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The Human Connection Announces New Training Programs for 2006

Joyce Divinyi, M.S., L.P.C.,  is the Author of "Good Kids, Difficult Behavior" and "Discipline That Works: 5 Simple Steps"

Joyce Divinyi, Nationally Renowned Author, Professional Trainer and Speaker is proud to present her newest training programs for 2006.

No Teacher Left Behind:  Coping with the stress of changing expectations.

The anxieties and pressures related to changing performance standards, new curriculums, and demands to improve student achievement have prompted intense emotional reactions among the most responsible educators.  In fact, the more responsible and dedicated an educator is, the more likely he or she is to experience extreme stress reactions related to extraordinary demands on their time and attention.

This program teaches strategies for dealing with the fear of failure, judgment, or criticism.  It teaches coping skills for managing anxiety and responding to pressure. It helps educators maintain emotional and physical well-being in the midst of daily demands that, at times, may be unrealistic or unachievable.  Educators will learn how to reframe their thinking in order to maintain a healthy balance between professional commitment and emotional and physical health.  

Building Positive Relationships with Negative Students:  Connecting with the learning resistant pupil.

Many students have no interest in learning and seem angry that they are being expected to do so.  Their less than enthusiastic attitude can be irritating to dedicated professionals and sometimes creates a negative exchange between the two.  Yet, a positive personal connection between teacher and student is the only effective way to get a non-performing student to act in their own best interests and produce the necessary work.

This program teaches techniques for turning negative attitudes into reluctant but positive cooperation.  It helps educators avoid getting caught up in provocative negative exchanges that use up personal energy and divert attention away from the learning process.  It also teaches specific verbal skills for defusing hostility and getting students to work for you even if they are not invested in their own educational future.

Fostering Courage:  Classroom strategies for working with children with anxiety disorders. 

Anxiety disorders and related fear based reactions are becoming more prevalent among school age children and adolescents.  This program provides a practical model for understanding the nature of these highly distressing disorders.  It discusses how family history, brain function, personality and family systems impact fear based behavior.

Most importantly this program provides specific techniques for empowering young people to take care of themselves when plagued with feelings of overwhelm, panic or paralyzing fear. It gives teachers workable strategies for helping anxious children remain in the classroom instead of sending them to the nurse or trying to talk them out of their irrational emotions.  The strategies and techniques taught have enabled many students to function well in the classroom and develop an internal sense of courage in the face of fear.

Handling Hostility:  What to do when communications become hostile and aggressive.

Fight or flight is the natural human reaction to hostile or aggressive behavior directed at one personally.  When neither flight nor fight is possible, tension and stress become intense for professionals who are required to respond to threats, hostility or out of control behavior from parents or students. 

This program reduces stress for educators by teaching highly sophisticated verbal skills designed to de-escalate hostile communications and enable problem solving  Brain function, as it relates to rage and out of control behavior, will be discussed in order to help educators recognize the futility of trying to problem solve or elicit cooperation with a person who is raging or threatening.  The power of language to help furious people regain control is often overlooked when specific verbal skills are not readily available. Well chosen words will help educators remain calm and effective in the face of threatening words and behavior.

The Human Connection   •   105 Tivoli Gardens    •   Peachtree City, Georgia 30269

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