Managing Complex Behaviours In The Classroom
Building Teacher Confidence to Support Student Mental Health
and Wellbeing and Respond to Disruptive Behaviour
With: Martina Bruwer, Psychologist
About the Workshop
Teachers are on the front lines of student wellbeing, playing a crucial role in identifying and addressing mental health challenges in the classroom. This workshop equips educators with the confidence, knowledge, and practical tools to support their students effectively. This will be achieved through a combination of psychoeducation around mental health as well as providing insights into challenging behaviours their causes and maintaining factors.
With small group settings (maximum 10 participants), participants will gain valuable insights and skills tailored to real-world classroom dynamics.
Key Takeaways
Staff will gain a better understanding about some of the common mental health challenges facing youth today, and be equipped with practical tools for identifying and addressing mental health challenges as well as managing problematic behaviours like aggression, self-harm, disruptive attention seeking.
Time will be given for staff to bring up specific scenarios that they might have struggled with in the past, and this can be discussed in a confidential space and guidance provided.
Schedule
Day 1 (9:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
Takes a close look at the basic factors involved in maintaining positive psychological wellbeing such as values and basic body upkeep requirements. We will also dive into some common mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, and escapism.
Day 2 (9:00 AM – 1:00 PM)
We will come together again on day 2 to have a closer look at complex behaviours such as aggression, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and trauma responses. *Please note that this day will discuss sensetive topics relating to suicide, and childhood abuse (physical, emotional and sexual). Participants will be given hands-on experience using tools to help identify the underlying causes for, and potential maintaining factors of complex behaviours, and strategies for managing these types of behaviours in the work, as well as personal life.
Full Duration 11 hours
Location: Face to Face in Otago
About the Workshop
Teachers are on the front lines of student wellbeing, playing a crucial role in identifying and addressing mental health challenges in the classroom. This workshop equips educators with the confidence, knowledge, and practical tools to support their students effectively. This will be achieved through a combination of psychoeducation around mental health as well as providing insights into challenging behaviours their causes and maintaining factors.
With small group settings (maximum 10 participants), participants will gain valuable insights and skills tailored to real-world classroom dynamics.
Key Takeaways
Staff will gain a better understanding about some of the common mental health challenges facing youth today, and be equipped with practical tools for identifying and addressing mental health challenges as well as managing problematic behaviours like aggression, self-harm, disruptive attention seeking.
Time will be given for staff to bring up specific scenarios that they might have struggled with in the past, and this can be discussed in a confidential space and guidance provided.
Schedule (end of January)
Day 1 (9:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
Look at the basic factors for achieving psychological wellbeing this will include something about the brain, body, and an introduction to mental health.
Day 2 (9:00 AM – 1:00 PM)
Go into more specific scenarios around complex behaviour and it's underlying causes. Building knowlege around a couple of specific tools to help inform them of underlying causes for complex behaviour.
Full Duration 11 hours
Location: Face to Face in Otago
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