New York City DOE • ASPDP • Beyond the Surface: Supporting Students with Anxiety • Summer 2025
P-Credits/A+ Credits & CTLE Hours • 100% Self-Paced & Online ASPDP Course
New York City DOE | ASPDP Course | Summer 2025
📅 Registration opens: June 9
📅 ASPDP registration deadline: July 28
📅 Semester end date: August 29
- ✅ 3 P-Credits + A+ Credits toward BA+30, BA+60, MA+30 salary differentials
- ✅ 45 CTLE Hours toward NYSED PD requirements
- ✅ Designed for NYC DOE P–12 educators in all content areas
- ✅ 100% Self-paced & online — no meetings, no live sessions
🌟 How to Earn Your ASPDP Credits:
It’s easy! To receive your P-Credits, A+ Credits, and CTLE hours through ASPDP, just complete these two quick steps:
- Register on this page to pay your the course fee and unlock instant online access.
- Also register in the ASPDP system to ensure your credit is officially recognized by the NYC DOE.
✨ Both are required — and together they unlock an incredible opportunity for professional growth, flexibility, and salary advancement.
Total Cost: $270
• $145 FTBT Education Partner Fee (paid here for course access)
• $125 ASPDP Fee (paid directly to ASPDP)
🔗 ASPDP Registration:
Click here to register via ASPDP
Need help registering or have questions?
Email us at [email protected] — we're happy to assist.
Course Description:
Unlock the tools to better understand and support students with anxiety. This self-paced online course is designed for busy PK-12 educators who want to create a compassionate, supportive classroom environment where all students can thrive — both academically and emotionally.
FTBT's uniquely effective PD experience is perfect for all NYC educators — whether you’re in the classroom, in a non-classroom role, or on leave. With no need to work directly with students to complete this course, you'll earn your salary differential credits with unmatched flexibility — all on your own schedule, from anywhere.
What You’ll Learn:
- Recognizing Anxiety in Students: Identify key symptoms of anxiety, and understand how it impacts learning, behavior, and classroom dynamics.
- Effective Support Strategies: Develop actionable approaches to help students manage anxiety and succeed both academically and socially.
- Creating a Safe Environment: Learn how to foster a classroom culture that reduces stress, boosts self-regulation, and promotes emotional well-being.
Why Educators Choose This Course:
- Deeper Understanding: Gain insights into the root causes of anxiety — and how to address them effectively.
- Practical Tools: Walk away with proven anxiety-reduction and mitigation strategies you can implement immediately.
- Flexible Learning: Self-paced, online content designed to fit your schedule and your stress-free PD needs.
Empower Every Student:
This course equips you with the knowledge and skills to go beyond the surface, offering meaningful support to students with anxiety. By addressing their needs with empathy and evidence-based practices, you’ll make a lasting difference in their academic and emotional success.
Enroll Today!
Take the first step toward building a more emotionally inclusive and supportive learning environment. Join your online classroom now to transform how you support your most hard-to-reach students.
Self-Paced, Streamlined, and Completely Online:
You can count on FTBT for stress-free PD designed with YOU in mind. With no start dates and no due dates, you can begin and finish this course whenever it is convenient for you. Plus, you do not need to be working with students to complete it. Entirely self-paced and self-guided, there are no scheduled check-ins, so you are free to work on the content whenever and wherever you want.
To make the completion process as painless and efficient as possible, you'll even be provided with an easy-to-use template for your work throughout the course. All you need to do is plug your assignments into the template — and, when you reach the end of the course, simply submit it to us via email or Google Drive.
Your Course Instructor
For Teachers By Teachers is a highly dedicated team of licensed educators with professional certifications across grades PK–12. Our areas of expertise include Special Education, Childhood Education, Art Education, and Reading Specialist certifications.
Collectively, our course authors and instructors bring more than 20 years of experience in the field of education. We are passionate about empowering teachers and have contributed meaningfully to school communities in Hawai‘i, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, and Ohio.
Our mission is to support your professional growth with flexible, high-quality online courses designed by teachers—for teachers. If you have any questions or need support, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We’re here to help!