Janet Palmerston – Oppositional, Defiant Disruptive Students – PSFTMCCB

Janet Palmerston - Oppositional, Defiant Disruptive Students - PSFTMCCB

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Description

Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, anxiety, depression and disruptive disorders provide extra challenges at school. Purchase this recording and learn new, effective strategies for your students’ most challenging behaviors including:

Tantrums
Running out/away
Noncompliance
Nagging
Refusing to work/help
Yelling/screaming
Bullying
Panic/anxiety reactions
Lack of follow through
Not following directions

You will walk away with immediate interventions for out of control behaviors and techniques for emotional regulation along with long-term strategies to help kids at school. Janet K. Palmerston, Ph.D., is a clinical expert and has worked with the most challenging kids both in clinical and school settings. Through the use of case studies and action oriented handouts, you will finish this program with solutions to turn your most challenging kids around.

Handouts

Manual – Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Students (1.7 MB) 70 Pages Available after Purchase Illinois Educators Self-study Instructions (28.5 KB) Available after Purchase Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB) Available after Purchase

Outline

Behaviors that Make Us Crazy

Tantrums
Running out/away
Disrespect/talking back
Nagging
Refusing to work/help
Yelling/screaming
Bullying
Truancy/skipping
Lack of follow through
Not following directions

Disorders

Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ADHD
Depression
Anxiety disorders
Conduct disorder

Observational Assessment

The Functions of Behavior made easy
Fear-based (Fight, Flight, Freeze or Submit)
- Escape
- Attention
- Sensory
- Pain
- Control

Mental Health Disorder or Behavior Problem

The power of skilled observations
The interview
Comparison to the group
The FBA-Incredibly powerful assessment tool

Effective Strategies Part I

Proactive
- Behavior plans
- Motivational incentives
- Set the stage for success
- Remember the initial goal
- Appropriately address the functions of the behavior
Reactive
- Corrective measures
- It’s like playing chess in a tornado

Effective Strategies Part II

Specific Strategies for the Following Behavioral Challenges:
- Tantruns
- Running out/away
- Disrespect/talking back
- Nagging
- Refusing to work/help
- Yelling/screaming
- Bullying
- Truancy/skipping
- Lack of follow through
- Not following directions

Effective Strategies Part III

Specific Strategies related to:
- ODD
- ADHD
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Working with unsafe behaviors

Special Populations & Circumstances

Asperger’s disorder
Divorce, separation
Abuse and neglect
Parent misbehavior
Foster care

Faculty

Janet Palmerston

Dr. Janet K. Palmerston, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in the states of Georgia and Oklahoma. Dr. Palmerston received her undergraduate degree in secondary education from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas and her master’s degree in counseling from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Dr. Palmerston received her doctorate in psychology from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After completing her doctorate, Dr. Palmerston completed a post-doctoral program in school neuropsychology and became a diplomate of the American Board of School Neuropsychology.

Dr. Palmerston has over 25 years of experience working in the field of psychology serving clients from ages 3 to 99. She currently works with LifeSource, Inc. providing direct psychological services to clients and serving as the Regional Director the state of Georgia. Dr. Palmerston has worked in a variety of settings including an inpatient psychological hospital treatment facility, psychoeducational center, preschool assessment center, public school settings, skilled nursing facilities, alternative school settings, and as a private practitioner. She specializes in interventions for ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Memory Issues, Social Skills, Executive Functioning, and Emotional Disorders. Dr. Palmerston’s treatment approach focuses on providing clients effective alternatives to psychotropics. Techniques utilized include cognitive behavior therapy, cognitive restructuring, biofeedback, behavioral modification, relaxation therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, solution-focused brief therapy, and neurofeedback.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Janet Palmerston has an employment relationship with LifeSource, Inc. She is an adjunct faculty at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Dr. Parikh receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Janet Palmerston is a member of the Georgia Association of School Psychologists.