Staff Development

Looking for fresh ideas and creative ways to stretch your budget?  Fun and practical workshops, provided at your location, cover a variety of topics that will energize your educational teams.  Presentations are hands-on, designed with you in mind, and take into consideration the specific needs of your staff.

Participants in AIMEE Solutions workshops agree,

“This was a FUN workshop. I loved all the creative, practical ideas I can use with my student.”

Language Kit Make and Take

Build a firm foundation for effectively using AIMEE Solutions Take and Teach Language Kits in the classroom. We do the preparation, printing and laminating the components of Language Kits of your choosing.  You provide the scissors, glue sticks, and energy for guided assembly of the materials!  Participants will leave the session with a completed Language Kit - including the book, songboard, and several language extension activities – that can be used in the classroom the next day. Learn tips to build lessons around a single unit by using the core materials in a variety of ways. A time for role play is included to give attendees the opportunity to practice adapting lessons for students with different needs.   4 hour Make and Take session

Got a Dollar? Get an Idea!

It is not always necessary (or affordable) to purchase adaptive toys, tools or technology from commercial vendors’ catalogs. Let the Dollar Store QUEEN show you over 100 great money-saving ideas for home and the classroom. We guarantee you will never look at ponytail holders and barrettes the same way again! Be warned: this workshop may cause you to become a Dollar Store junkie or serious collector of odd and ends. 3 hour session

Hands OFF! Let the Student Create

Put an end to beautiful “student” art projects created for them by well-meaning adults. Learn imaginative ways to use everyday household items – such as a dish soap-dispensing sponge – for art projects. Simple adaptations to “standard” art supplies can allow physically impaired students access and independence in creating their own masterpieces. The “Art for All” Take and Teach Language Kit supports classroom instruction in the Fine Arts, develops vocabulary related to art, and teaches pride found through self-expression. Participants in this workshop make an art kit suitable for use with a range of students and assemble the Art for All Language Kit unit.  4 hour Make and Take session

Communicatin’ in the Community

Imagine this is you…

It’s 8:00 A.M. The mobility bus will be arriving in 5 minutes to transport you and your students into the community for grocery shopping and lunch at McDonalds.  In 5 minutes can you round up all the essential communication devices, overlays, low tech books and forms?  RELAX… This workshop will assist you in gathering all of the materials needed for trips into the community, containing them in one bag so you merely Grab It and GO on the way out of the room.  Keep yourself organized and prepared, while supporting successful student communication in the community.   3 hour Make and Take session