SCHOOL COUNSELORS: Better Support Students' Mental Health Needs (Grades K-12) Presented by Jennifer Rogers Outstanding School Counselor and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for School Counselors Working With Students in Grades K-12: Elementary School Counselors, Middle School Counselors, High School Counselors, Program Specialists, School Psychologists, and Administrators

• Highly practical strategies to better support students' mental health needs
• Specific intervention strategies to address depression, anxiety, and disruptive behaviors
• Practical proven tools that can help you improve the mental health of your students whether working one-on-one, in small groups or with whole classes
• Receive an extensive digital resource handbook filled with dozens of valuable, ready-to-use interventions and prevention strategies that work

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Do you feel overwhelmed with the mental health needs at your school? Do you feel that what you were trained to do and what you are doing day-to-day are vastly different? Are you finding it difficult to meet the needs of implementing direct and indirect student services to meet the various mental health needs of your students (and staff)? Would you like to find strategies that can be easily implemented into your school counselor program? If so, this seminar was designed for you. Jennifer Rogers is a highly recognized national presenter, author and counselor who has worked with developing programming to meet ALL of your students' needs.

With over 20 years of experience as a school counselor and national presenter, Jennifer brings specialized experience in developing and implementing behavioral and social emotional programming and support for schools. Jennifer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who works in and out of schools to support the mental health needs of students through practical, proven strategies. Jennifer's extensive experience in K-12 districts brings to her seminars a realistic perspective for developing programs that provide prevention and intervention support for school counselors.

You will receive the comprehensive digital resource handbook, filled with practical strategies, ideas, and tools you can use the very next day to enhance your programming and meet the needs of your students. You will leave this seminar re-energized, less stressed and ready to structure your program to meet the mental health needs of all students.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

1. What Every School Counselor Should Know About Mental Health Issues in Schools
   Learn how to more easily identify and respond to mental health needs … Step-by-step practical strategies to strengthen your counseling program
2. Key Issues Impacting Student Mental Health – Depression, Anxiety and Disruptive Behaviors
   Learn how you may be unintentionally reinforcing behaviors … Walk away with ready-to-use solutions to more effectively address depression, anxiety and disruptive behaviors
3. Evidence-Based Strategies to Better Support Your Students
   The best, high-yield practices … Learn how to easily differentiate the behaviors and the techniques to work most effectively with your most challenging students
4. Better Supports for Responding to Secondary Trauma
   Learn how secondary trauma impacts your work and how it impacts the mental health needs of your students … Strategies for practical assessment and implementation of trauma-informed care
5. How to Develop Meaningful Guidance to Enhance Mental Health Literacy for Staff
   Discover innovative counseling practices aligned with ASCA standards, best practices to build understanding of common mental health issues in our students and how educators can support their students … Leave with tools to share with colleagues as you support each other in strengthening the mental health of your students
6. Boost the Well-Being of Your Students
   Reach even your hardest-to-reach students … Learn about the most crucial areas that help all your students
7. Practical Strategies to Increase the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Your Time With Students
   Discover more effective prevention strategies that more positively impact students' mental health … Decrease the behaviors that reduce your time with students that need you the most
8. Techniques for Short-Term Individual Counseling
   Expand your repertoire of interventions and strategies designed specifically for the important work you do with individual students
9. Strengthen Peer and Adult Interactions and Reduce Conflicts
   Identify key components to building more positive relationships … Reduce conflicts with updated strategies for positively impacting all interactions
10. Receive an Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
    Receive an extensive digital resource handbook filled with practical methods, ideas, and research-based strategies to use when supporting students' mental health needs

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

• Evidence-based counseling interventions to address students' mental health needs
• How to promote skill development to help students manage their behaviors and reactions
• Strategies to help students better understand and manage their emotions
• Effective strategies for working with students using a trauma-sensitive lens
• Innovative ways to support your students' mental health needs through individual or group counseling, classroom lessons, or social-emotional learning programs
• Three keys to developing positive relationships with your students
• Avoid student triggers that exacerbate negative behaviors
• Practical tools to strengthen students' social-emotional skills, conflict resolution and problem-solving skills while building more positive relationships
• Create a classroom environment where students feel safer and more supported
• De-escalate situations calmly and respectfully through using active listening, validating students' emotions, and offering choices
• Ideas and activities to provide students with opportunities to collaborate and build relationships
• Proven strategies to develop a stronger rapport with students
• Strengthen your collaboration with parents and your colleagues to better support students' mental health needs
• Stress management tips for you and your students
• Use of brain-based strategies to enhance student attention and learning
• Tools to help you be aware of your own mental health needs and different ways to seek support when needed … Discover how to develop self-care strategies that work for you

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

As a school counselor, I know firsthand how challenging our job has become because of the increase in mental health challenges our students are experiencing. My collaboration with school counselors like you, who are trying to support students who are struggling, led to the creation of this seminar.

Students who are struggling with their mental health may have difficulty regulating their emotions and behaviors. This can lead to disruptions in the classroom, as well as frustration and stress for teachers, students, and school counselors alike.

In this seminar, I will share practical techniques, strategies, and tips that you can immediately apply to improve the mental health of your students. I will also discuss how to create a more supportive and inclusive school environment for all students.

Here are just a few of the topics that will be covered:

• Understanding the different types of mental health challenges that students may face
• Identifying the signs and symptoms of mental health distress
• Developing strategies for supporting students' mental health in the classroom
• Creating a safe and supportive school environment
• Collaborating with parents and other professionals to support students' mental health needs

My goal for the day is for you to leave the seminar with a better understanding of how to support the mental health of your students and a toolkit of practical strategies that you can immediately put to use in your school.

Please join me to strengthen your toolkit, avoid common pitfalls, and leave with new resources. I am excited to help you create a more supportive and inclusive school environment for all of your students!

Sincerely,
Jennifer Rogers

P.S. You will leave this seminar with lots of practical ideas and an extensive digital resource handbook to help you implement the strategies as soon as you return to your school!

Who Should Attend

School Counselors Working With Students in Grades K-12: Elementary School Counselors, Middle School Counselors, High School Counselors, Program Specialists, School Psychologists, and Administrators

About BER Live Online Events

With the current health challenges, all BER in-person PD events are currently being presented in a Live Online format:

• Outstanding Instructors
  All programs are led by outstanding BER national trainers
• Extensive Resource Handbooks
  You'll have access to an extensive digital Resource Handbook before, during and after your seminar
• Highly Interactive
  You'll be able to ask questions in real time and interact with the instructor and other participants
• Program Guarantee
  As we have for 48 years, we guarantee the high quality of our programs. If you are not satisfied, we'll give you a 100% refund.

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

• Strategies for better supporting students' mental health needs, including those who are experiencing depression, anxiety or disruptive behaviors
• Teacher-tested, classroom-proven interventions
• Relationship building lessons to improve engagement and strengthen the mental health of your K-12 students
• Techniques for dealing with the increase in challenging mental health needs

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in enhancing their students' mental health needs.

Consultation Available
Jennifer Rogers will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

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