Description
This course will enable you to:
- Understand the complexity of adolescent mental health diagnoses
- Appreciate the interplay between therapy, medication and behavioral techniques
- Gain specific strategies for supporting students with ADHD, mood disorders, depression, and conduct disorder
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Erin – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This course gave very detailed information about different mental health issues that affect students and provided clear strategies that teacher can utilize to better support those students’ diverse needs.
Carla Mae – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Clear and helpful.
Joyce – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
good info
Bricia – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
Interesting information
J. Nicole – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Good information
RAQUEL – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was extremely helpful in engaging students with mental health disorders in my classroom.
Sylvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight of Mental Illness in children and adults.
Jacob – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
One would be to have a therapist give this presentation. There were many things that would be offensive if a student who had ADHD heard this.
She called ADHD medication “basically speed” which gives educators the idea that the medicine is basically an illegal drug.
She also says that ADHD is “obviously overdiagnosed” and that the diagnosing process is scary because it brands you for life. It is only scary to be labeled ADHD when there are people like the presenter who are prejudiced against the disorder and people seeking treatment. The truth is that it is an often genetic disorder that needs to be treated with medicine so that kids have an option to function and not develop other issues like anxiety and depression. If you learned about ADHD from this presentation, then you would probably be skeptical to want anyone you know be diagnosed with ADHD, but it could actually be saving their life. People with ADHD have a much shorter life expectancy when it is untreated.
Ashley – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course. I really liked how she gave enough information that I really did learn something about the science behind these disorders but was not overwhelmed with information. I really did learn some strategies to implement next year that will be easy and effective.
Evanna – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful and on point.