Teachers & Teacher-Aides
Mandy provides positive behaviour support and professional development to teaching staff on an individual or group basis through workshops. Support includes functional analysis, proactive strategies, crisis intervention and prevention, choice and self-determination, and transition planning.
Strategies are aimed at creating cooperative student-teacher relationships. Common areas of support include:
- Teaching strategies
- Managing challenging students
- Strengthening relationships
- Identifying emotions and managing them
- Bullying
- What behaviour needs to be ignored
- Considering consequences of actions
- Difficult conversations
- Anxiety
- Timeout refusals and alternatives
- Developing social and emotional intelligence in the classroom
- Working with teenagers
- Understanding and supporting children with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Administering positive behaviour support
- Effective communication
- Building great working environments
- Conflict resolution
- Anger management
- Relaxation training
- Choosing an appropriate response
- Conveying needs & gaining cooperation
- Avoiding stereotyped reactions
- Being flexible and adaptable to situations
- Engagement skills
A teacher said “…Not only did she work wonders on my most challenging student but she was also willing to come into school and hold P.D afternoons for the staff. Mandy truly went above and beyond with my student and the results speak for themselves…” Click here to read the full testimonial.
Contact Mandy to discuss a behaviour support consultation or a workshop for your school.