Due to the COVID pandemic this workshop is being initially scheduled virtually via the Zoom platform. You will need a stable internet connection and camera to participate. If the situation improves and it is safe to do so this workshop may be converted to a face-to-face format and be held at the Region 10 facilities in Richardson, Texas. An email will be sent out in advance to registered participants informing them of the change.
Turning Down the Heat: Preventing Conflict & Counter Aggression
More than 80% of classroom problems are caused by 10% of students who challenge and undermine teacher authority. These students are skilled in frustrating adults and pushing the emotional buttons of even the most competent teachers.
Most teachers are irritated by the behavior of select, challenging students. This is to be expected. Few teachers are trained to understand and acknowledge these normal counter-aggressive feelings. Problems develop when competent teachers stay angry at a student. When a conflict develops, teachers are less likely to perceive accurately, think clearly, and reason coherently. Though competent teachers rarely initiate conflicts with students, they often keep them alive though their unintended, counter-productive reactions.
Turning Down the Heat uses the ideas of Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) to document four of the most common reasons that teachers become counter-aggressive with select students and offers specific skills to manage conflict in the classroom. This unique training is about you and not your students; it leads to powerful insights which will change the way you think and behave when you are angry. Six hours of LPC will be provided.