Register now for this timely opportunity to be trained by Mike Paget, M.Ed.,
nationally acclaimed author and speaker, through this 90 minute, pre-recorded presentation.

Bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) has been one of the most common mental/behavioral health challenges identified in the past ten years. Some students suffer quietly – exhibiting few outward signs at school.  Others erupt with the frustrations from this intense and energy-draining condition – displaying distracting behaviors that can be very challenging to educators and other professionals who work with youth.

This webinar will provide information and answers:

• Recognizing the challenges of bipolar disorder
• Prevention tools to help students manage
• Behavioral and emotional support processes
• Instructional strategies to maximize success
• Partnering with families

We will review:

• Symptoms and characteristics
• Patterns of behavior
• Medical aspects of treatment
• Collaboration with the family
• Classroom issues
• Social and behavioral skills

Who Should Attend

• K-12 Classroom Educators
• Community Organization Workers
• School Counselors
• School Administrators
• School Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Behavioral Intervention Specialists

In children and adolescents, bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed as depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder or Asperger’s syndrome. Unlike adults, the mood disturbance is usually continuous – a mixture of mania and depression. Children and adolescents suffering from bi-polar disorder experience rapid and severe cycling of moods, perhaps many times during the day – with few periods of wellness.

These students may appear inflexible and extraordinarily irritable. They may lose their temper, argue, defy, annoy or blame. They may be hyperactive, touchy, angry or spiteful.  Some coping tools for educators include providing privacy and consistency, pre-planning, and giving relationship support. Those working with these youth need to understand the side effects of treatment and how to provide accommodations (such as reducing or deferring homework, maintaining a back-and-forth notebook between school and home, providing extended test time and practicing goal-setting with rewards, etc.) which can enable these students to flourish in a mainstream environment.

This informative 90-minute webinar will help you:

• Avoid Power Struggles
• Understand the Stages of Anger
• Respond when being attacked
• Practice careful communication
• Teach anger and impulse control skills
• Utilize creative emotion-reducing tactics
• Implement strategies to prevent outbursts and meltdowns

You Will Also Receive

Benefits from Taking this Webinar

• Effective Strategies – from a nationally recognized eduator.
• Efficient – No need to spend time arranging for and traveling to this seminar.
• Access PowerPoint™ Visuals – as Mike Paget progresses through the seminar. PowerPoint™ presentation will bemade available to you for your future reference when you register.
• Reproducibles – Handouts and worksheets will be made available to you when you register.

Potential Funding

Research-based, outcome-based continuing education opportunities from Developmental Resources may qualify for funding under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“Stimulus”) Grants; Title 1 Part A Targeted Assistance Program Grants; Perkins Professional Technical Education Grants; or IDEA Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Grants. Requirements vary from state to state.  Contact your local administrator.