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Live Webinar

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


Speaker:
Nicolle Carr, PhD
Duration:
Full Day
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR
Product Code:
LWC053060
Brochure Code:
PWZ92765
Media Type:
Live Webinar

Dates


Description

Join child/adolescent behavioral expert, R. Nicolle Carr, Ph.D., and learn how to best manage the students at your school diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), mood disorders, anxiety, and depression. You will walk away with concrete, yet practical, strategies to successfully intervene with their serious behavioral issues, such as:

  • Anger and outbursts
  • Cutting and self-injury
  • Defiance
  • Impulsivity
  • Sensory Issues
  • Meltdowns and tantrums
  • Obsessive compulsive
  • Truancy
  • Rigidity
  • Electronic addiction

Through case studies, video clips and dynamic class discussion you will learn:

  • 30-second teacher strategies to manage challenging and disruptive behaviors
  • New ways to reduce the costs of out-of-district placements
  • How to engage students in class, increase productivity, and reduce truancy
  • Behavioral assessments and strategies for the IEP team
  • Side-effects of common psychotropic medications
  • How skill deficits from mental health conditions create behavioral difficulties
  • Characteristics of at-risk students’ mental health problems
  • Strategies to gain collaboration with clinicians

Leave the day with the “magic dust” you have been looking for to expedite rapid and effective changes in these children and adolescents!

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - CE Information Coming Soon

Continuing education credit information is coming soon for this live webcast.



Speaker

Nicolle Carr, PhD Related seminars and products


R. Nicolle Carr, Ph.D., has served as the assistant clinical director at a residential program outside of Boston and as a consultant for school districts regarding classroom management and individual student needs. She also consults on in-home behavior programs and teaches online courses on psychology, development, neuroscience/cognition, learning and motivation for a variety of colleges and universities across the United States. Dr. Carr earned her Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience/psychology from the University of Texas, Austin in 2001 and is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. Dr. Carr serves as the secretary of the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology of the American Psychological Association and the Ethics Special Interest Group for the Association for Behavioral Analysis International.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Nicolle Carr has employment relationships with the KidsChoice Therapy and Play Center. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Nicolle Carr is a member of the Applied Behavior Analysis International.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a 70-minute 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.


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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

Students with Mental Health Issues
  • 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
Strategies for ODD and Conduct Disorder Behaviors
  • 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
Strategies for ADHD
  • 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
Strategies for ASD
  • 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
Strategies for Anxiety
  • 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
Strategies for Depression
  • 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
Strategies for Other Challenging Behaviors
  • 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
Disciplining the Special Needs Child/Adolescent
  • How IDEA relates to discipline
  • Rules for disciplining special education students
  • Techniques for positive behavior support
  • ”Pro-social” punishments
Strategies for the IEP Team
  • 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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Comments

SHARA F

"Good training!"

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