SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMS

Schools are where the kids are.  15-20% of kids have mental health problems.  These problems not interfere with learning for these children, but their problems also affect school learning and achievement for their classmates.  So why do we not have more programs that provide state-of-the-art training programs in "evidence-based" interventions for helping children in our schools?

At the REACH Institute, we have worked over the last 7 years with school principals, superintendents, school psychologists, school mental health researchers, teachers, school counselors, nurses, and other educational professionals to identify the very best of proven methods that help children learn more, and learn faster in their schools, as well as special programs coaching teachers, playground supervisors, and principals how to improve classroom and playground behavior, increase children's attention and time on task, reduce bullying and school violence, and improve early identification and low-cost screening of children with mental health problems in schools.

MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING COURSES

REACH now offers training courses for school mental health and educational professionals in how to deliver proven strategies shown to help our children and our school environments.  These easy-to-use intervention methods include the Good Behavior Game, the Olweus Anti-Bullying Program, and different forms of school-based psychotherapies (CBT, etc.) for children with trauma, disruptive disorders, aggression, anxiety, depression, and off-task behavior.

THE GOOD BEHAVIOR GAME

One big problem faced by many teachers is "crowd control".  How does a teacher effectively exert personal influence over a large group of children who are being asked to do things that do not at all come naturally, sit for long periods in a chair, subject themselves to artificial light, refrain from talking to other child, attend to an adult who is 15'-20' away who is talking about things that do not seem immediately interesting?  How does a teacher exert this degree of personal influence on children?  The skill is often called "classroom management."  The Good Behavior Game is one highly effective means for a teacher to put an efficacious classroom management strategy into place, using a game format. Teachers will typically need one day of face-to-face training, and ongoing follow-up and support for any problems they encounter along the way, when implementing this program. Both the initial period of teacher training, plus the ongoing problem-solving support, are available through the REACH Institute.  Teacher Good Behavior Game supervisors can also be employees of the school itself, allowing this supervisor to coach the new teacher in this form of classroom management, observe any implementation problems, and problem-solve with the teacher when obstacles or difficulties are encountered.

Click on the link "Contact" either here or at the bottom of the webpage below to send a message to REACH staff, and will provide you dates and details.