Trauma doesn’t only affect your clients–prolonged stress in the workplace can have the same effects on your staff. Self-care is vital in human service professions because healthy staff can provide more effective care. In observance of Emotional Wellness month, take time to manage stress with mindfulness, meditation, or other restorative activities!
Pro-ACT, Inc. presents at Illinois Special Education Conference
Pro-ACT, Inc. President Kim Warma will present “Connecting Trauma and Behavior: Recognizing and Responding to the Trauma that Impacts Student Behavior and Creating Safer Classrooms in the Process” at IAASE’s 2018 Fall Conference in Tinley Park, Illinois, on October 4.
Pro-ACT presents at Advancing Tribal Healthcare Conference
Pro-ACT trainer Dr. Rick Van Acker and Pro-ACT, Inc. President/CEO Kim Warma have been selected to speak at the Advancing Tribal Healthcare Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Oct. 4-6. Their talk… [Read more…]
Practicing Assertive Communication Roundtable
Assertive communication is key to reducing the risk of crisis behavior. Pro-ACT, Inc. is hosting two Remote Roundtables on communicating assertively by using empathic statements and clear choices, using a variety of situational examples. Join us on Aug. 27 or Sept. 9 to review and practice this vital skill.
Pro-ACT Influence on Escape & Avoid Behaviors
Research conducted by Erin Van Acker, M.Ed. in consort with Kim Warma, M.Ed. and Richard Van Acker, Ed.D., shows the influence of Pro-ACT training in the reduction of escape and avoidance behaviors in a classroom.
E. Van Acker’s work focused on the use of two specific practices. First was the teachers’ implementation of specific plans for managing their own emotional responses to a child’s behavior. Second was the delivery of two clearly identified and equally acceptable alternatives for the student. The complete study and outcome information is available for your review.
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