Motivating Hard to Reach, Uninterested, and Disruptive Students:
Practical strategies that work
Who Should Attend:
Teachers grades K-12
Administrators/Principals
Special Education Teachers & Directors
Para-professionals
School Psychologists
Social Workers & Couselors
Program Agenda
8:30am Seminar begins
Part 1: Attitudes for Success with Challenging Students
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Encourage and inspire even your most reluctant learners with simple techniques.
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Keep yourself optimistic and enthusiastic- we can show you how!
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Develop, sustain, and use your relationship with students to inspire motivation.
Part 2: Discover the Secrets of Promoting Responsibility for Learning and Behaving
- Eliminate the language of failure with 3 concrete techinques.
- Employ proven strategies that get your students to put forth more effort.
- Assignments coming in late or not at all? Get 10 practical tips for getting students to do homework.
- Parents not on the team? Learn several effective methods to get support and cooperation from even the most difficult parents.
10:15am-10:30am Break
Part 3: Discover Can't Miss Strategies to Motivate Students Every Day
- Ignite enthusiasm for learning- you’ll leave eager to try our real life methods.
- Focus on some special methods that rekindle hope in alienated and resigned students.
- Learn the most important key to differentiating instruction easily.
- Explore the many ways to make the crucial connection – and stay connected with even your most difficult students.
12:00-1:00pm Lunch (on your own)
Part 4: Handle Difficult Student Behavior with Proven Interventions
- Come away with 7 sure-fire ways of rationally and smoothly manage power struggles.
- Effectively handle students when they challenge your authority- while keeping everyone’s dignity intact.
- Stop letting tough students drain your energy.
- Handle serious incidents safely, like fighting and bullying.
2:00pm-2:15pm Break
Part 5: Build a Values Based Classroom
- Learn how to use the 9 keys for developing effective rules and consequences.
- Create and maintain a “safe” learning environment that encourages students to try.
- Get students to support, encourage, and motivate each other. Seem impossible? Not with our methods!
3:00pm-3:15pm: Q and A with Dr. Mendler if you want to stay!
Webinar Follow up Training
For an additional $35 you can participate in a one hour webinar (online seminar) follow up training session with your presenter. Upon conclusion of this seminar, you will receive an email with a link to the webinar. What if you are busy the day of the webinar? No problem, you will be able to view the webinar "on demand" for one week. You decide when, where and how often to watch the webinar. You will be able to ask your presenter questions, submit case studies, and clarify techniques and strategies discussed during your workshop. All you need is a computer with sound or a computer and a phone.
Benefits
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Complimentary copy of Dr. Mendler's best selling book Handling Difficult Parents
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Complimentary training manual – prepared specifically for your seminar, this manual will compliment the training you will receive
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Certificate of participation – Upon conclusion of the seminar, you will receive a certificate of participation which may be used to verify hours of attendance for meeting in-service requirements.
Tuition Fee
Registration is $199 per participant. Pay for 3 and a 4th attends free. Pay for 5 and the 6th and 7th attend for free. Call for special group pricing for 8 or more people. If you need us to bill your school, please provide us with a purchase order.
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel your registration up to 72 hours in advance and we will issue a refund for the full amount. Cancellation notices received in our office less than 72 hours prior to the seminar will be refunded less a $30 service charge. Paid registrations are transferable. If you don't attend and don't cancel, you are still responsible for payment.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
If you are not completely satisfied with this seminar, we will refund your entire tuition fee.
Confirmations
You will receive a confirmation email 5-7 business days prior to the seminar. If you do not receive this confirmation email, please call our office at 1-800-772-5227. If you register for the seminar after this time frame, your confirmation will be verbal only.
Walk-in Registration
We do accept walk-in registrations. Walk-in registrants must have a purchase order or present another method of payment. No cash please.
Registration Table
On-site registration and continental breakfast begins at 7:45AM. The seminar promptly begins at 8:30AM.
Video and Audio Taping
Video and Audio taping are not permitted with our seminars. However, our staff photographer may take pictures at our events. These photos may be used in future publications and our website. Please let our photographer know if you do not wish to be photographed.
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