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and now share your strategies as part of my new teacher training each year.
Your workshop ranks as my number one ever in all my years of education."
"Nice to sit in a workshop where the instructor knows Job Corps.
It fit our setting. Finally, after 23 years of workshops, someone gets it."
"Five hours in L.A. gridlock. Your information brought me back."
"All youth workers should be exposed to this."
"I've visited your site, attended workshops,
bought materials, and depended on your information for over ten years now. The training I attended
was excellent, eye opening. Thanks for all that you do for us out here on the front lines."
"Can't wait to share your ideas with our staff.
I loved the way you tailored the interventions to the type of student.
It was refreshing to finally attend a workshop where the presenter
actually presented and didn't fill the workshop with
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"We were desperate. Now there's hope."
"4 years ago I took a group of teachers to your workshop.
It changed my life. I gained a new understanding of the students I work with
and now share your strategies as part of my new teacher training each year.
Your workshop ranks as my number one ever in all my years of education."
"Nice to sit in a workshop where the instructor knows Job Corps.
It fit our setting. Finally, after 23 years of workshops, someone gets it."
"Five hours in L.A. gridlock. Your information brought me back."
"All youth workers should be exposed to this."
"I've visited your site, attended workshops,
bought materials, and depended on your information for over ten years now. The training I attended
was excellent, eye opening. Thanks for all that you do for us out here on the front lines."
"Can't wait to share your ideas with our staff.
I loved the way you tailored the interventions to the type of student.
It was refreshing to finally attend a workshop where the presenter
actually presented and didn't fill the workshop with
'touchy feely' activities with little relevance."
"Your workshop is an eye-opener."
"What Can I say, but 'thank you' for everything. You guys are the best.
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Unless you're a mental health professional, you can't diagnose the disorders featured in this article. But
you've never been able to diagnose other disorders-- like ADHD, for example--
but you most certainly have learned how to fine tune how you work with youngsters you believe could
have that difficulty. Using that type of adjustment process of
carefully tailoring your interventions without diagnosing will work for any mental health disorder that you think you
might be encountering. While a diagnosis from a mental health worker would be incredibly
useful, you can still work successfully with severely unmanageable youngsters either way. There are two major
mental health disorders that characterize the most extremely misbehaved students. Some youngsters have
Oppositional-Defiant Disorder. That is a mental health diagnosis that
describes kids that have consciences but sometimes act
like they don't. This diagnosis can only be applied by
a mental health professional but will be very important
for any youth worker to know about and understand. This
diagnosis is far more hopeful than the second disorder, "Conduct Disorder,"
which means the child lacks a conscience and a real
capacity for relationships. While the oppositional-defiant child (ODD) may also appear to have little
conscience or relationship capacity, you may be able to
improve that difficulty with the right approach and methods. With
conduct disorder (CD), such improvement isn't
possible.
WHAT DOES OPPOSITIONAL-DEFIANT DISORDER LOOK LIKE?
THE 3 AREAS OF HELP FOR ODD YOUTH
STRATEGIES TO STIMULATE OR SIMULATE THE CONSCIENCE
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Best of all:
on-site classes are both effective and surprisingly affordable!
Where in the World
These unusually powerful books are all it takes to turnaround your troubled and challenging students right now.
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Click for details.
"We were desperate. Now there's hope."
"4 years ago I took a group of teachers to your workshop.
It changed my life. I gained a new understanding of the students I work with
and now share your strategies as part of my new teacher training each year.
Your workshop ranks as my number one ever in all my years of education."
"Nice to sit in a workshop where the instructor knows Job Corps.
It fit our setting. Finally, after 23 years of workshops, someone gets it."
"Five hours in L.A. gridlock. Your information brought me back."
"All youth workers should be exposed to this."
"I've visited your site, attended workshops,
bought materials, and depended on your information for over ten years now. The training I attended
was excellent, eye opening. Thanks for all that you do for us out here on the front lines."
"Can't wait to share your ideas with our staff.
I loved the way you tailored the interventions to the type of student.
It was refreshing to finally attend a workshop where the presenter
actually presented and didn't fill the workshop with
'touchy feely' activities with little relevance."
"Your workshop is an eye-opener."
"What Can I say, but 'thank you' for everything. You guys are the best.
Let me know if there is anything that I can do to repay you guys for your services."
For more than two decades, I have criss-crossed North American training teachers, counselors,
principals and other youth workers to better understand and assist
troubled youth and children. I'm Ruth Herman Wells, M.S., Director of Youth Change.
For all those years, I have been saying over and over, in school after school, in city after city, that
anguish can easily become rage. However, the media continues to simplistically lump together all
students who engage in serious school violence such as school shootings, and repeatedly names bullying
as the sole cause of the extreme behavior. That over-simplified sound
bite has made my job much harder because bullying is often not the
sole-- or even primary-- contributing force that spurred tragedy.
The central force was the developing rage and on-going depression. The simplistic
focus on bullying means that quiet anguish that doesn't involve bullying,
can more easily pass unnoticed by adults and any opportunity for prevention is lost. It is very discouraging that
in my workshops, most teachers, principals, counselors, and other youth workers do
cite bullying as the main cause of school shootings.
In the 2005 Minnesota case, the young shooter was a pressure cooker.
The signs of depression, alienation and frustration were there to see;
and bullying may not have been a factor at all. It is time for youth
professionals to refine how they view school shooters. By subscribing
to media characterizations that over-emphasize bullying, youth workers are
more likely to miss the most important clues: depression, anguish and frustration.
These powerhouse emotions can easily occur without any bullying.
If you want to become better prepared to notice and understand
youngsters who are human pressure cookers, there is only one option. If
your background does not include mental health basics, now is the time to
upgrade your skills. Concern about a potential tragedy at your site is not
the sole reason that non-mental health workers must finally broaden their
expertise. The real reason that these youth professionals must become
more skilled in basic mental health methods is that for every sad child
who does pick up a gun, there are hundreds more who struggle and
suffer more quietly. We now know that by 2005 there were at least 700 of them
in Texas.
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Children in Oregon have also confessed distress in that state's essay
exam. Some of those sad stories lacked proper punctuation, or
had sub-standard sentence structure, and ultimately
received failing grades. A child tells of beatings or a recent rape,
or writes of homelessness, or a lost parent. Not only will the cry for
help fail to be answered, the cry for help itself is graded as failing.
In 2005 in Texas, a student died the day before the state-wide
exam was scheduled. The school staff asked to delay the exam to allow the
children time to grieve. The students were nonetheless required to
take the test, seated next to the empty desk of their newly dead
friend and classmate.
High stakes testing mania has become the center of the education
universe. It consumes countless dollars, devours teachers' time, and
diminishes the importance of every other educational activity. If a
teacher wants to keep her job, she must produce the right testing
numbers. With eyes firmly focused on testing, teachers are left
precious little time to even think, never mind notice children's anguish.
Testing is most certainly not the cause of this country's problems
with extreme school violence, but testing has most certainly contributed to the
problem. Flunking cry for help essays, compelling testing even hours after death, and our
relentless pursuit of magic numbers are just a few of the ways that we
sacrifice children's humanity to the gods of testing. If we put a mere
10% of the effort we devote to testing mania, into noticing and helping
deeply troubled children, perhaps we could stop some of the shootings
before they occur. Further, since you can't push profoundly
distressed children to perform well on tests anyway, perhaps by
noticing and attending to the distress, many sad children would
accomplish more academically.
How do you know if your team is properly noticing and helping
distressed students? Further below is a quick litmus test to
determine if your team has a solid, basic mental health knowledge
base, plus the inclination and willingness to notice deeply
depressed youngsters who might one day explode; brief answers
are provided as applicable:
1. Can your staff name the 3 students at highest risk of engaging
in extreme violence?
2. Conventional behavior management methods don't work with the three students
identified in Question #1. Does your staff know how they must
intervene differently with each of those three types of students?
3. Can your staff name the symptoms of major, clinical depression,
and the three methods that work best to prevent explosive rage?
4. Can your staff name the most important methods to use-- and not use-- with
conduct disordered students?
5. Is there a mechanism at your site or within your community to
ensure that all children are noticed by their teacher, mentor or
other adult so that warning signs (like violent website postings,
essays expressing distress, threatening remarks, alienation, and desperation) are not missed?
6. Candidly speaking, what would your staff say is the highest
priority at your site?
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"We were desperate. Now there's hope."
"4 years ago I took a group of teachers to your workshop.
It changed my life. I gained a new understanding of the students I work with
and now share your strategies as part of my new teacher training each year.
Your workshop ranks as my number one ever in all my years of education."
"Nice to sit in a workshop where the instructor knows Job Corps.
It fit our setting. Finally, after 23 years of workshops, someone gets it."
"Five hours in L.A. gridlock. Your information brought me back."
"All youth workers should be exposed to this."
"I've visited your site, attended workshops,
bought materials, and depended on your information for over ten years now. The training I attended
was excellent, eye opening. Thanks for all that you do for us out here on the front lines."
"Can't wait to share your ideas with our staff.
I loved the way you tailored the interventions to the type of student.
It was refreshing to finally attend a workshop where the presenter
actually presented and didn't fill the workshop with
'touchy feely' activities with little relevance."
"Your workshop is an eye-opener."
"What Can I say, but 'thank you' for everything. You guys are the best.
Let me know if there is anything that I can do to repay you guys for your services."
Schools expect a wide range of skills from students, from
attendance and punctuality to recognizing the value of education,
from showing respect for the teacher to wearing appropriate attire, from
chair-sitting skills to homework management skills, and from class discussion skills to interacting with peers.
Can you imagine what would happen if schools expected students to know academic skills that were never taught?
A plan like that could only end in disaster-- but everyday,
If schools did teach kids School Skills, what would it look like? Below is a quick glimpse of
School Skills Training 101: How to Be
a Student, the most important class that schools never offer.
Teach
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Teach
Teach
Teach
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These unusually powerful books are all it takes to turnaround your troubled and challenging students right now.
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Click for details.
"We were desperate. Now there's hope."
"4 years ago I took a group of teachers to your workshop.
It changed my life. I gained a new understanding of the students I work with
and now share your strategies as part of my new teacher training each year.
Your workshop ranks as my number one ever in all my years of education."
"Nice to sit in a workshop where the instructor knows Job Corps.
It fit our setting. Finally, after 23 years of workshops, someone gets it."
"Five hours in L.A. gridlock. Your information brought me back."
"All youth workers should be exposed to this."
"I've visited your site, attended workshops,
bought materials, and depended on your information for over ten years now. The training I attended
was excellent, eye opening. Thanks for all that you do for us out here on the front lines."
"Can't wait to share your ideas with our staff.
I loved the way you tailored the interventions to the type of student.
It was refreshing to finally attend a workshop where the presenter
actually presented and didn't fill the workshop with
'touchy feely' activities with little relevance."
"Your workshop is an eye-opener."
"What Can I say, but 'thank you' for everything. You guys are the best.
Let me know if there is anything that I can do to repay you guys for your services."
HOW CAN I TELL THE DIFFERENCE
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WHAT ARE SOME METHODS TO HELP CHILDREN
WHAT OTHER METHODS CAN YOU SUGGEST
WHAT DO I SAY TO VERY FRIGHTENED CHILDREN ABOUT FEAR
WHAT DO I DO IF NONE OF THESE IDEAS WORK
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Bring the popular Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel
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Your staff name the problems; we deliver hundreds of ready-to-use,
problem-stopping answers.
For more information on affordable on-site presentations, click here,
click here to email us, or call 1-800-545-5736.
Don't forget:
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grad credit and no-charge clock
hours.
It's easy to use the workshop
as a dynamite fund raiser; click to find out more.
Best of all:
on-site classes are both effective and surprisingly affordable!
Where in the World
These unusually powerful books are all it takes to turnaround your troubled and challenging students right now.
Available as paperbacks and instant ebooks, $15-$28.
Click for details.
"We were desperate. Now there's hope."
"4 years ago I took a group of teachers to your workshop.
It changed my life. I gained a new understanding of the students I work with
and now share your strategies as part of my new teacher training each year.
Your workshop ranks as my number one ever in all my years of education."
"Nice to sit in a workshop where the instructor knows Job Corps.
It fit our setting. Finally, after 23 years of workshops, someone gets it."
"Five hours in L.A. gridlock. Your information brought me back."
"All youth workers should be exposed to this."
"I've visited your site, attended workshops,
bought materials, and depended on your information for over ten years now. The training I attended
was excellent, eye opening. Thanks for all that you do for us out here on the front lines."
"Can't wait to share your ideas with our staff.
I loved the way you tailored the interventions to the type of student.
It was refreshing to finally attend a workshop where the presenter
actually presented and didn't fill the workshop with
'touchy feely' activities with little relevance."
"Your workshop is an eye-opener."
"What Can I say, but 'thank you' for everything. You guys are the best.
Let me know if there is anything that I can do to repay you guys for your services."
Everyone at Youth Change Workshops is so excited that in January, 2011, our Director, Ruth Herman Wells was rated
by SpeakerWiki as the #3 Elementary Education Speaker and #7 High School Ed Speaker in the U.S. She was
also rated #8 of all Education Administrator Speakers.
Me? Flunk English? That's Unpossible!
Just write this sentence on the board, then let the students
discuss it: "WiLl YOu RealY NevER ned a diPlOmA?" You
may also repeat this exercise with this sentence: "Me? Flunk
English? That's unpossible!" (The second sentence is
from the cartoon show, "The Simpsons".) Ask your students
to create other sentences like the two shown above. Also,
you can ask your students to imagine how signs might be read
by someone who hasn't learned to read very well. For example,
ask them to imagine signs at the airport you better be able to
read. They will devise many funny but provocative scenarios. Now
that students see more value in reading and school, discuss with them
how serious misbehavior at school keeps them from learning the information
that they now acknowledge they need.
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The Old Switcheroo Works Every Time
This is a very cagey intervention that reveals exactly who is the
real problem.
Make a list of problems that adults can have at work and in the
community, such as "Mr. Frank is frequently late to work. Mr.
Frank is angry at the boss for docking him pay for the time he's
late, saying it is the boss's fault he loses money." Ask your
students to determine who is accountable for the problem.
Students will indicate that Mr. Frank is accountable. After the
students determine adults are accountable in each scenario,
present them with a second list of scenarios. This list should be
exactly the same as the first list, but substitute youngsters
for adults in each situation. Next, ask your group members to
determine accountability. It may make for an interesting
discussion, and provoke some new thinking. Few students will
anticipate the old switcheroo. That's what gives this intervention
so much power and impact. That's what makes this intervention
work when more conventional strategies fail.
Live Through This-- If You Can
Some students are very negative about school because
they consider it to be a waste. Here is a fun intervention
to show students that education may be essential. Have students
write down the types of problems that an adult might have to
deal with during one really bad day, then have them
determine how many of these activities use skills learned
in school. Your group will notice that education is needed to solve or
manage all or most of the
problems that happen to adults on really bad days.
Include problems like the refrigerator is a bit warm,
the car seems to slide for some reason on the wet road,
and the bank says that your checking account is overdrawn.
The Texting Surgeon and the Distractible Pilot
Ask students to list their "dream jobs". Write the responses
in a column on the board. Make a second column and ask the students to
list problem behaviors that young people sometimes do. Include answers like
swear, become distracted, and not follow directions. Next, draw a line from
a dream job to a problem behavior. Ask the students to discern what could happen
if the worker used the problem behavior. So, for example, what could happen if an airplane
pilot didn't follow the air traffic controller's instructions? Another example: What could
happen if a surgeon became distracted? Assist students to realize that problem behaviors
can cause significant, even deadly consequences in many jobs, especially many of the jobs they
describe as desirable. Ask the group to discuss how behavior problems at school will become
behavior problems at work unless students decide to improve their conduct now. For students
who say "I will just behave better on the job," challenge them to demonstrate those skills now by
using only acceptable behavior for the next three months.
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Make the 1 or 2 day investment that delivers year-long results.
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Your staff name the problems; we deliver hundreds of ready-to-use,
problem-stopping answers.
For more information on affordable on-site presentations, click here,
click here to email us, or call 1-800-545-5736.
Don't forget:
We can arrange $55 college
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It's easy to use the workshop
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Best of all:
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It's amazing how rough life is on kids, and it seems to especially be girls.
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Her parents are
into drugs, in and out of prison. She couch hops through friends' houses so she can play sports because the last bus out of town is at 7. Now her sister wants her to change to a new high school, where she doesn't know anyone. It's hard to see kids under so much stress. Sadly, this is an epidemic. I'm not sure if girls are just more vocal about what's wrong in their life or if affects them more, but this is the fifth or sixth girl I've taught that has had just a dismal life, and has a hard time dealing with just the daily stresses of what school and friends bring. Of those 5 or 6 girls, I can only think of one or two that have escaped the calamity of their surrounding to do something. I hope this new girl ends up making it. I'll do my best to see services start coming her way, but the cycle of discover, help, and fail is hard to take."
Many of you can relate to the comments above, sent by a high school special ed teacher. His comments are especially true right now.
When government faces hard economic times, service cuts are inevitable. Often, cuts to services disproportionately affect
girls versus boys. When boys are troubled, they often act out in ways that affect the community. When girls are troubled, they
often act out in ways that the community may not even notice. Boys may slash tires, girls may slash their wrists. The boy
will leave behind angry victims demanding the child's behavior be addressed and controlled. The girl will have no one
demanding anything on her behalf. When budget cuts come, they are not dispersed across the continuum of children's
services. In tough economic times, girls tend to take the brunt of service reductions. In all classes of services, girls
receive fewer services, less intense services, for less time, and they're served later in life than their male counterparts. There
is no indication that girls have fewer problems than boys; all indicators suggest they may have more. So, in today's difficult
economic times, where services for young females are very limited, it is imperative that everyone who works with youth, have gender-proficient strategies for girls. One-gender-fits-all strategies fit no one, so here are some gender-proficient strategies
crafted especially for girls.
Gender-Proficient Solutions for Troubled Girls
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Gender-Proficient Solutions for Troubled Girls
Finding help for troubled girls in these difficult economic times is tougher than ever. If you're not
a trained mental health professional, it's never wise to attempt to provide therapy when you can't
find qualified help for a girl who is struggling. Instead of offering therapy without having the necessary training,
attempt instead to be a bridge for the girl until help can be found. Here is a strategy that may
help without becoming as personal and intimate as a therapy techniques. When a girl is struggling to find her way, and
feels lost and uncertain, offer her this guideline: Find a course of action that is good for the girl and
good for others. This mantra helps train the girl to habitually choose actions that avoid self-harm. You can
vary this strategy by having the girl identify someone she admires, and imagine What Would X Do?, and emulate
that. Another variation on the first strategy: Say "no" to bad thoughts. The girl can imagine erasing or
canceling upsetting thoughts so she can concentrate on school and other critical activities. All these strategies
are just stopgap measures until qualified help can be found; ultimately severe problems will necessitate
professional intervention if the girl is to avoid lasting consequences.
Gender-Proficient Solutions for Troubled Girls
Studies suggest that depression may affect girls at a higher rate than boys. While skilled help would be
optimal, you can offer some interim assistance so that your girls can improve their skills
coping with adversity without being overwhelmed by depression.
Here are a few interventions that both mental health workers and
others can use. Be sure to follow your site's rules about reporting safety issues if you have any concerns
that a girl may be at risk of harm.
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schools throughout North America expect children to use School Skills
that they were never taught. Unsurprisingly, many youngsters fail to perform these untaught skills, and
that is a big part of why there are so many serious, persistent behavior problems in today's schools. Having never
been taught essential School Skills, it is inevitable that violence, bullying,
work refusal, tardiness, dropping out, truancy, disrespect, and misconduct dominate many classrooms and
campuses.
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Distressed boys often act out, but distressed girls often "act in," meaning that the girl
hurts herself rather than hurting other people or property. Teen pregnancy is just one
of many ways that girls can act in. Here is an amazingly effective,
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