Highly Effective De-escalation Techniques that All Education Professionals Should Know

10:00am to 12:00pm ET

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Mahri Wrightington, Ph.D. 

NASW-NYS Members: $30

NASW Other Chapter Member (Including NYC): $50

Non-Members: $60

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 2.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

Please ensure that you register and/or join on Zoom with the name you would like to appear on your certificate.

Workshop Description
This session will describe the escalation cycle, and expectations when a student is escalated. Additionally, the session will explore how trauma impacts behavior in the school setting as well as how de-escalation skills fit into the larger context of understanding and managing student behavior. Finally, this session will provide 10 highly effective prevention and response strategies to use with students. 

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1.    Identify each phase of the escalation cycle 
2.    Explain how trauma impacts student behavior in the school setting  
3.    Describe key components of human behavior as it relates to student behavior and escalation 
4.    Implement 10 highly effective prevention and response strategies 

This workshop is approved for 2.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Mahri Wrightington, Ph.D.  Dr. Wrightington earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Bryn Mawr College, and earned a doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Connecticut. Over the past 25 years, she has worked in the field of education as a school psychologist, school administrator, and education consultant. As the founder of PD Monster, Dr. Wrightington is passionate about providing practical professional development that participants can implement immediately.