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Educators are teaching in a very different environment compared to twenty years ago, with students presenting at-risk social and emotional behaviors in general education classrooms, leaving educators feeling ill-equipped to effectively deal with their issues. This course provides the skills-based interventions educators need to address the most common problem behaviors in the classroom. It uses problem-specific best practices combined with an attachment-based foundation of sound pedagogical principles and strategies for reaching and teaching disruptive, difficult, and emotionally challenged students. The course also empowers educators to act wisely when problem behaviors occur, improve relationships with students, and teach with greater success and confidence. Click Here to buy the book direct from the publisher. Click Here to preview the course syllabus.
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Perhaps more now than at any other time in modern history, our students need a feeling of connectedness at school. They need to feel seen, heard, understood, and known in our classrooms. And it begins with us. As middle and high school teachers, we have the power to inspire a whole new level of engagement with the students in front of us. This course describes the positive student relationships that lies in our capacity to teach with vulnerability—to bring our authentic selves into the classroom. Failure is not only a possibility for learners during these challenging times, but a productive, concrete way of gaining ground. How can parents and educators teach kids to turn failure into progress toward success? Learn what to say and what not to say to truly help kids self-motivate and become independent, lifelong learners. Create a deeper understanding of how motivation works along with new, practical, research-driven strategies for spurring learners to thrive. Kids are bound to stumble and fall, but by capitalizing on knowledge and the latest research on motivation, we can equip them to stand up and move forward, pointing them on the route to success. Click Here to Buy Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight direct from the publisher Click Here to Buy The Power of Teaching Vulnerably direct from the publisher Click Here Here to preview the course syllabus.
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Based on the diverse experiences of LGBTQ students and their allies, this essential course brings together the major issues that schools must address to improve the educational outcomes for gender and sexual minority students—as well as all students. The course highlights how educators can make their schools more supportive of LGBTQ students’ positive development and academic success. It covers emerging practices such as creating an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, fostering a whole-school climate that is support of LGBTQ students; and initiating effective community outreach programs. Click Here to Buy Safe Is Not Enough: Better Schools for LGBTQ Students Direct from the Publisher Click Here to Buy LGBTQ Youth and Education: Policies and Practices (Second Edition) Direct from the Publisher Click Here to preview the Syllabus
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This course explains why some boys struggle in school, and how educators can effectively intervene without jeopardizing the achievements of other, more successful learners of both genders. Drawing from large-scale studies, contemporary insights on social and learning-style factors, lesson plans, and anecdotes from real teachers, the course equips educators with a flexible and practical framework for addressing the needs of struggling male students. The course focuses on the following: replacing underachieving boys’ negative attitudes about learning; reconnecting boys to school, learning, and believing in being a competent learner; rebuilding learning skills that lead to success in school and in life; and reducing the need for unproductive and distracting behaviors as a means of self-protection. The author provides solutions that focus on academic success, contribute to positive school experience, enhance competence and persistence, and arranging the classroom to enhance success. Click Here to download the course syllabus. What educators are saying about Teaching Boys: Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School has given me insight into specific ways I can reach those boys who struggle in school. this book has also given me hope that i can make a difference in the life of boys who struggle, and empower them to take ownership of their learning and be successful.~~Cindy S. Teaching Boys was truly life-changing for me. I gained so much insight into the area of why boys struggle in school and I learned why this is such a critical area for me as a teacher to address. I also gained hope that there are many specific ways I can help my boys who are struggling. I don't have to just help them "survive" school. Instead, I can actually help them to "thrive" in school. I will be a better teacher because of what I learned i this book and by applying the strategies to my unique classroom and school setting.~~Nancie S.
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With dysregulation and neurodevelopmental diagnoses on the rise, classrooms are more diverse than ever. Despite efforts to support each student’s needs and sensitivities, educators are often left frustrated and unsupported when strategies for managing all kinds of behaviors, from anxiety to acting out, prove ineffective, short-lived, or even detrimental to the students’ and teachers’ happiness and progress. Through a reflective lens, this course equips teachers and support staff to help all students thrive by identifying and fostering each teacher’s and child’s individual differences and unique strengths. This course helps teachers - Build confidence in identifying and addressing behaviors in order to support student growth and brain development - Learn about an interdisciplinary approach that combines education, occupational therapy, and psychology to better understand and navigate brain-based regulation, relationships, and behaviors in the classroom - Use relevant research, illustrations, and strategies for reflective and experiential moments - Discover strategies to facilitate co-regulation, establish positive classroom relationships, address sensory needs, communicate with parents, and practice self-care Click Here to Buy The "Why" Behind Classroom Behaviors direct from the publisher Click Here to preview the course syllabus.
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This thought-provoking course looks at the power and promise of the teenage brain from an empathetic, strength-based perspective, and describes what middle and high school educators can do to make the most of their students' potential. Thoroughly grounded in current neurological research, the course explains what we know about how the adolescent brain works and proposes eight essential instructional elements that will help students develop the ability to think, make healthy choices, regulate their emotions, handle social conflict, consolidate their identities, and learn enough about the world to move into adulthood with dignity and grace. It includes a bold redesign of educational practices and learning environments to deliberately develop teens' cognitive capacity to manage their emotions, plan, prioritize, and focus on practical strategies and real-life Click Here to buy Power of the Adolescent Brain direct from the publisher. Click Here to buy Attack of the Adolescent Brain direct from the publisher. Click Here to preview the course syllabus.
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This course untangles scientific fact from pedagogical fiction, debunking dozens of widely held beliefs about the brain that have made their way into the education literature. In ten central themes on topics ranging from brain structure to classroom environments, the course traces the origins of common neuromyths—from categorizing individuals as "right-brained" or "left-brained" to prevailing beliefs about multitasking or the effects of video games—and corrects the record with the most current state of knowledge. Combining neuroscience research, educators learn to create equitable and inclusive classrooms through the following:
- Establish a school culture that champions equity and inclusion.
- Rethink the long-standing structure of least restrictive environment and the resulting service delivery.
- Leverage the strengths of all educators to provide appropriate support and challenge.
- Collaborate on the delivery of instruction and intervention.
- Honor the aspirations of each student and plan accordingly.