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To download a Masonic Model informational packet, click here (Adobe Reader required, available here). This informational packet includes facility information, the history of the program, training agenda, team selection criteria, and other general information about the Masonic Model Student Assistance Program.
Schedule of trainings Frequently Asked Questions
Below is the list of upcoming Kentucky Masonic Model Workshops.
June 11 – 13 2008 Louisville 606-643-5050
June 18 – 20 2008 Lexington 606-643-5050
June 16 - 18 2008 Ashland 606-643-5050
June 9 - 11 2008 Madisonville 606-643-5050
LOCATION ADDRESS
Louisville - Masonic Home Campus "The Olmstead" 3701 Frankfort Ave.
Lexington - Oleika Shrine Temple 326 Southland Drive
Ashland - El Hasa Shrine Temple
Madisonville - Rizpah Shrine Temple
To register for the Kentucky Masonic Model Student Assistance Workshop
Click Here for our ONLINE REGISTRATION
Click Here Masonic Model Student Assistance Program Registration Form.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who should participate in Masonic Model?
How does MMSAP work?
What is taught in the seminar?
What do participants get from the training?
Who originated MMSAP?
How do I sign up?
Who should participate in Masonic Model?
A core team from each participating school, often consisting of a regular or special education teacher, an administrator, the school nurse, and other staff members, attend the seminar. Expenses such as the seminar, all materials, food, and 21 Professional Development Credit Hours are provided free of charge by the Kentucky Masons. There is no cost for the training to participating schools, except to provide necessary travel and accommodations.
How does MMSAP work?
MMSAP teaches each core team how to work with other personnel at their school to identify kids at risk, gather the necessary information about the child, and then develop a school-based action plan appropriate to the specific needs of each child. MMSAP provides specific strategies for identification and intervention in the areas of academics, health, behavior, and attendance. Teams also learn about locally available assistance for children who need outside help.
After completing the seminar, the core team teaches their fellow teachers and staff how to identify kids in pain and describe as specifically as possible what the behaviors and issues are. The team then gathers further information from other school personnel, parents, and the child before preparing a plan that will help the child find a road to success at school. Meeting on a regular basis, the core team gathers the necessary data and creates a plan that might include assigning a mentor or tutor, weekly visits to the school nurse or counselor, or other strategies specific to each child's needs.
What is taught in the seminar?
The seminar emphasizes experiential training, hands-on solutions that can be used every day in the classroom. After each concept is presented, participants role play, take part in activities, and work together to create a deeper understanding. At the end of the course, each core team uses the MMSAP process to help a troubled child at their school who is known to the team. They gather the data, do the necessary paperwork, and develop a school-based action plan for that child.
Very often educators already know how to identify children in pain, but they are not sure where to start or what to do about it. The MMSAP training emphasizes that intervention is a process not an event as well as the need to make a start-it took years for the child's pain to develop, and it may take a few years before a sense of success in some area of school life can be achieved.
Topics covered in the workshop include:
Family dynamics
Life Skills for K-12
Enabling and co dependency
Alcohol and drug abuse
Depression
Suicide
Team work
Group dynamics
What do participants get from the training?
In addition to learning a structured, objective way to help troubled kids with life skills, MMSAP participants learn about team work, what their individual strengths are, and effective ways to help kids grow.
Who originated MMSAP?
The MMSAP seminar was developed in 1984 by Larry Newman and Thorn Stecher. Together, they have over 40 years of teaching, program administration, and therapeutic experience and consult regularly for school districts and Education, Health and Welfare departments.
How do I sign up?
For info or an enrollment pack, call (606 643-5050), or write to:
Dr. T Dwaine Riddell
Kentucky Masonic Model
Box 270
Irvine. Ky. 40336
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