Welcome to our growing library of online teacher professional development courses regarding behavior management in children! With our over 40 years of combined experience we have developed several curated self-paced courses to help teachers, administrators, mental health professionals and parents gain a deeper understanding of how a child’s emotional development and maturity works; and, more importantly, what educational professionals and parents can do to manage behavior more effectively in order to help children grow in a healing way.
What Our Online Professional Development Courses Cover
Our courses cover a variety of topics that are either directly related to managing child behavior or are connected to managing child behavior within a professional context. The aim with most of our class is to give educational professionals the knowledge, language, permission, encouragement and courage to develop tools, plans, protocols, and strategies that best serve the child or student in question regarding behavior. Whether it is during a team meeting to discuss a behavior improvement plan or sitting with a challenging student to establish and maintain boundaries, we hope that when you have completed our online courses you have the tools and strategies to make a positive change in your school.
Teacher Online Development Courses Available Now
We have a number of online courses available for viewing now, with several currently in development. Each course targets a very specific issue or set of issues designed to empower your understanding of underlying concepts and enhance your ability to take action in order to solve challenging behavior issues. Here is what is available at the moment:
Healing Discipline
Healing Discipline: Finding Joy in Working with Challenging Students
Healing Discipline: Finding Joy in Working with Challenging Students
View Online CourseThe seminar will provide educators with a better understanding of children who have suffered from disruptive attachment and trauma which are often the root cause of inappropriate and/or out-of-control behavior in the classroom. In a fun and interactive way, participants learn that having an emotionally healing environment is about establishing healthy boundaries and building healthy relationships with students. As the educator develops skills and confidence in working with challenging students, they’ll feel more joy and success in their role. This leads to a deeper connection between the educator and student which will enhance the student’s emotional and academic growth. Although the seminar is geared toward educators, mental health professionals and parents will also benefit.
Educational Goals and Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Gain an understanding of healthy versus unhealthy childhood development and the impact it has on behavior.
- Gain a better understanding of the underlying causes of severe behavior including trauma, attachment, temperament, development and entitlement.
- Have a better understanding of how their own personal history impacts interactions with others as well as the students and clients they work with.
- Learn how good relationships, healthy boundaries, and effective communication can improve behavior and foster emotional healing in students and clients.
- Learn practical strategies and healthy discipline techniques that can immediately be implemented in classrooms.
Healing Discipline
Healing Discipline: Part 2, The Joy Continues
Healing Discipline: Part 2, The Joy Continues
This class is for those who have taken our first course: “Healing Discipline: Finding Joy in Working with Challenging Students.” In this training, we will spend time exploring our needs, priorities, emotional triggers, and roadblocks that get in the way of taking care of ourselves. As we delve deeper into understanding ourselves, we can more easily set boundaries with students, form healthy relationships with students and colleagues, and develop strong teams. When educators have a better understanding of themselves, they are less likely to take student behavior personally; therefore, they can make connections and set healthy boundaries that can lead to healing for their students. We will review Healing Discipline Strategies and learn additional techniques for managing student behavior. Participants will have the opportunity to create Healing Discipline Behavior Plans they can immediately implement in their classrooms.
We encourage participants to take Healing Discipline: Finding Joy in Working with Challenging Students prior to this training.
Educational Goals and Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Increase self-acceptance as well as develop confidence in yourself and your skills.
- Review Healing Discipline Strategies and learn more advanced techniques to apply in the classroom.
- Gain more self-awareness.
- Understand the “Road Blocks” that get in the way of taking care of yourself, and how to overcome the “Road Blocks” and set healthy boundaries with students.
- Learn how to create Healing Discipline Behavior Plans that you can take back and use in your classroom and school(s).
- Understand the importance of maintaining expectations for difficult students.
- Learn how to be a better communicator with your school team.
Healing Discipline
Healing Discipline in a Nut Shell: Causes of Shocking Misbehavior and What You Can Do
Healing Discipline in a Nut Shell: Causes of Shocking Misbehavior and What You Can Do
View Online CourseUnderstand the root causes of shocking misbehavior in the classroom and simple, practical steps you can implement today.
In this 2 1/2 hour, 13 part video training course, participants will get a introduction to causes of severe behavior, the healing environment and strategies for working with students with severe emotional and behavioral problems.
Objectives for the one day training:
- Participants will learn what a Healing Environment is.
- Participants will gain a better understanding of the underlying causes of severe behavior, which includes trauma, attachment, development, temperament, and entitlement.
- Techniques will be learned on how to manage disciplinary problems in the classroom.
Healing Discipline
What is a Healing Environment?
What is a Healing Environment?
This short course introduces the healing environment. Participants will take a test to know what they naturally bring to the healing environment. Participants will also learn what a healing environment looks like for children with severe emotional and behavioral problems. Understanding what children need will help participants put appropriate behavior strategies in place.
This course combines our modules on the Healing Environment in one easy to access format.
Healing Discipline
Underlying Causes of Severe Behavior and Emotional Problems: Why are we Seeing So Much Misbehavior
Underlying Causes of Severe Behavior and Emotional Problems: Why are we Seeing So Much Misbehavior
View Online CourseThis short course will provide a better understanding of children who have suffered from disruptive attachment, trauma, and entitlement, which are often the root cause of inappropriate and/or out-of-control behavior in the classroom. Participants will also learn how healthy and unhealthy development impacts behavior. With this understanding, the educator can implement appropriate behavior strategies.
This course combines our modules on the the underlying causes of severe behavior in one easy to access format.
Healing Discipline
Developing Strong Relationships with Your Students
Developing Strong Relationships with Your Students
This course focuses exclusively on how to develop deep, healthy connections with students. The teacher-student relationship is the foundation of any behavioral change. Relationship-building strategies when working with students with challenging behaviors will also be covered. Students can not heal from trauma, entitlement, disruptive attachment without healthy relationships
This course combines our modules on relationship building in one easy to access format.
Healing Groups
Introduction to Boundaries: Whose Responsibility is it?
Introduction to Boundaries: Whose Responsibility is it?
View Online CourseTo set healthy boundaries, we need to understand our responsibilities and roles. We also should know our personal boundaries within those responsibilities and when we are taking on someone else’s responsibility, role, or job. In this module, we will discuss roles and responsibilities, and if we are taking on someone else’s responsibility, how and when to politely hand it back.
Healing Discipline
How to Set Boundaries and Structure with Students Who are Out of Control
How to Set Boundaries and Structure with Students Who are Out of Control
Setting boundaries with students can be a challenge. Knowing how to do this in a healing way with children with severe behavior and emotional issues takes extra skill, technique, and self-awareness. We cover several strategies that are easy to implement and help students develop emotional regulation and self-control, which will help them be successful. As the educator develops skills and confidence in working with challenging students, they’ll feel more joy and success in their role.
This course combines our modules on boundary setting in one easy to access format.
Healing Groups
The Five-Minute Plan (a structured time-out)
The Five-Minute Plan (a structured time-out)?
View Online CourseSetting boundaries with students can be a challenge. Knowing how to do this in a healing way with children with severe behavior and emotional issues takes extra skill, technique, and self-awareness. We cover one strategy that is easy to implement and help students develop emotional regulation and self-control, which will help them be successful.
This course reviews the 5 minute reset strategy.
Healing Discipline
Adult Self-Control and Self-Care
Adult Self-Control and Self-Care
In this training, we will spend time exploring our needs, priorities, emotional triggers, and roadblocks that get in the way of taking care of ourselves. As we delve deeper into understanding ourselves, we can more easily set boundaries with students, form healthy relationships with students and colleagues, and develop strong teams. When educators have a better understanding of themselves, they are less likely to take student behavior personally; therefore, they can make connections and set healthy boundaries that can lead to healing for their students.
This course combines our modules on adult self control and self care in one easy to access format.
Healing Groups
Developing School Teams that Promote Student Healing
Developing School Teams that Promote Student Healing
View Online CourseIt takes a team when working with and teaching children with severe behavior and emotional issues, and being a good communicator is an essential element to the team process. Educators will learn how to communicate their thoughts and feelings and be able to work with others who may have a different point of view. This package will cover what is a team in the educational setting, how to manage team disagreements, and how to deal with undermining from team members.
This course combines our modules on teaming and team building in one easy to access format.
Continuing Professional Education and Development Hours
Our online courses qualify for continuing education and professional development credit hours. Our two main courses provide college credit! With our certificate of completion, our classes will contribute to your required hours in order to keep your license up-to-date. Once you complete your chosen course, we can verify the completion and provide you with the certificate for presentation to your respective state board. They are accredited through Northwest Nazarene University and are currently valid in the following states:
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
We are in the process of adding new states to the list. If your state was not listed please check with your state department of education and/or check back periodically as we update this list for time-to-time.
Depending on your situation, it may not be clear which course is appropriate for you to take. No problem! Contact us and we can help you to make the right choice. Even if we determine that our program may not be helpful to your situation, we hope to point you in the right direction to get the help that you need. We are available via email at info@healingchildren.com or via phone at 1-888-311-1883.
