PD Workshops Networks - February 1 2024

Subject: PD Workshops Networks - February 1 2024

Alternative to Suspension & Exclusionary Discipline Practices: Impact of Limited Tolerance Policies and What to do Instead

February 21, 2024

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Participants will learn the most impactful, evidence-based alternatives to traditional exclusionary models:

SW-PBIS / Positive School Culture
Restorative Practices
SEL
Trauma-Responsive & Equity Lenses
Strategies to Avoid Power Struggles with Students
Multiple Proactive Interventions to Replace Suspensions, Exclusionary Practices, & In School Arrests
And Many More!

Join Dr. Charlene Myklebust for this in-person event. Register Here

Live More, Screen Less: Digital Wellness in Schools

February 22, 2024

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

For classroom teachers, administrators, social workers, behavior intervention specialists, equity specialists, and directors.

Participants will:

Examine the research about the outcomes of student dependence on their devices;
How we can invite & promote students to the process of developing protocols for themselves & their schools
Leave with a tool kit to begin forming & norming a new approach to converting digital dependence to digital wellness in educational settings.

Restorative Circles serve as a great tool for creating community.

Join facilitator Dr. Charlene Myklebust for this event. Register Here

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) 2.0

February 23, 2024

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

For classroom teachers, administrators, and directors.

Learning Outcomes:

I can recognize 10 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) that predict poor social and health outcomes.
I can identify newly emerging ACE's; exposure to pandemics & systemic racism/discrimination.
I can explain how ACE's impact the neurobiology and mindset of children and adults.
I can identify strategies that are trauma-responsive and that nurture well-being in students.
I can explain resilience and my part in building these skills in students, including regulating myself.
I will self-assess my own childhood exposure to trauma, preview a Resilience Module developed by BrightWorks staff, and develop a personal resilience plan.
I will choose two trauma-responsive approaches that I will use with students in my classroom, office, or in common school areas at my next opportunity.

Join facilitator Dr. Charlene Myklebust for this event. Register Here

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