Workshop Trainings
The Neuroscience of Emotional Regulation– Strategies and Interventions for Struggling Students
The Neuroscience of Emotional Regulation– Strategies and Interventions for Struggling Students
The Neuroscience of Emotional Regulation– Strategies and Interventions for Struggling Students
Increased frequency and severity of behavioral issues in students are interfering with teaching and learning and are requiring a new set of skills to address this issue. Teaching children and adolescents how to manage their emotional brain and regulate their feelings of anger, anxiety, and hyperactivity is key in correcting reactive behavior. Identifying the variables involved in triggering anger are important for the children/adolescents and for the adults who are involved in their lives in order to reduce behavioral issues.
Learning/Teaching Styles – Insights lead to Academic Improvement
The Neuroscience of Emotional Regulation– Strategies and Interventions for Struggling Students
The Neuroscience of Emotional Regulation– Strategies and Interventions for Struggling Students
Teachers have an opportunity to take an Educator’s Profile for insights into their teaching styles. Participants will learn about student learning styles and how teaching style can enhance or hinder the learning process. Specific brain based strategies and techniques will be shared to increase student performance and improve academic success.
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The Adolescent Brain – It’s All About the Emotional Brain in Charge!
The Neuroscience of Emotional Regulation– Strategies and Interventions for Struggling Students
The Adolescent Brain – It’s All About the Emotional Brain in Charge!
The adolescent brain is bombarded with more chemicals and hormones than at any other time of development. The adolescent reacts and learns primarily through their ‘emotional’ brain’. This workshop shares insights into curriculum and instruction that are effective in providing a learning environment that maximizes each student’s potential.
Effective Parent Partnerships
Getting a Smart Start- Parenting and Early Intervention
The Adolescent Brain – It’s All About the Emotional Brain in Charge!
What are the keys to establishing effective and positive parent partnerships? This workshop focuses on 10 keys that will help schools create a culture of partnership where parents feel informed, respected, and valued. When parents have a meaningful relationship with their school, they are involved and supportive. Effective parent partnerships positively influence student achievement.
Getting a Smart Start- Parenting and Early Intervention
Getting a Smart Start- Parenting and Early Intervention
Getting a Smart Start- Parenting and Early Intervention
The early years are vital years in brain development. With early intervention strategies and parent education, the readiness gaps for school can be reduced. Learn about the development of inner speech which is a critical skill for anticipatory thinking, emotional regulation, and impulse control. Strategies for how to provide enriched environments and effective parent partnerships are outlined in this workshop.
Questioning to Enhance Student Learning
Getting a Smart Start- Parenting and Early Intervention
Getting a Smart Start- Parenting and Early Intervention
Effective questioning is critical to anchoring learning. Types of questioning techniques are taught and practiced in this workshop. Teachers will leave with strategies for effective questioning that can be used with all students. This is a great workshop for a 1-2 hour presentation for schools.
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Workshop Topics
Effective Use of Behavior Goal Sheets
Effective Use of Behavior Goal Sheets
Effective Use of Behavior Goal Sheets
The design and wording of behavior goal sheets can make them effective in shaping positive behaviors. There are key components that make a behavior goal sheet effective in changing behaviors.
•Choose no more than 3 goals, one of which is very likely to be achieved
•Carefully word the goal to address the specific behavior
•Don’t have an ‘all or nothing’ rating system. (smiley or frowny face)
•Have options to evaluate the goal more than once a day so that one mistake doesn’t ‘blow’ the child’s day.
•Move from external/extraneous reward to internal reward (Shaping behavior)
•Determine motivators for child
AQ- Adaptability Quotient
Effective Use of Behavior Goal Sheets
Effective Use of Behavior Goal Sheets
Why do smart students fail? Numerous factors determine a student’s success in school. IQ and EQ (Emotional Quotient) influence success in school. AQ (Adaptability Quotient) is another factor that has been shown to be key in a student’s success regardless of IQ. Adaptability Quotient is the ability to respond appropriately to the desires and expectations of others for the given situation. There are 10 characteristics of AQ that can be identified and are related to a student’s ability to be successful in school. These characteristics can be taught in order to raise and strengthen a student’s Adaptability Quotient in order to increase their success in school.
Parent S.M.A.R.T.
Effective Use of Behavior Goal Sheets
7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
A parent workshop that introduces 5 key components of effective parenting- Schedules, Modeling, Acknowledging, Responsibilities, and Together Time. A workbook is given to parents in order to personalize this workshop and engage parents throughout the presentation. Participants learn characteristics of parenting and effective tools to help parents in raising successful children.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
Student Workshops on Developing Self-Regulation
7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
What makes the difference in a good leader and a GREAT leader? How do you balance instructional leadership with managerial leadership? This workshop identifies 7 habits of leadership that are the ‘X’ Factor in making a great leader. It all begins with understanding your leadership style in order to facilitate the teaching styles of your staff.
Alternative Treatment for ADHD
Student Workshops on Developing Self-Regulation
Student Workshops on Developing Self-Regulation
Frustration is a common emotion expressed by parents, teachers, and students with ADHD. Understanding how the ADHD brain works and introducing strategies to develop attention and focus are key components in tapping the talents of our ADHD students and maximizing their academic success.
This workshop focuses on strategies and interventions that can be used at home and in the classroom to help students maintain focus, process information, and develop self-regulation of their behaviors.
Student Workshops on Developing Self-Regulation
Student Workshops on Developing Self-Regulation
Student Workshops on Developing Self-Regulation
Empowering students with the strategies and tools to develop skills for self-regulation. Student presentations teach children and adolescents what’s happening in their brain when they experience strong emotions and impulsive desires. This workshop teaches students how to manage their ‘emotional brain’ and gives them tools and strategies for developing self-regulation.
Fees and Services
Professional Development
Workshops can be customized to meet your needs. Offerings include -
- full day,
- half day
- multiple day venues
Parent Workshops -
- Evening
- Morning
- Half day
Student Workshops-
- Grade Levels
- School Assemblies
Fees
Full Day Training - $2,700.00
Half Day Training - $1,700.00
Parent Workshops - (1-2 hours) - $500.00
plus mileage, lodging, meals, and materials
Customized Workshops
Trainings can be designed and customized to meet your needs.
Comments and Feedback
Participant Feedback
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