 101" module for the first hour of the workshop from 9-10:00 a.m.; if you are familiar with this information from prior participation in one of our workshops and wish to skip this portion, please sign up for the 5-Hour Workshop and arrive at the workshop at 10:00 a.m. to start your day.