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
Angela – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
A good overall course. Experience teachers may already know a lot of this.
Rebecca – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight into the reality and complexity of diagnosing mental health issues in kids.
Kira – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the graphics used to show comparisons. I also liked how she discussed that ADHD is overly diagnosed.
Amy – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered a lot of strategies of helping students with 4 mental health issues.
Heather – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course but I had to take the quiz about times before I just gave up. It kept saying two of my answers were wrong but I chose very option there was and it still kept counting them wrong! (Question numbers 2 and 4.)
Leny – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful. All educators need this session.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information.
Veronica – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very insightful course.
Melody – Pilot (verified owner) –
Helpful and easy to understand.
Amy – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
great adult educator!
Cindy – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Being a special ed teacher, I see many of these mental health issues every year. This has given me a clearer idea of what to look for in y students.
Emily – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent and concise information about a topic you could spend years on. Great presenter and stories.
LISA C – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. I think it should be required for all educators to take
Alison – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course, it was very helpful and gave a lot of good information about mental health issues that we could encounter every year.
Raquel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Heidi – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Maria del Carmen – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative…eye opening topic. Highly recommend this course to teachers as well as parents.
Richard – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I really like this overview, especially the segment on anxiety disorder.
Kirsten – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Very good overview.
Shannon – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This information is extremely helpful. Not only does it give tools and methods for interacting with students who may have mental health issues, most of this information could also be beneficial for all students.
Rachel – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This is helpful with teachers in identifying the behaviors that students exhibit in classroom so that teachers can work with that student (family, practitioners, etc.) to provide guidance and resources.
Araceli – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course. Super interesting.
Jennifer – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful. This course demonstrates the overwhelming complexity of common mental health issues and provides simple insights into how to address them when observed in our classrooms.
Alaina – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This course is really helpful at shedding light on 4 groups of mental health disorders. It’s great for providing facts about various mental health disorders and giving strategies for helping students.
Joann – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very easy to understand
Erin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for a thoughtful portrayal of the struggles many of our students face.
Pamela – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the speed of the course and the information was concise with an easy-to-follow outline.
Trisha – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Good
ANJEANETTE – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful strategies for mental health were given.
Sara – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –
great to helping kids in your class and strategies to help those students
Brook – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Discussed the 4 different disorders common in students.
Marissa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very informative and it helped me to understand my students who have mental health issues better.
Angela – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good info
Cindi – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave good information.
Trenell – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative!
Betty – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Very eye-opening and informative.
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
A bit of information overload, but all important to understanding needs of students.
Amber – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Well done; Tons of interesting informative facts regarding mental health.
Rexene – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very informative presentation with great resources and a wonderful speaker!
Amie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information to hear. It is a very hard subject to learn about because the info. is always changing in the DSM#…I like the organization of the presentation.
Sonia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
There is so much information presented and a great handout for future reference.
Martha – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very informative lesson
Isabel – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
would love more information on this topic
Donna – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and she provided a lot of good advice.
Kathleen – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This course described the disorders very well.
Alejandra – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course, very helpful!
Daniel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting with a lot of science
Stacy – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Good course.
gina – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Good information in this course
Detra R. – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
A very formal look at addressing Mental Health Issues in Young children.