Conference fee: $150 / non-member$205
Click here to registerAn increasing number of students are struggling with mental health issues, and their behaviors such as leaving class, disengaging from tasks, disrupting others, or quietly resisting are often misunderstood. This can lead to significant frustration for school teams, and traditional behavior plans frequently fall short, failing to address the underlying causes of these behaviors. One key issue often overlooked is the impact of negative and inaccurate thinking, a hallmark of student anxiety, which can contribute to disengagement and dysregulated behavior. For instance, if a student is overwhelmed by negative thoughts about the difficulty of an assignment or their ability to complete it accurately, which hinders their engagement during a writing task, a typical intervention such as a graphic organizer may not be effective. This workshop will equip participants with strategies to reduce these negative and inaccurate thoughts, thereby preventing oppositional behavior and improving students' work engagement, initiation, persistence, and self-monitoring through practical, preventive approaches.Learning Objectives:
- Identify why common interventions may not always work for students with anxiety-related behavior
- Enumerate strategies for reducing negative thinking toward writing
- Participants will be able to enumerate strategies to promote initiation skills in students with work avoidance
