Tri-State Webinar: PEERSĀ® Part 2: Strategies for Handling Teasing/Bullying

by TASN Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports (ATBS)

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February 28, 2018 from 4:30 to 5:15 pm
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Course description

Description: Teasing/bullying among youth has been on the rise in recent years, and tends to be particularly problematic during adolescent years. This seminar will help you Identify the differences between complex forms of bullying among youth. You will be given concrete strategies derived from the widely popular UCLA PEERS® evidence-based social skills program for teens and young adults for handling teasing, physical bullying, cyberbullying, and rumors/gossip for peer-rejected youth. Within the framework of solid research evidence about what works and what doesn’t work socially, attendees will be given easy-to-use strategies to assist young people with peer conflict and rejection.

At the end of this seminar, participants will be familiar with:

  1. Handling teasing

  2. Handling physical bullying

  3. Handing cyberbullying

  4. Minimizing rumors and gossip

Who should attend: Administrators, general education teachers, specialist teachers, family members, paraprofessionals, special education professionals, and related service providers.

Presenter Information: Aarti Nair, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow with the UCLA Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center and the UCLA PEERS® Clinic at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. As a fellow for the PEERS® Clinic, Dr. Nair co-facilitates the PEERS® for Preschoolers social skills training groups and serves as an intake clinician under the mentorship of Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson.

Learning Objectives

Refund Policy

Registration may be cancelled up to 14 days prior to the event for a full refund. Cancellations received within 14 days of the event will not be refunded. No-show registrations will also not be refunded.

Details

DATE & TIME
February 28, 2018 from 4:30 to 5:15 pm
This webinar is offered twice on the date scheduled from 3:00 - 3:45 and 4:30 - 5:15 pm CT.
LOCATION
Zoom
FORMAT
Meet Online 0.75 Professional Learning Contact Hours
PROVIDER(S)
TASN Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports (ATBS)
CONTACT
Amanda Timmerman
303-866-6969
TRAINER
Aarti, Nair, Ph.D.
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

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