Mental Health Issues in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Helping Children and Adolescents Succeed

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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. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.

Objectives

1. Articulate how behavioral-driven choices differ from mental health-driven behaviors and characterize how these differences inform your choice of intervention.
2. Communicate the effective uses of medications and potential side effects that can appear as misbehaviors.
3. Implement various school-based strategies, used in collaboration with community clinicians, to intervene when behavioral issues arise from mental health conditions.
4. Determine effective positive behavior support strategies to successfully discipline the special needs child.
5. Discriminate how IDEA relates to mental health issues and discipline.
6. Apply communication techniques that create a climate for success inside and outside the classroom.

Outline

• Characteristics of at-risk students’ mental health problems
• Mental health issues vs. intentionally disruptive behaviors
• How skill deficits from mental health issues create behavioral difficulties

• Choices everyone can live with
• What adults should never say, but usually do
• Arguments with defiant kids
• Getting to the core issues of ODD
• Kids who don’t feel bad
• School-wide management program

• Decrease impulsive behaviors with what YOU do
• Drawing out the behaviors you want
• Decrease disruption to other students
• Know the accompanying behaviors
• Techniques to self-regulate

• It’s all about social skills growth
• Sensory solutions
• Self-regulation techniques for ASD
• Most misinterpreted behaviors
• Manage high interest areas
• Move them past “kid cop” behaviors

• What to do about separation anxiety
• Help their panic attack pass quickly
• School phobia … not always a fear of school
• Compromises that work
• Deep breathing and relaxation techniques

• School-wide program to promote compassion and a supportive culture
• Getting them past their sense of helplessness
• When they think they have nothing to live for
• Goal oriented plans for schoolwork and school day

• Cutting and self-injury: What you really need to know to effectively intervene
• Electronic addiction: Which kids are most susceptible and why
• Psychotropic medication side-effects vs. behavioral issues
• Electronic bullying: What adults tell kids that fuels the problem

• How IDEA relates to discipline
• Rules for disciplining special education students
• Techniques for positive behavior support
• ”Pro-social” punishments

• Functional behavioral assessment simplified
• Facts and data to make tactical decisions
• Effective collaboration among educators AND clinicians
• What most administrators do that burn out their staff
• What to do about non cooperative/reluctant parents

Target Audience

• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
• Teachers & Paraprofessionals
• School Counselors
• School Psychologists
• School Administrators
• School Social Workers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Addiction Professionals
• Probation Officers
• All professionals working in child care settings, therapy settings, treatment programs, hospitals, juvenile justice facilities, foster care, and more.

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