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Emotional, behavioral, and mental health Programming

Project Onward

Build a transformative intensive program with your complex at-risk students.

Strands

Curate your own learning path through one, some, or all of the strands.

Guidance

Access ongoing expert coaching and support throughout the program.

Resources

Learn through lectures, podcasts, ebooks, case studies, tools, and more!

Cohort

Keep connecting with your colleagues long after the program is over...

What is
Project Onward?

This four-month course is designed for specialized teachers supporting students with emotional, behavioral, and mental health disorders. You will gain practical tools and strategies to design and implement a comprehensive self-contained or alternative education program that fosters student success and growth. Throughout the course, you will explore best practices in classroom management, curriculum development, social-emotional learning, and individualized behavioral interventions. The project will guide you in creating a structured, supportive, and responsive environment tailored to the needs of your students, ensuring academic progress, skill-building, and emotional well-being. By the end of the project, you will leave with a fully developed program plan, ready to implement and adaptable to a variety of school settings.

Peek inside Project Onward:

Join the next cohort to develop your self-contained or alternative education program from design through implementation!

Ownership

Foster collaboration, set boundaries, and empower students to take ownership of their learning.

Necessities

Equip yourself with essential tools for accommodations, behavior plans, and goal-aligned services for success.

Woo

Integrate mindfulness, social skills, and creative strategies to build a supportive classroom community.

Academics

Design engaging, standard- and IEP-aligned instruction from whole to small groups with individualized rotations.

Reinforcement

Use personalized reinforcement strategies to motivate positive behavior and academic engagement.

Discipline

Implement data-driven discipline strategies to promote behavior change with restorative functional-alignment.

Who am I learning from?

Heather Volchko, BCBA

Heather Volchko is a school-based consultant and program evaluator specializing in emotional and behavioral disorders, trauma-informed behavior analysis, organizational behavior management, and leadership psychology. She has been a coordinator, teacher, and paraprofessional in therapeutic, alternative, self-contained, resource, and correctional settings. Outside of her professional work, she has worked abroad with various international education organizations as well as stateside with organizations facilitating upward mobility with disadvantaged populations. Heather is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with her Bachelors in Special Education, Masters in Educational Psychology, and is currently pursuing her doctorate.

Lathyrelle Isler, MSEd, SSP

Lathyrelle Isler is a psychologist specializing in social-emotional learning, early intervention, emotional disturbance, ADHD, autism, and down syndrome. She has been a program supervisor, academic coordinator, behavior specialist, case management coordinator, school psychologist, job coach, and mentor in school, healthcare, and community organization settings. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys traveling and exploring the music scene. Lathyrelle is a school psychologist with her Masters of Science in Education in School Psychology and a respecialization certification in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Manny Huecias, RBT

Manny Huecias is a school-based behavior technician and online community host specializing in social, emotional, and behavioral challenges experienced by elementary aged student populations. He has been a community pop up virtual learning facilitator, restaurant manager, and avid volunteer in his community. Outside of his professional work, he has been a special needs inclusion summer camp counselor and an active youth leader in his church. Manny is a Registered Behavior Technician with college coursework in education and psychology.

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