Description
In this 1-hour course, Lisa Van Gemert breaks down the four most common mental health issues that impact students. An advocate for gifted students, Ms. Van Gemert describes strategies for educators to support and equip gifted students who are struggling to cope in the classroom and out of it.
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
Kasey – PEARLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I love any training with Lisa Van Gamert… she always offers valuable information.
Jennifer – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Solid information, but I think I would have preferred to read a transcript. Some information does not require a video.
Ernestina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative and helpful
Corinne – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Very timely. All teachers should watch this.
Cheryl – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great overview for a very complex area of medicine and diagnosis
Cindy – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of information
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a lot of information at once.
Whitney – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
great course; very informative- speaker was easy to listen to!
Joe – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
good overview
Laura – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good course, I did think she got a little opinionated about the adhd information.
Evanna – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful and on point.
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.
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.
Sylvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight of Mental Illness in children and adults.
RAQUEL – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was extremely helpful in engaging students with mental health disorders in my classroom.
J. Nicole – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Good information
Bricia – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
Interesting information
Joyce – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
good info
Carla Mae – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Clear and helpful.
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.
Patricia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. Good strategies.
Diane – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was very informational but without a handout some of it was hard to follow.
Abbey – OLENTANGY LOCAL (verified owner) –
This class really helped me learn more about anxiety disorder, since I have been having some students with this over the past few years.
Stacy – CARDINAL LOCAL (verified owner) –
The information was beneficial.
Jodi – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
this one is very good, lots of great information
Elizabeth – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
I really enjoy all of Lisa Van Gemert’s presentations. Really appreciate her breaking each of these families down into how to recognize it (potentially), how it can be treated, but most relevant to me, how to deal with it “within the ideal classroom”. Very relevant with more and more students experiencing trauma, being diagnosed.
Kim – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
This course was full of good information.
Lydia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome presentation. Presenter was great!
Rodney – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Amy – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is an amazing course that will be beneficial to all staff.
Johnna – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great information. Too long.
Jasette – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course. Very informative and I learned alot!
Peter – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I really liked the amount of information in this presentation. The speaker talked a lot about all of the different mental health issues our students face and practical solutions for these students. Many of these solutions will definitely find their way into my classroom. That said, I felt like I was preached at for a lot of this presentation. Still enjoyed it and definitely got a lot out of it.
Ashley – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
There is a LOT of information here and it’s pretty mentally heavy. It’s good stuff, but can be overwhelming. The strategies included are very helpful.
Kristie – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Very informative, wish we had more straight forward answers.
Leslie – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This was amazing (and disturbing!). Very informative and eye-opening. I will be a better educator because of this class.
Todd – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
It was an eye-opening course.
Cheryl – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course.
Tammy – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Helped group common mental health issues into manageable categories
Monica – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Good information
Jennifer – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Interesting!
Judith – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This course had many useful strategies for working with children that took me years to realize. This is great for beginning educators.
Marlene – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
it was okay.
Ashley – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
informational
Ziomara – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent insight into topic.
Michael – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
filled in some of the blanks
Denise – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Informative but drawn out.
Celia – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This course really gives up an in-dept look at common mental issues that we often see in the classroom and tools for helping students.
Cathleen – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Good coarse
Sawyer – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
i really appreciate this pd. I learned a lot of strategies to use in my classroom