Practical Management and Discipline: Techniques for Handling Tough, Challenging Students

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Course Description:

The strategies for dealing with challenging students' misbehavior, defusing potentially explosive situations, and holding problem-solving conferences to assist non compliant students in accepting responsibility for their actions are all demonstrated in this session.

Teachers may have to deal with unruly, disrespectful, or non-compliant students even in well-run classrooms. You'll discover useful intervention techniques for dealing with off-task behavior that could persist in spite of a teacher's best efforts. You'll see teachers use a variety of tactics, such as verbal abuse and behaviors that are threatening or frightening, to deal with disruptive student conduct. In this session, we will identify positive strategies that will promote and empower all in the classroom.

You will learn how to:

• Use a broad range of potent techniques to respectfully and successfully address a variety of student misbehavior.

• Adapt treatments to best address students' intents and behaviors

• Even in the face of blatantly inappropriate remarks and behavior, keep your composure and maintain control.

• Avoid engaging in power conflicts or confrontations with other students who are out for retribution.

• Collaborate effectively with difficult children to find solutions and transition to more responsible classroom behavior

 

 

 

Fostering Positive Behavior of Students Who Want Attention, Are Manipulative, and Present Difficulties

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Course Description:

The primary topics covered in this course include de-escalation techniques, promoting positive conduct, and resolving difficult classroom situations. In the introduction to the courses, the present will provide the methods that can be used to build a friendly, inclusive classroom for children who could or might not have behavioral difficulties. The course is brimming with suggestions for how to apply research in a setting with a range of behavioral difficulties. The presenter will provide a wealth of useful tips and tactics that have assisted  educators all over the country in helping students refrain from using negative behavior and pick up more constructive ones.

You will learn how to:

• Provide attention-seeking and manipulative pupils with a more welcoming and encouraging learning environment.

• Employ required corrective discipline practices without using irrational or irrelevant penalties.

• Using alternatives to greater force and control can prevent the escalation of power confrontations.

• Teach pupils how to interact with others in order to help them develop appropriate behavior.

• Reduce disruptive and attention-seeking conduct in your classroom.

• Address and support students with the four categories of behavior in particular

• Use relationships with students to resolve challenging disputes and promote a calmer classroom atmosphere

 

 

 

Effective Behavior Management Techniques for Inclusive Classes

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Course Description:

Although many educators firmly believe in inclusion, a strong belief system alone will not guarantee success. To handle the various learning requirements and behaviors of students, teachers need to use creative techniques and unique strategies to reach our young learners. You will learn a variety of strategies in this course that can be applied to both full classes of kids to establish productive classroom routines and procedures and to individuals to address specific behavioral difficulties.

This presentation will cover a variety of quick, practical strategies that have a beneficial effect on students' conduct in inclusive classrooms. The courses and activities are simple and affordable, based on reliable research, and acceptable for a wide range of student populations, including those with severe disabilities.

You will learn how to:

• Engage kids in self-monitoring and self-improvement without using demeaning tactics

• Use intermittent positive reinforcement in an effective and original manner to create positive classroom conduct

• Improve the focus and attention of children who are easily distracted.

• Use preventive methods as much as possible to reduce student disturbances.

• Minimize student distractions with easy-to-use, fun tools and techniques.

• Educate kids on effective methods for limiting impulsive bad conduct.

• Use practical methods to implement major behavioral improvement in your educational setting.

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Classroom Expectations and Routines 

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Course Description:

Educator demonstrates an understanding of successful use of classroom expectations and routines to promote an environment that is conducive to learning.

Establishing positive classroom expectations paves the way for the teacher to engage students in learning. This helps to provide a safe space for students. When expectations are clearly explained, students know what to do, and transitions are smooth. Expectations should be both written and introduced to students at the beginning of the year and a various times throughout year.  This workshop will provide participants with strategies to establish expectations and routines in active classrooms. 

You will learn to,

• Involve the class in creating classroom expectations.

• Develop specific routines for these basic situations: ○Beginning the day ○Sharpening pencils ○Passing papers ○Working in small groups ○Putting away materials ○Safety routines ○Going to the bathroom ○Walking in the halls ○Attending assemblies ○Going to lunch ○In common areas

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Creating a Classroom Community  

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Course Description:

Cultivating Relationships Among All Learners Educators should first demonstrate knowledge that the learners in the room include both the students and teacher. Therefore, positive relationships must be established between all of the learners in the classroom. In this workshop, participants will learn to:

• Create and display a space in your classroom where all learners can post pictures of themselves, their hobbies, and their likes and dislikes

• Activities that encourage learners to learn each other’s names and learn more about each other’s cultures, backgrounds, and other characteristics

• Team-building activities

• Encouraging the sharing of ideas

• Invite parents into the classroom and include them in the learning

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Organizing the Physical Layout of the classroom  

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Course Description:

The educator designs workspaces that support student navigation and student focus on instruction and allow for the celebration of student work. The educator understands that the design of a classroom space engages all learners in a successful, social, kinesthetic, and cooperative environment has positive effects on learning and the community. Educators adjust their classrooms to meet unique learner needs and situations. They design the classroom space with safety, accessibility, learning, and the display of information in mind.  In this workshop participants will learn to:

• Develop   and understand the physical layout of the classroom that will allow for safe and easy access to materials and work spaces.

• Establish the classroom environment that will explicitly foster and support inclusion, diversity, equity, and cultural competency that includes and exceeds the demographics of the student body.

• Develop classroom design that reduces distractions and makes the most use of available space.

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Trauma Informed Practices  

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Course Description:

During the pandemic  many of our learners lost one loves. When a loved one passes away suddenly, the people left behind often experience traumatic grief. In order to deal with this intense kind of grief, addressing the social emotional needs of our students can be a helpful and healthy way to process painful emotions. In the session the participants will identify ways to address the emotional regulation, reduction of trauma symptoms and recognize learning skills to cope and manage trauma of students in the classroom.

• The participants will identify children’s literature which will assist students to “decrease symptoms” and “increase coping skills”. Participants will identify effectives to integrate these pieces of literature into their academic introduction.  The participants will reflect on their own social emotional journey throughout the pandemic, addressing their current state as they prepare for Fall return. In the reflection they will be encouraged ways to facilitate post-traumatic growth.

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