Effectively Managing Troubled Youth in the Schools: A Practical Approach
Course Description:
Traditional approaches to troubled youth are inherently pessimistic and reactive, and keyed to the devices and dysfunction of youth. Responsibility Pathways (RAP) is a therapeutic, strength-based strategy using a student’s crisis as an opportunity for personal insight and accountability. It goes beyond the narrow focus of containment, coercion and control common in some management models. RAP involves strategies for connecting with and teaching students in crisis. It helps students understand and change chronic patterns of self-defeating thinking and behavior that have proven difficult to address with traditional behavioral management strategies.
RAP does not supplement other behavioral, educational or therapeutic strategies that have been shown to be effective. Rather, it begins where other behavioral management systems end. It provides advanced intervention designed for students who show patterns of self-defeating behaviors. This weekend class will involve lecture, discussion, videos and practice situations
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TBD
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| Schedule: |
Friday 5:00 – 9:00 pm & Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
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| Location: |
Barnard Hall, CCSU
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| Instructor: |
Dr. Mitchel Beck
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| Fee: |
$200.00
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| Participants: |
Educators, Principals and Counselors
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| Contact Hours: |
11 |
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Instructor Dr. Mitch Beck is a professor and chair of the Department of Special Education. His expertise is in the areas of aggressive and passive-aggressive youth. Dr. Beck has been internationally recognized as an expert in those areas.
