The following programs are
provided to offer the best implementations for working with
students.
Getting Back on
Track: Helping the Dr-railed, Depressed and Discouraged
Student Re-gain the Ground They Have Lost.
Students who face painful life
situations on a daily basis often lose their academic footing and
find themselves failing classes they are more than capable of
passing. Once the failing begins, the student gives up on the
possibility of getting back on track. This program helps
educators develop practical support strategies, which can help
these students experience hope by outlining for them a specific
path back to achievement and passing grades.
The Bridge From Rage To
Reason: Coaching Traumatized Children to Think Before They
Act
Using a simple model of the
brain, participants will learn how to help children and
adolescents move from an emotional reaction to a thinking
response. This will include the following: 1) The
psych/social factors necessary before a constructive
response to discipline can occur. 2) How trauma and loss
create "futureless" thinking and self-defeating decision
making. 3) To recognize how adult communication styles
encourage or discourage behavior compliance. 4) How to
counteract "futureless" thinking by teaching children how
to connect here and now behavior with future consequences.
5) How to create a behavior change plan which teaches new
and healthy behavior skills instead of relying on
ineffective punishment to change behavior. 6) How to
recognize emotional antecedents and origins of negative
behavior and initiate effective intervention strategies. 7)
How to identify behavior incentives and consequences most
likely to effect change. 8) How to "walk them through the
thinking process" using a communication method that
encourages appropriate behavior and positive decision
making. 9) How recognize and respond effectively to
defiance, resistance or incompetence when behavior change
does not occur. 10) How to recognize and respond effectively
to signs of personal or professional burn-out.
The Language of
Motivation: Words, Phrases and Communication Techniques for
Improving Performance and Achieving Academic Success.
The power of language to
encourage or discourage a faltering student cannot be
underestimated. Choosing the right words, phrases and techniques
for motivating students can and will improve performance and
achievement. Guidelines for how and when to talk to a
non-performing student will be discussed along with suggestions
for using goal oriented language with all students.
Does Your Discipline
Policy Work? Assessing and Modifying Discipline Programs.
“If it doesn’t teach a skill, it is not
discipline”. This simple power-packed approach explains how
punishment can sometimes waste valuable time and get in the way of
effective discipline. It provides guidelines for assessing the
efficacy of current discipline policies. It provides strategies
for protecting the teaching environment from unnecessary
disruption.
Dream Building: Empowering
students to set and achieve goals.
Goal orientation is a learned skill, which many
students have not been taught. This program outlines strategies
for helping even the most “in the moment only” student begin to
think about the “how to ” of setting and achieving positive
personal goals both during and after their high school experience.
Successful Strategies for Dealing
with Discipline Resistant Students
This program identifies the
psychological profile of the "discipline resistant" student and
teaches behavior management skills designed to promote effective
response to disrespectful, defiant and disruptive behavior.
Motivating the Unmotivated
Effectively motivating and
encouraging unmotivated students to succeed is a learned skill.
This program provides educators with strategies for positively
engaging the “just doesn’t care” student. Understanding what is
important to a student and communicating their value to you and
the community will encourage them to work well and productively.
The KCRR method taught in this workshop enables teachers to
develop an individualized motivational strategy for each student.
“Helping the Struggling Teacher”
This class is intended for
administrators to learn how to deal with the issues of a
struggling teacher. Guidelines for knowing the difference between
support and supervision, and motivating techniques for
distressed/discouraged teachers will be taught. Verbal strategies
for addressing performance issues, and follow up strategies that
you can use right away. Guidelines for providing administrative
support with behavior issues. And so much more…
Discipline or Punishment: What
Works and What Doesn't
It’s difficult to know what to do
with a child who is depressed, living in chaos and trauma, and
bringing it in to the classroom. Learn how to identify and help
depressed children. Here, you will learn what to do and what NOT
to do with these students. Learn in-class alternative learning
strategies for failing students. Get good guidelines and
alternatives to removing students from the classroom. And much
more…
Creating Safety: How to Identify
and Respond to the Potentially Dangerous Student
This program describes behavior
signs and symptoms of emotional vulnerability or volatility in
students. It outlines safe strategies for positive and
constructive communication with these students and offers
suggestions for implementing effective interventions.
“Who Is Paying Your Energy Bill?”
How to Protect Your Personal Energy Supply from Burnout and
Exhaustion.
This program helps educators and
professionals recognize the difference between physical exhaustion
and emotional energy depletion. It shows the impact of personal
energy supplies on health, attitude, and performance. There are
many factors that deplete emotional vigor and resilience. Many
strategies for assessing personal energy and avoiding enervating
interactions will be learned. Development of a positive personal
energy management system will be taught along with the key
elements necessary for revitalizing when exhaustion threatens.
Why Can't We Solve This Problem?
This program is designed to teach
advanced communication strategies for times when communications
breakdown and nothing seems to work with students, parents, or
colleagues. The program provides insight and skill building.
