Susan Alviene, NBCT

This on-line book study or PLC is a 5 part series from Heather T. Forbes book Help for Billy   You will learn essential methods for managing disruptive students with complex trauma by understanding how trauma affects the brain, the research that impacts early childhood development and why some students can self-regulate and others come to classrooms unable to focus, follow directions or interact with classmates.  We will look at student belief systems that affect routine expectations and academic successes and discover how, "asking the right questions" is a strategy for understanding what is driving student behavior. Part 2 of the book looks at strategies you can use to move away from a "behavioral" approach to controlling dysregulated students and instead focus on a regulatory approach that is the essence of "beyond consequences" model we will learn.

What former participants have said about this book-study...

• "I wish I read this book years earlier!  The conversations were great and I learned useful strategies for my classroom."
• "I think this course should be recommend to all teachers.  It provides insight into our most vulnerable and at times most difficult students.  It transforms the way we look at 'behavior problems' for students who have endured trauma."
• "I learned a new approach to behavior management, motivation and how to regulate students."
• "I have already implemented some of the strategies I learned from this book study into my classroom routines and with the way I deal with students.  I am seeing it have a positive impact on my relationship with my students which in turn has a positive influence on their behavior."
• "The instructor provide guidance throughout the book-study, clearly identified expectations and assignments, provide helpful articles and handouts, commented regularly on discussion board."

* A condensed overview of the key ideas of this book can be presented in a workshop format