Lapeer ISD
2025-26 School Year
đź“… August 14, 2026
⏰ 8:30-11:30 AM
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
8:00 AM-12:00 PM - Level 1
12:30 PM-2:30 PM - Level 2
DESCRIPTION OF LEVELS
LEVEL 1 - This course is appropriate for staff who ARE NOT assuming a lead role in a crisis situation, most paraprofessional staff, and staff who are working primarily with individuals presenting with low-risk behavior. (Disengagement)
LEVEL 2 - This course is appropriate for staff who have approval from their building administrator and may be assuming a lead role in a crisis situation and may be working with individuals presenting with high-risk behavior. (Holding)
Many dates to choose from - register below:
September 10, 2026
October 8, 2026
December 10, 2026
March 18, 2027
Education and Technology Center, Room 146
Open to any Lapeer County School District personnel
INITIAL - AGENDA
ONLINE Blended Training Modules (Self-Paced Course)
MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ATTENDING AN IN CLASS TRAINING (2.5 Hours to complete)
IN-PERSON Classroom Session
LEVEL 1
- 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Modules 1-5, 7- 8
- Participants are done at 12:00 PM (their training is complete & they may leave)
LEVEL 2 STAYS
- 12:00 - 12:30 PM, LUNCH (on your own)
- 12:30 - 2:30 PM, Modules 6, 7, & MDE Policy for Emergency Seclusion & Restraint Including “Key Identified Personnel,” and Mandatory Documentation
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đź“… See dates & register by clicking below
⏰ 8:00 AM-12:00 PM - Level 1
⏰ 12:30 PM-2:30 PM - Level 2
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center, Room 146
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
Description
The Zones of Regulation is a cognitive-behavioral framework and curriculum designed to help individuals—especially children—recognize, understand, and regulate their emotions, sensory needs, and levels of alertness.
Created by occupational therapist Leah Kuypers, the program is widely used in schools, therapy settings, and homes to support emotional self-regulation and social-emotional learning.
Overview
The Zones of Regulation is a framework that teaches self-regulation by helping individuals recognize and manage their emotions, sensory needs, and energy levels.
Each zone represents a group of emotional states or alertness levels.
Workshop Objectives:
Provide an understanding of Zones.
Provide an understanding of how to implement Zones
Discuss techniques used with Zones
Promote Zones in your practice
Practice using Zones with situations.
Gain access to resources
Who Should Attend?
Anyone who interacts regularly with children, adolescents, or even adults needing support with emotional regulation can benefit from Zones of Regulation training. The more consistency across environments (school, home, therapy), the more effective the program tends to be.
2 Dates to Choose From:
September 15, 2026
February 18, 2027
SCECHs Pending
đź“… September 15, 2026 or February 18, 2027
⏰ 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
Ruby Payne's "A Framework for Understanding Poverty"
Learn How Understanding The Hidden Rules of Class Can Help In the Classroom
Ruby Payne's A Framework for Understanding Poverty offers a perspective on the challenges and differences between economic classes and how they influence educational settings. The core idea is that different socioeconomic classes have distinct worldviews and behaviors, which in turn shape their "hidden rules" – unspoken cues and habits that govern how individuals interact and navigate different social contexts. These hidden rules play a significant role in a student's success in school, which often operates under middle-class norms.
Who Should Attend?
Any school staff who work with students
2 Dates to Choose From:
September 22, 2026
February 23, 2027
SCECH and SWCE offered
đź“… September 22, 2026 or February 23, 2027
⏰ 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
8:00 - 11:00 AM - Level 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Level 2
DESCRIPTION OF LEVELS
LEVEL 1 - This course is appropriate for staff who ARE NOT assuming a lead role in a crisis situation, most paraprofessional staff, and staff who are working primarily with individuals presenting with low-risk behavior. (Disengagement)
LEVEL 2 - This course is appropriate for staff who have approval from their building administrator and may be assuming a lead role in a crisis situation and may be working with individuals presenting with high-risk behavior. (Holding)
Many dates to choose from - register below:
September 24, 2026
November 19, 2026
January 21, 2027
May 6, 2027
Education and Technology Center, Room 146
Open to any Lapeer County School District personnel
REFRESHER - AGENDA
ONLINE Blended Training Modules (Self-Paced Course)MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ATTENDING AN IN CLASS TRAINING (2.5 Hours to complete)
IN-PERSON Classroom Session
LEVEL 1
- 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Modules 1-5, 7- 8
- Participants are done at 11:00 AM (their training is complete & they may leave)
LEVEL 2 (stays)
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
- Modules 6, 7, & MDE Policy for Emergency Seclusion & Restraint
- Dynamic Practice of Safety Interventions
- Mandatory Documentation
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đź“… See dates & register by clicking below
⏰ 8:00 - 11:00 AM - Level 1
⏰ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Level 2
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center, Room 146
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
đź“… September 24, 2026 or February 24, 2027
⏰ 8:00 AM-11:00 AM
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
- - - - - - - - PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF LEVEL 1 - - - - - - - -
Overview:
After completing the online module for Level 1 participants will work together to apply what they learned in Level 1. There will be a series of case exercises using the CSTAG Model. Cases become increasingly complex and require careful analysis and teamwork.
Objectives:
Teams will be able to apply the CSTAG model to a variety of situations with a high degree of classification accuracy and efficiency. At the conclusion of Level 2, teams will be prepared to use CSTAG in their schools.
2 Dates to Choose From:
September 29, 2026
February 17, 2027
SCECHs Pending
đź“… September 29, 2026 or February 17, 2027
⏰ 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
Ruby Payne's Emotional Poverty
This training addresses anger, anxiety, and violence in the classroom with strategies and best practices that work in classrooms. Under-resourced students, wealthy students, and students in all demographics can benefit from calming and healing techniques.
Overview
Every evening on the news, there are multiple stories about violence and anger erupting. Workplace and school violence are increasingly a reality. Using a brain-based approach, this session looks at the underlying causes of anger, anxiety, and violence; how they develop; and the tools that can be used to change those responses. Emotions are processed 200 to 5,000 times faster than thought. To change behavior, the motivation for the behavior must be changed. This session will provide understandings on how that can be used with family, relationships, institutions, and oneself.
Objectives
- Provides understandings of origins of anger, anxiety, and avoidance
- Gives a language to talk about brain regulation, integration, and emotional competence
- Provides tools for educators to address and reduce anger, anxiety, and avoidance
- Helps educators manage the “classroom dance” that occurs between the educator and the students
- Provides the tools to motivate good behavior
- Identifies the differences in male and female emotional processing
Who Should Attend?
Any staff who work directly with students
FREE Learning Opportunities!
2 Dates to Choose From:
October 20, 2026
March 11, 2027
SCECH and SWCE offered
đź“… October 20, 2026 or March 11, 2027
⏰ 8:00 AM-3:00 PM (Lunch is on your own.)
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
đź“… October 21, 2026 or April 14, 2027
⏰ 7:30 AM-12:00 PM (Volunteers)
⏰ 8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Participants)
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
Has teaching ever felt more stressful?
External pressures, environmental factors, previous experiences, fear, anger—all these and more create stress and tension in the classroom. Emotional distress interrupts and can harm—even destroy—effective teaching, learning, and emotional wellness in teachers and students.
But how do these emotions develop in you and your students? The fact is many of us suffer from some form of emotional poverty. Think of it as an absence of emotional resilience or resources. Written for educators, not psychologists, Emotional Poverty, Volume 2 helps you understand and overcome emotional poverty so you can build more effective classrooms and safer schools.
PREREQUISITE: Emotional Poverty 1 Training
Overview
This workshop is for individuals who work with children and adolescents and need a vocabulary and strategies for addressing emotional issues. The workshops on emotional poverty translate clinical research into understandings. Ruby's hope is that this workshop will give educators and other care providers the basic language for naming the emotional issues and provide strategies to address the behaviors.
FREE Learning Opportunities!
2 Dates to Choose From:
November 18, 2026
April 15, 2027
SCECH and SWCE offered
đź“… November 18, 2026 or April 15, 2027
⏰ 8:00 AM-3:00 PM (Lunch is on your own.)
🏫 LCISD Education & Technology Center
690 N. Lake Pleasant Rd, Attica, MI 48412
Michigan Virtual
Michigan Virtual Professional Learning Portal is available to all Michigan Students, Educators, Administrators, counselors, and Mentors. Many courses are free or low-cost.
Schechs are awarded at the conclusion of each module. Most are self-paced, although there are a few that are facilitated.
MiMTSS Professional Learning Opportunities
MiMTSS (Michigan's Multi-tiered System of Supports Technical Assistance Center) is a state and federally funded project that supports Michigan schools and districts in implementing and sustaining Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) to improve student outcomes in both behavior and learning, focusing on data-driven decision-making.
MiMTSS Technical Assistance Center provides many online learning opportunities at no cost