Training at a Glance

The following list of training courses are offered by The Human Connection and presented by Joyce Divinyi, M.S., L.P.C.  Click on the next to the header to see additional details about the courses.

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January 2010

 

Teaching Bravery: Fostering Autonomy and Resilience in Children and Teens with Intense Fears and Anxiety-- This training session is designed to help parents and professionals identify and deal with symptoms of extreme anxiety in children and adolescents.  It outlines a step-by-step process to help children understand and overcome their fears by using skills, strategies and fear reducing techniques.  It provides guidelines for adults working or living with these children to help them develop a sense of confidence and bravery where fear and anxiety had once been a constant companion. 

 

Teaching Respect: How to Train Children and Adolescents to Behave Respectfully Even When They Are Frustrated, Angry or Bored—This program instructs adults in techniques and strategies for defining respect in concrete terms and motivating young people to behave in a deferential manner. It promotes awareness of other people’s emotions, boundaries and personal space. It provides guidelines for developing a respect-oriented environment, regardless of a child’s at-home training or lack thereof. 

 

 


January 2006

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

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

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

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

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Summer 2005

Getting Back On Track:  Helping the De-railed, Depressed and Discouraged Student Re-gain the Ground They Have Lost.

 

The Language of Motivation:  Words, Phrases and Communication Techniques for improving Performance and Achieving Academic Success.

 

Discipline That Works:  Know the Difference Between Discipline, Punishment and Intervention and When and How to Use These Tools.


  CLINICAL


Acceptable Behavior Changes - Creating a Behavior Change Plan That Works.  (AVAILABLE IN TAPE FORMAT)

The Bridge From Rage To Reason: Coaching Traumatized Children to Think Before They Act.  (AVAILABLE IN TAPE FORMAT)

Treating Out-of-Control Behavior:

"I'd Tell You If I Knew" -- Helping Clients Speak Up Versus Act Out.

 

 

 

 

 

 


  STAFF DEVELOPMENT


Brain Compatible Communication Skills and Strategies: Safe and Effective Strategies for Defusing Hostile Employees

"Who Is Paying Your Energy Bill?" How to Protect Your Personal Energy Supply from Burnout and Exhaustion

Brain Compatible Communication Skills and Strategies: Verbal Operating Systems for Managing Conflict and Confrontation-- For Managers

Brain Compatible Communication Skills and Strategies: Verbal Operating Systems for Managing Conflict and Confrontation-- For Staff

Motivating The Unmotivated

 

 

 

 

 

  EDUCATIONAL


Successful Strategies for Dealing with Discipline Resistant Students (AVAILABLE IN CD/TAPE FORMAT)

The Bridge From Rage To Reason: Coaching Traumatized Children to Think Before They Act.  (AVAILABLE IN CD/TAPE FORMAT)

Motivating the Unmotivated (AVAILABLE IN CD/TAPE FORMAT)

Supervising and Supporting the Struggling Teacher: How to Address Poor Performance, Negative Attitudes or New Teacher Overwhelm  (AVAILABLE IN CD/TAPE FORMAT)

Discipline or Punishment: What Works and What Doesn't

Creating Safety: How to Identify and Respond to the Potentially Dangerous Student (AVAILABLE IN VIDEO TAPE FORMAT)

Safe and Effective Strategies for Defusing the Hostile Student (AVAILABLE IN CD/TAPE FORMAT)

Communicating Effectively with "Difficult" Parents

“Who Is Paying Your Energy Bill?” How to Protect Your Personal Energy Supply from Burnout and Exhaustion. (AVAILABLE IN CD/TAPE FORMAT)

Why Can't We Solve This Problem?


  YOUTH AT RISK


Acceptable Behavior Changes - Creating a Behavior Change Plan That Works.  (AVAILABLE IN TAPE FORMAT)

"I'd Tell You If I Knew" -- Helping Clients Speak Up Versus Act Out

The Bridge From Rage To Reason: Coaching Traumatized Children to Think Before They Act (AVAILABLE IN TAPE FORMAT)

Treating Out-of-Control Behavior

Motivating the Unmotivated.  (AVAILABLE IN TAPE FORMAT)

Therapeutic Interventions for the Chronically Disruptive Juvenile Offenders

The Family Is the Secret: Social History Training

 

 

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