The Power of Relationships: Preventative and proactive ways with children and youth who are intense and challenging.

Baas, SA (A.)¹, Baas, S A (Sally)^2
1Concordia University, St. Paul, 1282 Concordia AvenueSt. Paul, MN 5104, 55104, St. Paul
²Concordia University, St. Paul, 1282 Concordia, 55104, St. Paul

 

Submission type

Oral and Poster

Scheduled

Room 112, 12-07-2019, 11:00 - 12:30

Keywords

prevention, intervention, risk protective factors

Summary

Research supports that relationships in the school setting increases academic engagement and learning (Zins, 2007). There are many social emotional learning curriculums for students, but direct explicit instruction in key relationship skills can significantly change the interactions of teachers and parents. The Nurtured Heart Approach(NHA) is a promising evidenced based practice that has several studies indicating that when adults learn to interact differently with children and teens they rate children as having less symptomatology and rate their perceptions of their own stress as decreasing. This presentation will share the research and theoretical framework for the NHA in addition to taking away skills that can be taken back to the schools and communities for adults working with intense and challenging teens.  

 

This presentation is reflective of Domain 6 of the NASP Model for Effective School Psychological Services.

•       Using knowledge of risk and protective factors to address problems such as truancy, bullying, youth suicide and school violence.

•       Developing implementing, and evaluating prevention and intervention programs that address precursors to severe learning and behavioral problems.

•       Participating in school crisis prevention and response teams,

•       Participating and evaluating programs that promote safe and violence-free schools and communities

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