Coming Up Next Week!
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.
“Scared Safe:” Parents and Families Preventing School Violence
This conversational training targets parents, family members, and loved ones with students in K-12 schools to empower them in their ability to help in the mission to prevent targeted school violence. This raw and eye opening training addresses those factors about which parents must be aware that may signal a child is at risk for engaging in violence. Strategies as to how to have those challenging conversations with our children will be explored. Parents will be confronted with the pitfalls of overvaluation and labeling our youth as “special” to prevent the fostering of unhealthy esteem and narcissism that contributes to poor coping skills, entitlement, bullying, and in extreme cases, violence. Moreover, the training aims to dispel myths about what contributes to school violence and the hysteria of these incredibly rare events being perceived as an epidemic. Parents and families will leave feeling more equipped to engage threat assessment and violence prevention strategies in the home, the Mecca of first line defense for prevention.
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.
In Depth with STAAR Accommodations
Come go in-depth with the accommodations that are approved for use on the STAAR test for ALL students. We will work through some of the accommodations and show examples of them in action.
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How Can Parents Help an Anxious Child?Anxiety is common for kids, especially at the start of a new school year. How can you tell when a child or teen is anxious and needs help? Click the image above to watch Dr. Joshua Essery as he reviews important signs to look for and how parents can help their children. Taken from Clarity Child Guidance Center | Understanding Secondary Trauma Stress – A Guide For Families When a child is injured or traumatized in some way, it’s not unusual for the parents to also experience some emotional impact from the trauma. This is called secondary traumatic stress, or STS, and it’s a form of persistent emotional distress that comes from dealing with your child’s trauma firsthand. Click the image above to read the full article. | What are the Warning Signs of Mental Illness? Click the image above to read the warning signs. |
How Can Parents Help an Anxious Child?
Anxiety is common for kids, especially at the start of a new school year. How can you tell when a child or teen is anxious and needs help? Click the image above to watch Dr. Joshua Essery as he reviews important signs to look for and how parents can help their children.
Taken from Clarity Child Guidance Center
Understanding Secondary Trauma Stress – A Guide For Families
Click the image above to read the full article.
What are the Warning Signs of Mental Illness?
Claudia Vargas-Ramirez Consultant, Education Service Center, Region 20
Claudia Vargas-Ramirez was born in San Antonio, TX. Both her parents and siblings emigrated from Mexico a year before she was born, thus Claudia proudly considers herself a first-generation American. Having more than 20 years of experience in education, her work has focused on enhancing Bilingual/ESL programs, instruction and leadership.
She is proud to be bilingual, bicultural and biliterate. Having attended San Antonio ISD's public schools, Claudia graduated from Lanier HS as Valedictorian. She got her B.A. in Latino Studies from Dartmouth College and later her Master's in Education Leadership from UTSA.
Her passion lies in educating our future generations and ensuring that ALL students receive equitable access to the educational system. She hopes to bring these strengths to continue growing the understanding that our educational communities must empower our families to empower our students.
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