Andre Deshotel
Name
De-Escalation, Right Now! (MS)
Session Type
Workshop
Track
Middle School Experience
Description

From flippin’ chairs to complaining about math, and everything in between, this interactive, informative session will empower and equip educators with effective, actionable skills to de-escalate and address behavior on-the-spot to maintain a safe, productive learning environment. Even with proactive, preventative measures in place that reduce concerning student behavior, we may still encounter behaviors that need our intentional response.

During this session we will:

  • Lean on simple, accessible neuroscience to understand behavior as a language.
  • Create real-world classroom behavioral scenarios.
  • Model and practice how to intentionally respond to behaviors in the heat of the moment.
  • Break negative cycles and secure a positive, productive learning environment.

Get ready to go back to your school and run your classroom with MORE confidence, feel MORE in control, and become MORE skillful in de-escalating behavior, so you can do what you showed up to do ... Get Your Teach On!

Session Research
Bailey, B. (2015). Conscious Discipline Building Resilient Classrooms.

Brummer & Thorsborne (2024). Becoming a Trauma-informed Restorative Educator: Practical Skills to Change Culture and Behavior.

Delahooke, M. (2019). Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges.

Desautels, L. (2023). Intentional Neuroplasticity: Moving Our Nervous Systems and Educational System Toward Post-Traumatic Growth.

English, C. (2024). It’s Never Just About the Behaviour.