"I was extremely pleased with the training and trainer, Karen. The process from beginning to end was quite seamless, which is key for me as the person responsible for coordinating staff development! I welome the opportunity to complete the formal evaluation."
-- Desia L. Bacon

Workshop Description

This one-day workshop is designed to address the dilemmas presented by those students from difficult environments and uneven parenting. Discussion, individual and group activity, and use of media will be learning vehicles. Areas of concern most often faced by school counselors and those working with youth will be highlighted.  Attendees will learn how to address a hostile parent, challenging and manipulative behavior, suicide, substance abuse, boundaries, classroom skills with high-risk students and family systems. 

Learning Objectives

• Learn identifiers for students who may be in need of intervention at difference levels of instruction and counseling.
• Discover how brain chemistry, environment and social culture affect high-risk students and families.
• Practice classroom/group/individual skills to use with high-risk students.
• Leave with a written plan for a dealing with a student in need of intervention.

Presenter
Karen Scholes Hayhurst, MA, LPC.  Karyn Hayhurst has provided training for the past 20 years in a broad range of areas across the state of Wyoming and surrounding areas.  Her interactive workshops educate participants -- and entertain them along the way. Hayhurst was one of the first licensed practical counselors in the state of Wyoming and has been in the school counseling field since 1983.

Schedule: Full-day training; 0.6 CEUs available to attendees

Cost: $2,500

To bring this professional development workshop to your district, send an e-mail to Mark Kuranz at mkuranz@schoolcounselor.org