The Handwriting Clinic/First Strokes Workshops Presented by: Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR

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1 The Handwriting Clinic/First Strokes Workshops Presented by: Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR Thank you for your interest in possibly sponsoring a workshop. The Handwriting Clinic in Plano, Texas, has been providing First Strokes Workshops for 10 years. Our workshops work to empower teachers and engineer classrooms, so that teachers can work on fine motor skills and handwriting. The information given in the workshops, directly impacts efficacy of treatment, with therapeutic skills being worked on within the academic setting. The workshops also work to train therapists for direct and consultative intervention - for school based services, as well as clinical based services within private clinics. Our inservices are a mixture of hand-on activities, labs, power point, games, and videos to enhance the participants learning. Video support allows the learner to see examples of motor activities, to analyze movement patterns for fine motor skills and handwriting. We can gear workshops for your needs. The following pages will describe several workshop formats and options. I can gear an inservice to your needs. Please see accompanying outlines of several outlines of recent workshops: Workshops can be geared towards teachers, or primarily for OT s, or general for both. If teachers are coming to the workshop, it is recommended that preschool, pre k, kindergarten and first grade teachers attend one workshop, and that 2nd grade and above teachers have their own workshop. I can do a one day workshop, or a two day workshop. To arrange a workshop, please call The Handwriting Clinic at and ask the office manager to schedule a phone call with Jan McCleskey, to chat about workshop needs or Jan at [email protected]. I can then send you a sample outline of the day and give a more accurate quote for pricing. Speakers fees are usually $1500 for a non-local, full day workshop, and $1300 for the second day workshop. For local workshops, prices vary by whether the workshop is at a facility or at The Handwriting Clinic. See each individual workshop, or local pricing page within this document for pricing. To book an inservice, we will send a contract, which has specifics about transportation, shipping, products, etc. Tammy Tibbals is our workshop coordinator, and she will be involved with shipping any products, the workshop CDs, etc. We send a great deal of material for workshops - and our workshops are not just lectures and powerpoint. We have video support of concepts, hands on activities, and multi-sensory learning for the workshop participant. If you have any questions, please contact us at: The Handwriting Clinic 1506 Capital Ave, Ste 150 Plano, Texas clinic Tammy Tibbals - workshop coordinator FAX [email protected]

2 Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR The Handwriting Clinic 1506 Capital Dr, Ste. 150 Plano, Texas Quote for Speaking Engagement GENERAL QUOTE FOR ALL INSERVICE INQUIRIES. WE CAN WORK OUT A SPECIFIC QUOTE FOR YOUR NEEDS. Date: OPEN (August/September/January/May/Summer months best. Weekends, Mondays or Tuesdays best days. Unavailable Fridays. Presenter: Jan McCleskey, MA, OTR Inservice: First Strokes Multi-sensory Fine Motor and Handwriting Workshops Or, inservice tailored to your facilities needs. Speakers fee: Speakers fees are usually $1500 for a non-local, full day workshop, and $1300 for the second day workshop. For local workshops, prices vary by whether the workshop is at a facility or at The Handwriting Clinic. For local workshops, price is $170 an hour away from the clinic, or $130 and hour at the clinic for workshops less than 4 hours. See individual workshops for pricing. Travel: Airfare plus car rental or taxi Shipping: One to four lab boxes per workshop - shipped ground roundtrip. Your facility pays shipping. Hotel: Close to inservice site. If I need to bring labs, I need minimum one hour to set up before the workshop. Hotel fee is your facility s responsibility to reimburse. Copying Cost for handouts/materials 1. Total pages for handouts (several) usually run approximately 60 pages. I will get Discount School Supply to send prizes, catalogs for inservice if possible. They send free paint for prizes. Audiovisual Needs: Mic (wireless usually best) Power cord Infocus (or I can bring my own for $50) Room Set up This can vary - can even use a separate room for optional lab set up. I have charts attached for general room set ups. If I bring labs, I can put them around the room, or in a separate room. Labs require 15 six foot tables, placed away from wall and I need to begin set up an hour and 1/2 before the workshop to an hour before the workshop - with assistance from a representative from the facility who can help with set up. First Strokes Workshop CD: Not optional $2.00 per participant (this is commercially made at cost, and is integral to the success of any of the full day workshops, and many of the shorter workshops. Please note: The Handwriting Clinic is an AOTA approved provider of inservices. For inservices sponsored by facilities other than our clinic, your facility is in charge of CEU s or contact hours, and we cannot give out AOTA certificates. It is your facilities responsibility to advertise and to provide continuing education credit. AOTA requires us to inform other sponsoring agencies that AOTA CEU s cannot be given by our agency, or by your agency unless your agency is an approved provider of inservices.

3 First Strokes One Day Workshop Fine Motor Gymnastics to Multi-sensory Print contact hours. $1500 speaker fee It is recommended that OT s/special education teachers attend all day, preschool - 1st grade teachers attend 8:00-3:00, and 2nd grade and above teachers attend 3:15-5:00 WORKSHOP OPTION #1: One day workshop. OT s/special ed teachers attend all day, Pre-K thru K teachers should attend nd grade teachers and above should attend 3: DAY WORKSHOP FOR OT S, TEACHERS, SP. ED See next page for outline/objectives and descriptions of this one day workshop. This workshop emphases grasp development through the entire morning, with walk around labs in the afternoon. The afternoon session will b devoted to discussing multi-sensory handwriting in print, for preschool - kindergarten/1st grade, and 2nd grade and above legibility techniques. Very comprehensive, FUN workshop. Even therapists with years of experience, will get NEW ideas out of this workshop. Beginning therapists will be able to understand the workshop well enough to immediately implement strategies. OT s/special ed teachers should attend all day, Pre-K thru K teachers should attend nd grade teachers and above should attend 3:15-5. All participants will receive a resource CD with handouts of slides of the entire presentation, resource list, and over 500 pages of resources, handouts, and adapted curriculum (this is an extra fee of $2 per CD, per person, and is it is not optional - the workshop attendees will need this CD as a resource. Of course, attendees do not have to print all these pages but the CD will be files and files of resources! There will be many printables of activities that can be printed and used for therapy, inservices, etc from the workshop CD Cost: Speakers Fee $1500 Day Objectives: Review selected research on grasp development and intervention and discuss reasons and strategies to change or tweak grasps when needed Practice assessment for fine motor / handwriting skills for preschool through older students Recognize remedial intervention techniques for letter formation, letter reversals, number reversals, kinesthetic handwriting Practice CREATIVE therapeutic for large, medium and small motor learning of letter formation in print and cursive through walk-around labs that can be integrated into classroom or clinical settings Identify activities for grasp and writing labs within a classroom or clinical setting and receive a resource list of activities Identify incorrect grasp patterns and learn intervention for specific grasp pattern errors Recognize the typical progression of handwriting in school and how to adapt ANY handwriting program to be more successful for students that struggle * Quick remedial techniques for Print Legibility 1. clinical 2. in a school setting/classroom

4 First Strokes One Day Workshop Fine Motor Gymnastics to Multi-sensory Print contact hours. $1500 speaker fee It is recommended that OT s/special education teachers attend all day, preschool - 1st grade teachers attend 8-3, and 2nd grade and above teachers attend 3:15-5 7:30-8:00 Registration 8:00 START 9:30-9:45 BREAK 11:30-12:00 LUNCH (on your own) Start promptly at 12:30 WOW Outline of the Day: 8 4:30 7:30 8:00 Registration 8:00 11:30 Introduction Mary Benbows paradigm of a manipulative grasp LAB: How to teach grasp in a fun, simplified way students will understand Alternative grasps is the tripod the only manipulative grip Grasp Development neurotypical progression VIDEOS: Developmental skills, tongs labs, coloring skills, scissors skills, classroom kits, fizzing foam muffins, TIP grip protocol Grasp pattern errors what are the most common grasp patterns in students Research on grasp development in the younger child and when to change grip TIP grip protocol for students with joint laxity in the thumb IP joint Common grip pattern errors functional SOLUTIONS in the young child Pencil Grips parents and teachers have their favorite, but which work well for different grasp patterns. Fine motor labs for the classroom or clinic (creative, inexpensive ideas to encourage separation of the 2 sides of the hand, isolated finger movement GRASP GAMES FOR PRIZES!!! (wear comfortable shoes we all will participate!) GROUP ACTIVITY: Create your own fine motor lab for $35! Handedness LAB: Grasp assessment watch video and assess Lunch Learning to Write in School Neurotypical Development versus what is expected in school? CASE STUDIES common problems in handwriting at different age levels Multi-sensory Handwriting Large Motor Kinesthetic activities Medium Motor Kinesthetic activities Receive on CD resource list with creative ideas Play with the creative ideas in walk around labs this afternoon! Small Motor Handwriting First Strokes Program Print 2:00-2:30 *WALK-AROUND EXPLORATION LABS FOR MULTISENSORY GRASP AND WRITING LABS!!! THIS IS ALWAYS EVERYONE S FAVORITE ACTIVITY OF THE DAY. Over 50 stations! ALL RESOURCES ON WORKSHOP CD! Sensorimotor Gym Activities for Handwriting Video/Handouts First Strokes Assessment on your workshop CD (Pre-K 1 st, 2 nd grade and above) Older Kids Print Legibility Achieving functional print legibility in the older child

5 DAY 1: Fine Motor Gymnastics to Multi-sensory Print 8:00 3: contact hrs if 1 hr lunch, 2 breaks DAY 1: Fine Motor/Writing Success for Children with Autism and Special Needs 3:15 5: contact hrs 2 DAY WORKSHOP FOR OT S, TEACHERS, SP. ED DAY 2: ELIMINATE DYSGRAPHIA! Multi-sensory Cursive, Keyboarding and Quick Remedial Print for OLDER students (2 nd grade through teens) 5 contact hrs if 1 hr lunch 2 breaks. 8-2:30 pm See next page for outline/objectives and descriptions of these workshops. This is the most comprehensive workshop yet, and has all the newest, most comprehensive information on the latest research,. New ideas for therapists who have already attended First Strokes Workshops! The Day 1 workshop emphases grasp development through the entire morning, with walk around labs. The Day 1 workshop will talk about multi-sensory print in the afternoon. Extra, is an hour and 1/2 to discuss strategies for students with special needs and autism. The Day 2 workshop, is for therapists and teachers that work with older children. The needs for older children, are vastly different than the younger child. Very comprehensive, FUN workshops. These workshops are the new 2009 workshops that The Handwriting Clinic will be sponsoring nationally. Even therapists with years of experience, will get NEW ideas out of this workshop. Beginning therapists will be able to understand the workshop well enough to immediately implement strategies. For teachers, it is recommended that preschool K teachers attend session I of Day 1, and teachers from 2nd grade and older, attend the 2nd day. Special education teachers, or teachers who have students with special needs, may enjoy the afternoon session on fine motor and writing success for children with autism and special needs. Occupational therapists/cota s should attend both days. All participants will receive a resource CD with handouts of slides of the entire presentation, resource list, and over 500 pages of resources, handouts, and adapted curriculum. Of course, you do not have to print all these pages but the CD will be files and files of resources! There will be many printables of activities that can be printed and used for therapy, inservices, etc. Cost: Speakers Fee $1500 Day 1, $1300 Day 2 plus travel, Expenses DAY 1: Fine Motor Gymnastics to Multi-sensory Print with an hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks OPTIONAL: Facility will receive a Pencil Gymnastics Kit for free, but it is recommended that a kit be purchased for $22.00 per attendee or department (reduced price). DAY 1: Fine Motor and Writing Success for Children with Autism and Special Needs contact hours 3:15-5:00 DAY 2: Eliminate Dysgraphia (Multi-sensory Cursive, Keyboarding and Quick Remedial Print for OLDER students (2 nd grade through teens) - 5 contact hours 8-2:30 with an hour lunch and two 15 min breaks. OPTIONAL: Facility will receive a One Hour to Legibility Kit for free, but it is recommended that a kit be purchased for $30.00 per attendee or department (reduced price). Additional costs: (not optional) $2.00 per CD per participant - this CD contains all resources and is a vital part of the inservice. See page 1 of General Quote for travel expenses, handout copying, etc. WORKSHOP OPTION #2: Two day workshop for OT s. (attend both days). Pre-K thru K teachers should attend day 1. 2nd grade teachers and above should attend day 2.

6 DAY 1: Fine Motor Gymnastics to Multi-sensory Print 8:00 3: contact hrs if 1 hr lunch, 2 breaks 8:00 START: Introduction LAB: How to teach grasp in a fun, simplified way that young students will understand. Alternate Grasps is a tripod the only manipulative grip? Grasp Development - neurotypical progressiongrasp pattern errors what are the most common grasp patterns in students? Mary Benbows paradigm of a manipulative grasp Research on grasp development in the younger child Fat vs. thin writing instruments Joint laxity - the effect it has on assessment, development, and effective intervention Kinsthetically locked in grips Can we change grasp in the younger child? Prevalence of types of grip errors Why young children have so many grip errors on writing tools TIP grip protocol for students with joint laxity in the thumb IP joint. Common grip pattern errors functional SOLUTIONS in the young child Pencil Grips parents and teachers have their favorite, but which work well for different grasp patterns. How to progress OFF grips the ultimate goal! Fine motor labs for the classroom or clinic (creative, inexpensive ideas to encourage separation of the 2 sides of the hand, isolated finger movement GRASP GAMES FOR PRIZES GROUP ACTIVITY Design your own fine motor labs for your classroom! Handedness LAB: Grasp assessment - watch video and assess LUNCH Learning to Write in School Neurotypical Development versus what is expected in school? CASE STUDIES common problems in handwriting at different age levels Multi-sensory Handwriting for any handwriting program Large Motor Kinesthetic activities Medium Motor Kinesthetic activities Receive on CD resource list with the creative ideas. Play with the creative ideas in walk around labs this afternoon! Small Motor Handwriting WALK AROUND LABS (30 Minutes) Explore Multisensory Lab Stations - over 45 labs! First Strokes Program Print DAY 1: Fine Motor/Writing Success for Children with Autism and Special Needs 3:15 5: contact hrs 3:00-3:15 Registration 3:15 START Exceptional Children Special Challenges in Fine Motor Development Exceptional Children Differences in Intervention Readiness * Visual Motor *Fine Motor * Learning Individual Letter * Multi-sensory Writing * Adaptations * Adapted Curriculum * Lightbox/Visual Cueing * Attention * Differences in Tx Planning/Labs Making curriculum Accessing curriculum from the First Strokes website Making work tasks for fine motor skills and handwriting and applying to an IEP Art Activities for Fine Motor VIDEO of a treatment session Sensorimotor Gym Activities SMALL GROUP PROJECT: Application to a case study/treatment planning and goals and objectives 5:00 POST EVALS/PICK UP CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE/ CEU CERTIFICATE/ PRIZE GIVEAWAYS Workshop CD has over 500 printable pages. It includes handouts for you to train your facility and staff, adapted curriculum for students with special needs, screening tools, resource handouts of all the labs, assistive technology resources, zany writing topic recipes, and much more information than could be printed on a handout. Learning Objectives DAY 1: *Review selected research on grasp development and intervention and discuss reasons and strategies to change or tweak grasps when needed. *Recognize remedial intervention techniques for letter formation, letter reversals, number reversals, kinesthetic handwriting. *Practice CREATIVE therapeutic techniques for large, medium and small motor learning of letter formation in print and cursive through walk-around labs that can be integrated into classroom or clinical settings. *Identify activities for grasp and writing labs within a classroom or clinical setting and receive a resource list of activities. *Identify incorrect grasp patterns and learn intervention for specific grasp pattern errors. *Recognize the typical progression of handwriting in school and how to adapt ANY handwriting program to be more successful for students that struggle. *Observe intervention techniques for remedial handwriting for number reversals. DAY 1/Special Needs Section *Discuss techniques for improving integration of handwriting from therapeutic intervention into generalization of skills into classroom, and apply to IEP development. *Do small group treatment planning for grasp/fine motor skills and handwriting within special populations. DAY 2: Eliminate Dysgraphia Practice therapeutic strategies to teach the One Hour to Legibility Program and Cursive programs through group labs and demonstration. Practice assessment techniques. Identify and practice remediation techniques for visual memory, visual cueing, and visual motor integration of handwriting within labs. DAY 2: ELIMINATE DYSGRAPHIA! Multi-sensory Cursive, Keyboarding and Quick Remedial Print for OLDER students (2 nd grade through teens) 5 contact hrs if 1 hr lunch 2 breaks. 8-2:30 pm 8:00 START Introduction and Audience Handwriting Samples Dysgraphia: What is dysgraphia? What types of dysgraphia are there? Is dysgraphia a descriptive diagnosis? Why is dysgraphia a term that is overused? Fine Motor Skills in the Older Child Research on grasp, therapeutic activities, and eye hand coordination activities Specific reasons to change grasp. Treatment techniques VIDEO of a grasp class! Problems with Legibility in School Dyslexia, Disorder of Written Expression, Gifted Children - How is handwriting affected? Case samples of grade levels Handwriting Errors in Print due to a need for speed LAB: Assessment for 2nd graders and above Remedial Strategies for therapeutic intervention: Notebook paper legibility and CR paper to teach sizing, visual cueing Fill in the blank worksheet legibility Math legibility - visual motor techniques Zany Writing LAB - Make shaving cream monsters, Alien Eyeballs and Jello Creations Zany Writing Topic Recipes Research on legibility techniques, and how to functionally apply techniques to improve legibility within classroom and clinical settings. How to integrate where the teacher can work on legibility techniques ith all students. LUNCH First Strokes Multi-sensory Cursive LAB: Handwriting Errors, Grouping by First Stroke, Sizing, Speed Cursive, Why do kids go back to printing? Visual memory of cursive - quick techniques for the classroom or clinic. Kinesthetic cursive. Multi-sensory Techniques and Visual Cueing Techniques. First Strokes Keyboarding Program for students with learning differences: Handwriting vs. Keyboarding Assistive Technology - when is it important? Receive assistive technology resource handout Software versus Multi-sensory Keyboarding Instruction Multi-sensory, Therapeutic Keyboarding Instruction Discuss case studies and intervention at different grade levels, and how to integrate skills into a classroom or clinic setting. Recognize assistive technology options for students with poor handwriting. Practice resources for creating zany writing ideas for generalization of handwriting into words, sentences and paragraphs with good sizing, spacing and form. Recognize on and off activities for multi-sensory keyboarding. Discuss dysgraphia, and other learning challenges, and intervention techniques

7 FIRST STROKES PRESCHOOL TEACHER WORKSHOP: Multi-sensory Solutions for Pre-Handwriting and Fine Motor Development This is a very hands on workshop with integrated labs where the workshop participants do several multi-sensory labs. It is only held at our clinic where our resources are available. $500 at clinic is total fee. This workshop is for preschool - K TEACHERS. It is an introductory course for teachers only. It can accommodate up to 15 teachers maximum. Outline of the day AM: GRASP AND FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT 1. Progression from manipulation skills to grasp Pencil Gym Kit Make and Take Sand Balloon animals MARBLE LAB 1. Grip worksheets 2. Tracing crosses - evaluating dynamic grip 3. Manipulatives - participants will practice fine motor skill activities in a manipulatives lab Tongs Lab Scissors Lab Coloring Lab 4. Tracing pages - kinesthetic tracing to metronome or music practice 5. Make and Take! Sandpaper animals to teach wrist stabilization. 6. Power Point Multi-sensory Grasp Power Point - training on grasp, - Includes training handouts and material for participants do their own inservices - Includes handouts for students, on how to hold a pencil. 7. Preschool Video of Fine Motor Development in a Neuro-typical Child and a Child with Hypotonia/Fine Motor Delays 8. Video of a First Grade Classroom doing a writing/drawing assignment- participants problem solve grasps (mature versus nonmanipulative) 9. Special Populations: Normal versus Atypical Fine Motor Development from ages 3-6 and common problems with children with erebral palsey, autism, hypotonia, or Down s syndrome. 10. Group Activity DESIGN YOUR OWN FINE MOTOR BIN - Workshop participants will use a theoretical $30 budget to design a fine motor program for their students using manipulatives already within the classroom, donations from parents, and $30 max on new materials. PM: PREWRITING AND WRITING SKILLS: A MULTISENSORY APPROACH 1. First Strokes Lab Teaching Print in a simplified way! Setup: Dixie cup with q-tips, plastic cups with koolaid paint or colorations paint, newsprint, pink and blue highlighters 1. teach strokes make giant size strokes on newsprint. Partner holds up. Teach strokes. 2. strokes LM, MM, SM 3. individual letters in groups 4. LAB make Left/Right discrimination posters 5. Zany Writing Topics Make a Puff Paint Creature for writing generalization Power point/demonstration of zany, cool 5 minute craft projects. Students can make these projects and then write about The project using the letter of the day. Ex. Green jello alien for letter a. 6. Group Activity - DESIGN YOUR OWN MULTI - MULTISENSORY HANDWRITNG BIN -Workshop participants will use a theoretical $30 budget to make handwriting instruction more multi-sensory *Participants will get handout of resource activities 7. Special Populations 8. Group Discussion and Wrap Up

8 FIRST STROKES WORKSHOPS: DALLAS METROPLEX ONLY LOCAL WORKSHOPS Any of the full length workshops in this quote for an inservice, can be presented in the Dallas metroplex, with a reduction of $200 off the daily speakers fee for each day. Group sizes can range up to 60 attendees. We are asked to speak at many local schools in the Dallas metroplex for short inservices, and can accommodate many requests, but usually the most available times are during August/September/December/January or May. These months are during our workshop season when The Handwriting Clinic sponsors approximately 35 out of state workshops ourselves. We are most available for local speaking engagements during the school day, as afternoons are very booked with students. Facilities can look at the outlines in the full length workshops, to determine what topics to cover. But, we can do inservices on grasp and fine motor skills, multi-sensory writing, older kids print legibility techniques, and cursive training for teachers. Rates are as follows: AT CLINIC (up to 15 attendees) AT A LOCAL FACILITY We will do this workshop in our back lab, gym, and classroom rotations. Attendees should wear jeans or shorts, and socks, as shoes will be removed during time in gym. Power point will be set up in gym - it is recommended that attendees bring a pillow. 1 hour - not available (we need a minimum 2 hours to adequately discuss any topic) 2 hours 3 hours (including 15 min break for attendees) 4 hours (including 15 min break for attendees) More than 4 hours, usually includes a lunch break, and equals a full day inservice. See below: 5.5 hours - using a pre-set inservice and including labs Generally 8-3, with walk around labs, 2 breaks and an hour for lunch. These inservices involve working with our workshop coordinator, lots of supplies that we have to prepare and bring, and set up. 6.5 hours - using a pre-set inservice and including labs Generally 8-4:30, with walk around labs, 2 breaks and an hour for lunch. These inservices involve working with our workshop coordinator, lots of supplies that we have to prepare and bring, and set up. $260 $300 $390 $450 $500 $600 $900 $1000 Not available, as we have afternoon clinical therapy after school, and do not have clinic space. $1300

9 INSTRUCTIONS FOR SET UP - First Strokes Facility Sponsored Workshops Thank you for setting up for our workshops. Attached are some possible set ups (in order of preference). We prefer the vertical set up, but, if the room lay out in your opinion would be better with a horizontal set up, that would be fine too. The best choice depends on doorways, number of guests, fire exits, columns and cut-outs in the room, lighting (adjustable) and the position of any fixed screens. We feel like it is the event managers call, as to which set up works best. The most helpful concept in setting up, is to not overlap table cloths. That way if a table needs to be adjusted slightly, it is easy to adjust. Below are some general requests: 1. Please allow a separate water table - (please do not put pitchers on classroom tables) 2. We always prefer any catering to be inside the room to allow easy access to our guests during the workshops. 3. We prefer registration tables be inside the room, but occasionally if there is a smaller ballroom and a large number of guests, the registration tables may have to be placed outside of the door. 4. It is always helpful to have the lined garbage cans set up with the room - we generates some trash as we open boxes to set up. 5. The classroom tables should be set up fairly close together to allow the back row to see demonstration of activities up front. Please note that on the room set up diagrams, we have a generic set up. Some workshops have less attendees, some have more please adjust. You should receive a final projected count of attendees the week before the workshop. Please add an additional 10 chairs if under4 50 attendees, and 15 chairs if over 50 projected attendees. 6. We should have several boxes clearly labeled THE HANDWRITING CLINIC on each side of the box. Please place the boxes in the room near the registration table - we will need access to them to set up (either the night before or guaranteed entrance into the room by 4:00 am (for workshops being sponsored by The Handwriting Clinic). 7. In addition, there are usually 2 boxes from Discount School Supply - addressed to the caterer usually, sometimes to Jan McCleskey. Please locate these boxes as well they are smaller than our boxes, and are not labeled on every side with our labels. 8. By 7:00 am the morning of the workshop, we will need a power cord, screen and mic. Please provide an extra batter for the mic. 9. Usually our workshops are 95 percent ladies, which brings 2 important details to consider: - room temperature - try setting at 71/72 degrees - usually lower seems to cold. If your room temperature is set by your engineering staff and on a timer outside of our control, please advise your engineering staff to periodically check the timer, as often rooms reset to the much colder temperatures. We understand most ballrooms have a timer that automatically sets the temperature much colder. If the room temperature is actually adjustable with the controls in the event room, please let us know. Often even though there are controls inside the room, the actual room temperature is automatically set to reset. - refreshing ladies room - if we have a large group of primarily ladies, please have the staff check the paper towels and toilet paper supplies after our first break, usually about 10:00 and after lunch. We truly thank you for your assistance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Tammy Tibbals, our workshop coordinator. On the day of set up and during the event, the presenter, Jan McCleskey, can be reached on her business cell at should you have any questions or concerns. Thank you, First Strokes Workshops Staff

10 ALTERNATE SET UP FOR DAY 1. AND/OR DAY 2 - VERTICAL SET UP Please adjust no. of classroom tables/seats by projected no. of attendees plus 10 (this chart is just a generic number. This number varies from 30-80/90 each workshop Please adjust classroom tables for final number of participants plus 10 on event order Need power cord and wired 1st choice Green = skirted 6 ft. tables for presenter Brown = classroom set up tables - can set up a water station somewhere in room, and then not put water jugs on table - so can set classroom tables as close together and towards the front as possible, with a center aisle White = lab tables not skirted, and you can just cover in table cloths of equal length - Dark cloth great, white cloth ok, no chairs. Tables need to be away from walls 30 inches minimum Orange = trashcan lined = registration tables (skirted) = screen Catering table, water table. Please do not put water directly on classroom tables. **NOTE: ANY TABLE THAT IS OUTLINED can be placed ANYWHERE in the room to make them fit. You can place display tables, up front, along the sides of the room, in the back, in any way. Catering tables can go anywhere, but we prefer it to be inside the room if at all possible. Registration tables can be placed anywhere also and preferably inside the room.

11 Preferred POSSIBLE SET UP FOR DAY 2. (if) HORIZONTAL SET UP Please adjust no. of classroom tables/seats by projected no. of attendees plus 10 (this chart is just a generic number. This number varies from 30-80/90 each workshop Registration tables skirted Power cord/mic Green = skirted 6 ft. tables for presenter Brown = classroom set up tables - can set up a water station somewhere in room, and then not put water jugs on table - so can set classroom tables as close together and towards the front as possible, with a center aisle White = lab tables not skirted, and you can just cover in table cloths of equal length - Dark cloth great, white cloth ok, no chairs. Tables need to be away from walls 30 inches minimum Orange = trashcan lined = registration tables (skirted) = screen Catering table(s) water table. Please do not put water directly on classroom tables. **NOTE: ANY TABLE THAT IS OUTLINED can be placed ANYWHERE in the room to make them fit. You can place display tables, up front, along the sides of