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Mindfulness for The Classroom and School Community: Powerful Strategies for Social Emotional Learning


Speaker:
James Butler, M.Ed
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC053290
Brochure Code:
PLW59673
Media Type:
Live Webcast - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD

Dates

Normal Price:      $249.99 - Now:  $49.99 - Exclusive offer when combined with this live training.

Description

  • “Get curious, not furious - replace punitive consequences with mindfulness”
  • Create “mindfulness zones” in your classroom
  • 10 simple strategies to use during transitions
  • Build inner-confidence and improve self-awareness

Feeling like you’ve hit a brick wall when it comes to your most challenging students? You’ve tried every strategy known to man, to little or no avail. The outbursts of anxiety, anger and other means of acting out continue.

What if the “strategy” was a whole lot simpler than you could imagine?

We’ve all heard of mindfulness, but it’s time to learn what that means and how it applies to a classroom setting.

Join mindfulness specialist, James Butler, M.ED., in this exciting, engaging and experiential seminar. Mr. Butler will share the tools he spent 14 years developing and teach you how to integrate a mindfulness routine into your busy school schedule.

Through 1-5 minutes of daily mindfulness practices, your students will be able to name their feelings, and use their words in a clear-minded manner to solve problems. Kids will understand how to make their amygdala less active, and increase the activity of their hippocampus and prefrontal cortex leading to better emotional regulation and behavior in the classroom.

In this seminar, learn how to:

  • Create a more responsive and less reactive classroom
  • Foster self-compassion and compassion for others
  • Develop a mindful classroom that fits into your busy school schedule
  • Increase self-management and self-awareness
  • Stay calm during stressful teacher moments
  • Explain to colleagues the importance of social and emotional growth through mindfulness

Come enjoy this experiential day to truly transform your classroom and your school!

Credit


* Credit Note - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information: Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this live interactive webcast. This webcast is a broadcast of a live event. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

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Counselors - South Carolina Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists

This program has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Approval #4540.


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Educators/Teachers

This course is designed to qualify towards your professional development requirement. The course is 6.25 clock hours in length.


New Jersey Educators, Administrators & Education Services Personnel

6.0 Actual Professional Development Hours. MEDS-PDN, powered by PESI, Inc. is a registered New Jersey Professional Development Provider with the NJ Dept of Education.


Illinois Educators

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6.0 ISBE Professional Development (PD) Clock Hours have been made available through Quincy University. Those requesting ISBE PD Clock Hours will need to complete additional steps in order to receive the ISBE “Evidence of Completion for Professional Development” form. Instructions will be made available the day of the webcast under the “Materials” tab.

 

After completing and passing the online post-test/evaluation you will also need to complete the ISBE required “Evaluation for Workshop, Conference, Seminar, Etc.” form found on the “materials” tab. Please mail this completed form and $20 enrollment fee (if not already paid with, and in addition, to your registration fee) to PESI, Inc., CE Department, PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000, along with your name, the full title of the webcast, and date of live broadcast.


Indiana Educators

6.0 Professional Growth Points are available for full attendance at this seminar per the Indiana Department of Education standards. 


Montana Educators

This program is offered for 6.0 Renewal Units. PESI, Inc. is an Approved Renewal Unit Provider with the Montana Office of Public Instruction. 


Texas Educators

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a CPE Provider #500-981 for Texas Educators by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBED). This course qualifies for 6.0 CPE clock hours. 


Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number #50-399. This course qualifies for 6.3 continuing education credits.

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Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists

This course contains 6.0 hours of live continuing education. It was not offered for ASHA CEUs. Please retain your certificate of completion. If audited for ASHA Certification Maintenance, you can submit this certificate of completion at that time. For state licensure, teacher certification renewal, or other credential renewal, contact those agencies for information about your reporting responsibilities and requirements.


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Kansas Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists

Approved for 7.5 continuing education clock hours for Kansas licensed Speech-Language Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #: 2087. Successful completion of this course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

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Other Professions

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Speaker

James Butler, M.Ed Related seminars and products


James Butler, M.Ed., is the Mindfulness Specialist for the Austin Independent School District (TX). Working in the Social and Emotional Learning Department, James has helped establish mindfulness in over 100 AISD schools. He has been leading mindfulness in classrooms from Pre-K through 12th grade, presenting workshops for teachers of all levels, sharing with parents/guardians, integrating mindfulness into high school athletics, and beginning programs where schools use mindfulness as a substitute for detention/suspension. In 2014, James was named as the Austin Independent School District Teacher of the Year. In 2015, he developed a pilot program for mindfulness in elementary schools. James turned that pilot program into a curriculum titled Mindful Classrooms: 5 Minute Daily Practices to Empower Teachers and Students that is now being used in 500 classrooms and camps in TX, OH, DE, MT, and Dubai. He also recently wrote a children’s book titled Mindfulness Is that aligns with the curriculum. 
Speaker Disclosures: 

Financial: James Butler is the founder and author of Mindful Classrooms. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: James Butler has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

 


Additional Info

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Outline

  • Basic Neuroscience for Kids
    • Tame the amygdala for emotional regulation
    • Feed the hippocampus for enhanced learning
    • Exercise the prefrontal cortex for responsiveness
    • Teach neuroplasticity in an understandable manner
  • Classroom Implementation
    • Introduce the concept of mindfulness to students on day 1
    • Achieve buy-in from skeptics of mindfulness
    • Best times to implement during the day
    • Ideal amount of time for daily practice in your classroom
    • Tips for successful practice that meets the needs of your class and your teaching style
    • 10 simple strategies to use during transitions
  • Experiential Activities
    • The 5 senses - paying attention on purpose
    • Responding vs reacting
    • Self-compassion and compassion for others
  • Hands-on - Make Mindfulness Happen
    • Create a “Mindfulness Zone” in your classroom
    • Books and technology options for your school
    • Curriculum with step-by-step mindfulness activities for an entire school year
  • Create a Mindful School Community
    • 5-step plan that focuses on students, teachers, parents, and community members
    • “Get curious, not furious” – mindfulness practices as alternatives to punitive consequences
    • Strategies to incorporate into homework, mealtime and bedtime
    • Collaborate with community organizations
    • Create a communication tool to be shared with staff, families & community
    • Create a sustainable model

Objectives

  1. Implement easy to use, tactile-rich and sensory focused ways teach mindfulness to kids.
  2. Choose 5 ways mindfulness helps foster social and emotional learning.
  3. Compile tactile and kid-friendly mindfulness strategies to build inner-confidence.
  4. Communicate the benefits of mindfulness on rewiring the brain and how to best teach brain science to kids.
  5. Devise ways to “get curious, not furious” with students by becoming more aware of root causes of behavior.
  6. Develop 10 simple strategies to implement during transitions such as home to school, and class to class.
  7. Determine 5 ways to support self-care for teachers.
  8. Design a 5-step plan to create a mindful school community.

Target Audience

Teachers, Administrators, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage and Family, Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Paraprofessionals

Reviews

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Total Reviews: 2

Comments

Dana P

"Overall this was one of the best Professional Development programs I have been a part of and I will try to find a way to bring James to my school district."

Nick Y

"James Butler was wonderful! I really enjoyed his presentation. As a high school classroom teacher, and as a private practitioner (LCPC), I found the concepts presented immediately applicable. "

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