Two Glenbard Parent Series webinars to help reduce defiance and enhance students' coping skills
On Tuesday, March 14, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present "Practical Strategies for Reducing Anxiety and Challenging Behavior in Students" with Jessica Minahan. The two webinars will be noon to 2 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. via Zoom. Go to glenbardgps.org for further information and the link to this webinar.
To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events or submit a question in advance, send an email to Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at gilda_ross@glenbard.org.
With anxiety and challenging behaviors on the rise, adults need effective and easy-to-implement strategies to help young people process critical thoughts and interrupt negative behavior patterns.
Using case studies, humorous stories and examples of common challenging situations, Minahan will deliver a systematic approach to enhance adolescent coping skills and provide tools and interventions for reducing students' anxiety and increasing their self-regulation and flexible thinking.
Minahan is a licensed and board-certified behavior analyst, special educator and internationally known school consultant. She works with students who struggle with emotional and behavioral disabilities, anxiety disorders, high-functioning autism or mental health issues. She is the author of "The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students," and "The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behavior."
Glenbard Parent Series is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Community Consolidated School District 93 Birth to 5 Coalition, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, Duly Health and Care, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Kids Matter, Kiwanis Clubs of Division 9, Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department, Rosecrance Health Network and Webb-Hutter Family Fund of DuPage Foundation.