This professional development will provide educators with practical strategies to gather reliable, consistent information that reflects student behavior. Participants will learn how to select the right data collection methods, avoid common errors, and use the data to drive effective decision-making and support student success.

Learning Goals

Participants will be able to write operational definitions of behavior.

Participants will be able to identify and describe at least three common types of...

Join us for the University of Iowa's second annual Mental Health & Well-Being Pecha Kucha! Pecha Kucha is Japanese for chit-chat and emphasizes storytelling via imagery over words. This fun, interactive, and highly engaging workshop style elevates the voices of our campus “mental health and well-being innovators” to provide you:

New ways of thinking about your work from a mental health & well-being lens

Tangible take-aways about innovative mental health & well-being practices occurring on campus

Co...

LivingWorks safeTALK prepares people to be more alert to suicide and to help persons with thoughts of suicide make safe connections. The intervention goal is that persons with thoughts of suicide connect with someone who will help them keep safe from suicide and access further support.

What You Will Learn

Describe the role of an alert helper/ connector.

Identify ways in which personal, cultural, and social attitudes can lead people to miss, dismiss, and avoid opportunities to seek or provide help.

D...

Grief affects students in many ways. This webinar helps K–12 educators recognize the different ways grief may appear and offers practical strategies to provide meaningful support and coping skills to students experiencing loss.

What You Will Learn:

Define aspects of grief and loss.

Discuss various presentations of grief and loss.

Identify common emotions associated with grief and loss.

Learn ways to emotionally support students experiencing grief and loss.

Learn coping skills to teach students...