Dr. Danna Bodenheimer's book serves as a clinical social work mentor to social workers seeking to find their voice and advance in their careers.
¿Quién tiene la razón? ¿Cómo es posible que los dos tengan razón? One of the most important tasks outside of language learning that world language teachers face is to make our students aware of the…
Ever since the term employee engagement'' started being widely used in the 1990s, it's...
Guide to using Social Studies Simulations to step away from the lecture podium and engage your students with hands-on history activities.
I have learned (the hard way) that not all social skill deficits are one & the same. In an effort to save time, I tried to have grade level social skills groups. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but once my groups got underway it became pretty clear that the children in my groups had very different skill sets. There I was, trying to save time by teaching all of my students social skills at the same time. While struggling to meet the needs of my students and keep them engaged, I had to ask myself, 'Was
When they enter the work world, our former students can no longer count on IEP support. To succeed, they need “soft skills.” And we can help students cultivate them.
Earlier this school year our social workers shared this really cool website that they found. It has tons of intervention strategies for dealing with students who are demonstrating behavioral issues in school. I love it because in addition to the strategies, it also offers options for tracking and monitoring progress which, of course, is at the […]
Learn about positive punishment through expert input. Gain clarity on this discipline technique and valuable tips if considering trying it.
Read about Dr. Danna Bodenheimer's book, Real World Clinical Social Work: Find Your Voice & Find Your Way, including the full Table of Contents. Bodenheimer serves as a mentor or a supportive supervisor as she shares practice wisdom.
In this fun and interactive economics teaching package, your elementary school students will learn about income, social security, sales and property taxes. This education resource will teach students about each particular tax, when it is being collected and what the money is used for. Through video ...
Some students have significant anxiety that can get in the way of them accessing their solid social knowledge. We have found that helping students learn about their own anxiety can also help them recognize and practice their social competencies. A few years ago I developed a tool, alongside and with a group of students, to help them talk about the complexity of their social anxieties and how it can impact their social world. We collectively named the tool, The Spirals or The Spirals of Anxiety. This article will show the tool and explain our group journey.
“Prompts” and Circumstance Avoid the dangers of “Prompt” Dependence!! We've all heard it. First I was taught to give Nicky prompts, then I was told he's getting to many prompts. One day prompts are part of the solution, the next, part of the problem! Oh yeah, nothing simple about his journey. A clinician associated with Nicky’s program visited us to see how we were doing. The main observation: Nicky was getting too many prompts from me to help him manage his behavior, he should be more independent. I resisted the pull to feel judged, remembering my note to self “It’s not about you, it’s about Nicky” and I saw her point of view. Unlike me, she didn’t focus on how far he had come, or how hard we had worked to get him to this point, she only knew who Nicky was in that moment and she only saw his potential. She brought a new pair of eyes, and I guess we needed it. (Can you believe I’m the same protective defensive clawed mama bear who used to have to restrain herself in these situations!?) It's true, I do everything to help Nicky manage his behaviors, not just for him, but for me too. Nicky out of control is awful, and I want to avoid the aggression, tantrums and meltdowns. I was so locked into stopping them by all means possible, I didn't see that I had become part of problem. Nicky has been taught self-management skills, and he knows them. The problem was, I was still prompting him to use the skills, instead of standing back -providing no prompts - and letting him figure out when and how to use the skill on his own. Our goal after all is getting him to use the skills consistently and without assistance, so he can always rely on them, and that’s the only way to independence! I got it, at least for now. I made a visual tool for Nicky to replace me giving him prompts. It's a behavior/consequence cheat sheet showing Nicky what behaviors result in a “Happy” Nicky and what result in a “Sad” Nicky. I used all things that he knows and understands, things he wants and cares about, to help him connect the dots of consequence to his real world. On the Happy side are things that make him happy or lead him to things that make him happy. For example having a calm body earns him free time. If he earns free time he get's to go on his computer or play a video and that make's him happy. So he connects the positive behaviors that lead to happy events. Same for the sad Nicky list. I put them in his back pack and around the house. To make sure they were handy so I don’t have to prompt him, I just hand him the card. It’s been a few weeks and it's working. Here’s what it looks like: As always I open to feedback!
Do you use bell work (sometimes called bell-ringers, start-nows, or warm-ups) in your History or Social Studies classroom? If not, you might...
Some students have significant anxiety that can get in the way of them accessing their solid social knowledge. We have found that helping students learn about their own anxiety can also help them recognize and practice their social competencies. A few years ago I developed a tool, alongside and with a group of students, to help them talk about the complexity of their social anxieties and how it can impact their social world. We collectively named the tool, The Spirals or The Spirals of Anxiety. This article will show the tool and explain our group journey.
Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings. According to Freudian theory, defense mechanismss involve a distortion of relaity in wome way so that we are better able to cope with a situation.
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Omringd door idioten is een titel die vast de aandacht trekt. De meesten van ons hebben wel eens, zoniet regelmatig, hetzelfde gevoel. Mocht je je afvragen of ik mijzelf wel eens omringd bevind do…
Enhance your IFS journey by getting to know what parts look like in the burdened and unburdened system. Get a sense of how managers, firefighters, and exiles can transform your inner world with Self-led leadership.
The difference between primary data and secondary data - a comparison chart. What is primary and secondary data? Definition, sources, advantages.
The different types of sampling methods and techniques: explained. Probability sampling and non-probability sampling and their subtypes.
