Please read the following information regarding CE requirements:

Certificates of attendance are suitable for use to meet professional development requirements for educators and clinicians. Attendees can earn 7 contact hours of credit by attending the 1-day symposium. The symposium is 7 contact hours = 0.7 CEU or 7 PDPs and CEs. Speech-language professionals must sign in and out, and must pick up an ASHA participation form at the conference Help/Information Desk. In order to receive any professional development credits, you must do three things at the conference:

1. Sign in on your first day of the conference when you do check-in registration,
2. Sign out on the last day of the conference,
3. Fill out the evaluation/learning outcomes questionnaire in your program book and leave the form at the conference registration desk on your last day at the conference. Certificates will be emailed to you four weeks after the conference.

Psychologists and School Psychologists must complete the evaluation form in their program book. You can also receive additional credits by writing a paper on how you applied what you learned. For more details and questions, contact the CE Director, Kristin Dunay at (781) 449-4010 ext. 102.

CE Available Credits:

Credits for Speech/Language Pathologists:



This program is offered for .7 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area). Credits are available for conference only.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
SLP participants will be able to:

• Apply strategies to motivate students with LD
• Explain how mindsets can boost academic success
• Explore the effects of attitudes and anxiety on achievement
• Discuss the importance of persistence and grit for success
• Use rewards and expectations to motivate brains and students
• Examine the "science of success" in academics and school
• Identify how character and optimism affect performance
• Apply strategies for improving resilience in at-risk students
• Design instruction to improve motivation and mindsets
• Examine how mindsets affect stereotypes and intelligence

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Public Information Resources, Inc. (PIRI) is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PIRI maintains responsibility for the program. Psychologists and school psychologists must complete the evaluation form in their program book in order to receive credits.

Credits for Certified Counselors:

PIRI has been approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) to award CEU credits for certified counselors. (Provider #5947)

Credits for Educators:

State Department of Education: PIRI is able to provide credits that qualify for the education departments in most states and are accepted by most districts. You may wish to check whether your state's Department of Education requires special approved provider status. PIRI is a specifically approved provider in the Departments of Education in the states of PA, CT, GA, TX, IL and MN (pending).

Credits for CA Social Workers/Marriage and Family Therapists/Educational Psychologists:

PIRI is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences to offer CE credits to Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT); Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW); Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP); MFT Interns; and Associate Clinical Social Workers (ASW) in the State of California. (PCE#2072)

Credits for Social Workers:

Public Information Resources, Inc., has applied for up to 7 Category I credits to social workers through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) collaborative through Boston College and Simmons College Schools of Social Work.

Credits for Educational Therapists: Public Information Resources, Inc. is approved to provide continuing education credits for Education Therapists through The Association of Educational Therapists (AET).

Educational Incentive Program:

Rockefeller College, University of Albany, State University of New York Scholarship funding to participate in this training may be available through the Educational Incentive Program (EIP). For more information or to apply for a scholarship, visit www.ecetp.pdp.albany.edu. You may also contact EIP at [email protected] or 800-295-9616.

Apply to Your Own Professional Organization/District for Credits (CE credits):

Public Information Resources, Inc. (PIRI) may not be approved by your professional organization to offer continuing education credits. However, you can submit your own request to your organization for approval to receive credits at the conference. Simply submit the following documents to your organization to request CE approval. Print the Conference Program and Schedule, Conference Brochure, and the Evaluation Form sample documents and submit them to you organization or district for approval. If you would like us to apply for credits with a specific organization, please contact CE Director, Kristin Dunay at (781) 449-4010 ext. 102.