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• When a student’s parents get divorced

   So, so many kids experience this unfortunate event.  And we at school see the acting out and other behaviors.  It’s difficult to know what to say or how to help.  That’s too bad, because there is SO much we can do to help these kids as they go through these difficult times.  We’ll cover what [...]

• Military kids and school

  Pretty tough to focus on school when one of your parent’s is off in a foreign country in harm’s way.  And it is difficut for school staff to know how best to assist–how much slack to cut them, what to say, how to help.  This TeleClass will give you a number of things to keep [...]

• The low down on Students and depression

  When students say they are depressed..are they?  And what, if anything, should you do about that?  And then there’s all the debates about counseling vs. medication and to top it off, what’s just normal adolescent blues and what should be referred on?  Lots to talk about here and we’ll give you the latest information and practical [...]

• Helping students grieve through their losses

  Children and teens are no different than adults when it comes to experiencing the loss of a loved one except for in two ways: they don’t have the maturity to put perspective on the event and they usualy don’t have any tools for coping with the intense feelings.  It’s tough, for sure–and we can’t take the [...]

• Giving kids the social skills they lack

  Yes, we all agree: they should have already learned these things at home!  But what should we do about  students who repeatedly show us they lack basic social skills?  Empathy, conflict resolution, impulse control, emotions vocabulary…we can help students develop these attributes and skills. Short on theory and long on practical application, this TeleClass will [...]

• Kids and the latest drugs: what they are and how they work

  Perhaps you think you’re hip; maybe you know you’re not.  It is difficult to keep up with teens and mood-altering substance use and, do you know what?  They prefer it that way!  Abused over-the-counter medications, K2 (if you don’t know what that is…take this class!), and all the other latest ways to get high will [...]