Helping Students Manage Emotions: Behavior Tools That Work | 3 NCSP Professional Development Hours

Helping Students Manage Emotions: Behavior Tools That Work | 3 NCSP Professional Development Hours

Original price was: $30.00.Current price is: $24.00.

This is a text based course.

In this 3-hour professional development course, educators will explore how to apply behavioral principles to help students manage their emotions and build lasting self-regulation skills. Learn how to identify triggers, assess student needs, and create effective, individualized behavior plans. This course equips teachers with practical strategies—like positive reinforcement, prompting, and visual supports—that can be used in real classrooms to reduce outbursts and improve focus.

Through engaging case studies, role-play scenarios, and ready-to-use tools, teachers will gain confidence in addressing challenging behaviors while fostering emotional growth. Emphasis is placed on ethical decision-making, collaboration with families and school teams, and creating supportive learning environments where every student can thrive.

PD Clock Hours

3 Hours
Delivery

Text based instruction

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify Emotional Triggers in the Classroom: Recognize patterns in student behavior using ABC (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence) observations and other simple assessment tools.
  2. Create Effective Behavior Support Plans:  Design classroom strategies that use positive reinforcement, prevention techniques, and replacement behaviors to support emotional regulation.
  3. Teach Self-Regulation and Coping Skills: Use modeling, prompting, and guided practice to help students manage emotions, solve problems, and build independence.
  4. Track Progress and Adjust Supports: Collect and review behavior data to monitor student growth and make informed adjustments to intervention plans.
  5. Collaborate Ethically with Teams and Families: Work with colleagues and caregivers to ensure consistent implementation of strategies and maintain student dignity and respect.
  6. Promote Real-World Success and Generalization: Support students in applying emotional regulation skills across school settings and prepare them for long-term success.

Speaker/Author

Dr. Jaime Flowers holds a License in Educational Psychology (LEP) in California, and a License as a Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) in Texas. Additionally, she is recognized as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP). Dr. Flowers’ scholarly pursuits are primarily focused on the realms of behavior analytic ethics and functional behavior analysis within educational environments. Her research endeavors contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge and practices in these critical areas of study.

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