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

10/26/2017 - 10/26/2017
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: HILTON GARDEN INN, 2350 W CONGRESS STREET, Lafayette, Lafayette
Join child/adolescent behavioral expert, Gregory Czyszczon, Ph.D., LPC, 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!

 

$219.99
Single Registration
$199.99
Single Registration: Advance Price (ends 10/5/2017)

Gregory Czyszczon, Ph.D., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, clinical supervisor, and educator. He has been working with children, adolescents, and families in the fields of education, social work, and counseling for over 20 years. He holds Master’s degrees in Special Education (ED) and counseling as well as a postgraduate professional teaching license in Virginia with endorsements in history, special education (ED), and school counseling. Clinically, Dr. Czyszczon specializes in working with children who have experienced trauma. He is an experienced play therapist and has published in Guilford’s Play Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice. Dr. Czyszczon has presented at the Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Training Institute and serves on the board for the Virginia Association for Play Therapy. 

Dr. Czyszczon is an adjunct professor at James Madison University, lead clinical supervisor for the Secure Child In-Home Program, founder and executive director of the Harrisonburg Center for Relational Health, and provides clinical supervision at the Minnick School in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Dr. Czyszczon is co-leading an effort, in collaboration with representatives from the child welfare, mental health, education, and juvenile justice systems, to establish a local Trauma-Informed Community Network in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. Dr. Czyszczon has published and presented in the areas of families in crisis, family play therapy, and the professionalization of in-home counseling. He is particularly interested in the integration of attachment, family therapy, and play therapy to build individual, family, and community resilience. 

6.25 CE clock hours available.  No NBCC credits available through LCA

For more information or to register:  www.pesi.com  info@pesi.com   800 844-8260

 

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