Emotions are Emotions - working with students with multiple challenges
Wed, Feb 23
|Online Professional Development
Join us ONLINE Thursday, February 23rd, 2022 - 4:00-5:00 pm. Presenter: Eva de Gosztonyi and Catherine Korah. Event is FREE.
Time & Location
Feb 23, 2022, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Online Professional Development
About the Event
Emotions are Emotions - working with students with multiple challenges
Date: WEDNESDAY, February 23rd, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Format: ONLINE - this presentation will use ZOOM, an interface that requires no special applications.
Fees: FREE
DESCRIPTION: Working with students who have multiple challenges can be difficult as their behaviour is sometimes unpredictable. Add to that a limited ability to use language to communicate and situations can quickly go over the top. This session will help participants to understand the role of emotions in behaviour. Then we will look at three primary emotions that are most often experienced and how they are expressed behaviourally. This will help in interpreting what a student may be trying to communicate non-verbally. Finally, we will look at ways to intervene both in the moment and also proactively. When we can recognize and acknowledge how a student is feeling or when we can…