CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT ACT 48 TRAINING PROGRAMS

Most of our programs can be designed for full day, half-day or abbreviated presentations.

Adolescent Culture- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Adolescent groups and sub-groups; trends; stereotypes; music; language; dress; social norms and values

Child/Adolescent Depression- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Symptom awareness; Treatment strategies; Classroom impact, key behaviors and classroom response strategies    

Child/Adolescent ADHD- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) History of ADHD; Symptom awareness; Classroom response techniques; Treatment approaches                                         

Child/Adolescent Bi-Polar Disorder- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Symptom awareness; Classroom response strategies; Treatment approaches including psycho-pharmacology  

Child/Adolescent Anxiety Disorders- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Symptom awareness; Exploration of School Avoidance, School Phobia, Social Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Classroom response; Treatment and medication approaches                              

School Crisis Intervention/Prevention- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Crisis warning signs; Emotional/verbal cues; de-escalation techniques; Crisis management; Use of NCPI Techniques  

Child/Adolescent Self Mutilation/Cutting- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) History of Self-mutilation; Types of self-mutilation; Difference between self-mutilation and suicidal ideation; response strategies  

Child/Adolescent Suicide- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Risk factors; Warning signs; Triggers; Statistics; Treatment approaches and interventions  

Child/Adolescent Conduct/Oppositional Defiant Disorder- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Symptom awareness; Classroom-based behavioral approaches; Relationship to other emotional difficulties  

Child/Adolescent PDD/Autism- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Overview of symptoms; classroom response strategies; Treatment and medication intervention                              

Adolescent Substance Abuse/Rave Drugs- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Triggers leading to substance abuse/addictions; Signs, symptoms; Treatment approaches    

Professional Staff Team Building- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Strategies designed to promote team cohesion, team-building; Leadership strategies; Developing mission, purpose, collaboration

Teenage Sexual Culture- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Identifying adolescent social norms; sexual identity issues; values, dress and the impact of media exposure on teenage sexuality.

Effective Communication in Trauma Situations- (Troy Brindle, LCSW) How children, adolescents, adults and special needs populations internally deal with and manage traumatic events such as suicide, terrorism, loss of life to traumatic events, etc.

Bullying - (Troy Brindle, LCSW) Strategies designed to promote prevention and enhance intervention for inter-group peer bullying.

Implementing Behavior Plans in the Classroom- (Lauren Lineback, PsyD) Conceptualizing and implementing individual or classroom-wide behavior plans; focusing on creating successful strategies and maintaining implementation consistency.

Creating Successful Parent-Teacher Collaboration - (Lauren Lineback, PsyD) Identifying strategies to improve teacher-parent communication and increase collaboration regarding meeting students’ academic and emotional/behavioral needs.

Fostering Student Responsibility in the Classroom- (Chris Seghers, LCSW) The development of responsibility as an issue in the development of children and teens; Addressing peer culture and wider culture impact on responsibility-development; Strategies to enhance personal responsibility.

Physical Wellness- (Craig Erb) What is necessary for an overall healthful body? Focus is on basics and concepts of cardiovascular endurance, muscular conditioning, and flexibility.

Building the Classroom Environment- (Craig Erb) Discussion of the processes necessary for building a physically and emotionally safe classroom atmosphere that is conducive to learning.

Adventure-Based Education- (Craig Erb) Introduction to cooperative games, trust activities, and group problem-solving initiatives.

Experiential Activities in the Classroom- (Craig Erb) Techniques are provided for classroom teachers to engage the experiential learner and to enhance the educational process through use of experiential activities.

Team Building for the School Faculty- (Craig Erb) Custom designed experiential programs for school in-service days are presented that promote group unity and create ways to increase team productivity.

Behavior Plan Development- (Craig Erb) Student behaviors impeding learning are identified, and action plans are developed to address those behaviors.

Problem Solving- (Craig Erb) Practice in the process of goal setting is presented, using experiential activities to aid in planning and creating problem solving strategies.

Adolescents and Stress- (Vincent Bellwoar, PhD) Helping adolescents identify stress, its sources, and developing ways to successfully cope with and manage stress.

Childhood Psychiatric Disorders: Recognition and Intervention - (Vincent Bellwoar, PhD) Appropriately identifying, intervening and referring children with emotional/psychiatric symptoms.

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