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DeEscalation Strategies and Simulator
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Training Description:
Participants in this training gain foundational knowledge about the escalation cycle and learn strategies to interrupt the cycle and support student regulation. Our trained actors simulate an array of student personalities displaying common classroom misbehaviors, providing participants the opportunity to practice de-escalation techniques in a real-time simulator.
- Full day in-person session
- Lunch on your own from 11:30-12:00
SEL Through Play
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Training Description:
Interactive, activity-based workshop to learn how to seamlessly incorporate social emotional development into all subject areas. Building your classroom engagement toolbox with activities that can be modified and enhanced to serve all students.
- Half-day in-person workshop
Thought Exchange for the Classroom
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Training Description:
Thought Exchange on Classroom Practices - This session is designed around the Six Effective PBIS Classroom Practices with an emphasis on Engagement and Opportunities to Respond and Active Supervision (Move, Interact and Scan)
Our conversation will allow participants to discuss how they currently apply the strategies and variations they use based on age/grade and setting. This session will use a Restorative Circle structure to examine the Six classroom practices through a trauma informed lens. Additionally, the conversation will allow participants to discuss adult strategies for modulating and resetting their own response strategies, including maintaining neutrality when they experience their own emotional response to a situation beginning to impact the interaction with a student(s). Participants will review and be provided with the 6 classroom practices rubric from Mid-West PBIS for rating their own skill set.
- Half day in-person session
Tier 2 Skills Group Best Practices
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Training Description:
This training provides guidance on designing and facilitating small-group social skill instruction with students in K-12. Taking from real-life examples and content, facilitators will share tips and tricks for making the most of the time allotted, creating a welcoming and affirming group environment, and bettering engagement and outcomes
- Half-day virtual workshop
Nurturing Classroom
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Training Description:
Through this session, teachers will be supported in developing strategies to establish and maintain positive relationships and resiliency skills in the classroom. Participants will explore the effects of stress on the brain, neuroplasticity, and the power of resilience-based teaching strategies.
- Half-day Virtual Session
Youth Mental Health First Aid
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Prerequisite:
Training Description:
On the surface everything may seem okay, but look for the signs, is everything really fine? A young person you know, or love may be struggling with their emotional health but it’s sometimes tough to spot. No amount of distance, or proximity, should keep you from interacting with the youth in your life. No matter the relationship, you may be in a unique position to support them through this confusing time. YMHFA will provide information and tools to step-in and start a conversation. Let them see you as a resource in achieving emotional wellness.
- Full-day workshop
- Links emailed prior to start of workshop
Conflict in the Classroom
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Training Description:
This training is designed to include theoretical knowledge of conflict, communication and negotiation strategies. Participants will learn foundational skills for recognizing the elements of conflict and how to choose specific communication strategies to set the stage for the best outcome. Participants will have opportunities to rehearse and plan non-escalating strategies for the classroom setting.
- Half-day in-person workshop
Supporting Students in the LGBTQIA+ Community
with Peaceful Schools Staff
Training Description:
This training was developed to empower educators with an introduction to the needs of youth who identify as LGBTQIA+. Participants will learn to understand basic terminology and definitions with an introduction to the Queer Alphabet LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning), sexual orientation, and gender identity which will help foster inclusive language and create safe spaces.
- Half-day session.
- In-person offered August 7
- Virtual offered July 24
- Links for online session will be emailed.