3926.7, CODE, Riffel, Anxiety and Stress in the Classroom

Audience: Admin, All Educators, Ancillary, Bus, Cafeteria, Counselor, Psychologist, SPED

Age Level: Pre-K through Twelfth Grade

Level: Tier two

Topic: Classroom Management:  The surgeon general shared in 2022 that there had been a 50% increase in anxiety and depression in the 3-17-year-old population. This has affected the way children react to stress and changes in the classroom.  This presentation will give information about the brain and how it reacts to stress and what teachers can do to ameliorate those behaviors.

Time: Five Hours

Everyone has been focused on the adults and sort of assumed the children would be resilient and bounce back from this better than before.  We feel teachers should be prepared for what is likely going to be behaviors they have not witnessed before.

Session 1:  What the pandemic left behind- anxious children

Session 2:  What might this anxiety look like in the classroom?

Session 3:  Revise the environment of your classroom

Session 4:  Replacement behaviors to teach to students

Session 5:  Reframing of your response to behaviors

There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.