Making Differences virtual training on Friday, September 29, 2023 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am via Zoom, presented by Jacqueline Rhew, LCPC, CADC, and Lauren Bilbrey, MA, LBS1, of Center for Emotional Wellness of the Northwest Suburbs.
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FREE CEU for LSW/LCSW, LPC/LCPC, Psychologists. CPDU for School Professionals
Jacqueline & Lauren will lead an interactive discussion focused on supporting students and families following medical leave or hospitalization, chronic absenteeism, and poor school or academic motivation or engagement. Participants will be encouraged to bring resources to share. Family interventions will be viewed that promote positive school and family partnerships.
Objectives:
- Learn school-based strategies to increase student and family engagement in the school setting.
- Participants will leave with a new understanding how to view low motivation, behavioral issues, as well as engage students and educators, especially during difficult times.
- Discuss educational plans and interventions that can be used at home and in the school setting to promote healthy relationships, improved communication skills and active school participation, motivation, and engagement.
- Review strategies to improve executive functioning skills.
Presenters:
Jacqueline Rhew, LCPC, CADC: As the co-founder of the Center for Emotional Wellness of the Northwest Suburbs, she is an expert in her field and is called upon by hundreds of school districts, family agencies and mental health facilities — locally and nationally — for consulting staff to better serve their youth. Jacqueline served as a Clinical Consultant for AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital for many years, and previously served as Assistant Director for the School Anxiety/School Refusal Program — a program she was instrumental in creating and developing. She has facilitated 300-plus workshops for professionals and parents — locally and nationally — on topics ranging from anxiety, school refusal, parenting, and self-injury.
Lauren Bilbrey, MA, LBS1: Lauren has been a teacher for the past 18 years. She holds a Master’s Degree in Special Education, a Bachelor’s Degree in English Education and a Learning Behavior Specialist Certification (LBS1). Before choosing to invest her time fully into building the company in response to community need, she spent the 12 years prior as the Clinical Supervisor of Patient Education at Ascension- Alexian Brothers Behavioral Medicine, overseeing nine programs at two locations. Before leading her team at the hospital, she taught at the middle school and high school level, in the general education setting as well as in a therapeutic day school and alternative high school program.
