Mental Health Challenges of the 21st Century Classroom

Description

PEDC 9176 Mental Health Challenges of the 21st Century Classroom

3 Graduate Level or Inservice Credits/ 45 hours Instructor: Michelle Rosenoff  April 1-29, May 1-30, July 1-30, August 1-30, November 1-30, January 3-30

University of the Pacific

This course will look at the many different mental health challenges that our young people face everyday.  Course topics will include, but not be limited to depression, anxiety, and suicide. This course will help educators identify warning signs in the classroom and then offer strategies for helping these students.   This course will enable all K-12 educators to incorporate mental health education into their own curriculum using the social, emotional learning standards of self-awareness, resource management and relationships.

This course is relevant to all who work in schools with children ages in both regular and special education settings. This course has been designed for all school administrators, regular and special education teachers (grades K-12 and ages 5 to 21), special area teachers (gym, art, music, technology) school psychologists, school counselors, guidance counselors, social workers, speech and language therapists or speech pathologists and occupational or physical therapists.