Full Day Session: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (Check in begins at 8:00 am)
REGISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS FOR PATHWAYS FOR THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE
Participants will review the construct of Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and explore the application of MTSS for the prevention of school violence. Through real-world illustrations and examples, participants will recognize MTSS as a model of prevention, intervention, and postvention. Through subsequent modules, participants will learn to identify and utilize systems of support within their school community to ensure student growth, wellness, and safety in identified areas of need.
This session highlights the power of a positive approach to fostering a safe and welcoming school environment with positive behavioral supports. Examining best practices in proactive, response, and management strategies across a multi-tiered systems approach, participants will gain practical tools and strategies for building a positive climate and supportive culture to increase positive student engagement, interaction, and growth, decreasing negative, harmful, and potentially violent behaviors in school.
A longstanding challenge for school communities across the country and spanning decades of American education, bullying behavior is harmful to victims, offenders, and school learning environments, as well as linked to long-term mental health impacts and violent behaviors. Participants will examine the myriad issues and presentations of bullying in this module, considering their impact upon students’ learning and sense of safety in school today. Exploring multi-tiered solutions, interventions, strategies, and supports, participants will learn to identify and combat these challenges through universal, targeted, and intensive interventions and resources.
Participants will review and discuss a real-world example of school violence prevented through the application of multi-tiered systems of support.
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