Learning Opportunities

Emotional De-escalation

Presented By

Sue Huff

Series Sessions

Date Time
Wednesday, February 02, 2022 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Monday, March 28, 2022 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Location

Computer of your choice -, Online, AB

Mental health is increasingly a focus in schools, families and communities. Teachers and administrators are frequently in contact with students, parents and other members of the school community who are experiencing high emotion (anxiety, anger, grief, frustration, depression, trauma) and staff can learn to navigate these emotions effectively, it will lead to better learning outcomes, less teacher burnout, and healthier school communities. Likewise, parents will find this skill useful to support their child's mental health and greatly improve communication at home. Front-line workers need skills to defuse stressful situations at work and avoid escalating emotions in clients. Simply putting up more signs that abuse will not be tolerated isn't enough.

In session two, participants will have the opportunity to review concepts covered in the November workshop, delve deeper into the concept of emotion coaching, share your experiences in the classroom using this approach, work through some more challenging scenarios together, and practice this skill to help build confidence and fluency. 

This workshop is open to any teacher, administrator, parent, front line worker or other member of the community. It may be of particular interest to:

  • Vice Principals or other leadership team members who deal with complaints or discipline issues
  • Teachers working with 13-18 year olds (when emotional dysregulation, anxiety, depression, signs of mental illness increase)
  • Elementary teachers who want to pave the way for emotional literacy
  • Parents
  • Counsellors, social workers, police, healthcare workers or other front line workers

Please note: it is required that you either attend the workshop on February 2 or view the recording prior to attending the March 28 session.

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