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Boys are held back in school twice as often as girls. Boys also get expelled from preschool nearly five times more often than girls, and they are diagnosed with learning disorders and attention problems at nearly four times the rate of girls. Boys are more likely to drop out of school, and make up only 43 percent of college students. Millions of boys are being lost along the path to academic success and career achievement in today’s knowledge economy. Teacher bias regarding behavior, rather than academic performance, penalizes boys as early as kindergarten. On average, boys receive lower behavioral assessment scores, and those scores affect teachers’ overall perceptions of boys’ intelligence and achievement.
About this Seminar
Rather than penalize boys’ high energy – as traditional classroom methods often do – successful teachers are learning to take advantage of male liveliness, curiosity and thirst for competition. Unless educators stop to consider whether traditional methods are working for both genders, boys will continue to get the short end of the educational stick.
This powerful one-day training helps educators understand the structural, chemical and processing differences between boys’ and girls’ brains. It helps educators support boys’ developmental needs, while teaching them social /emotional competencies. Attendees will discover innovative strategies, as well as group and individual interventions, to help boys achieve their highest academic potential.
Teachers, counselors, administrators and other educators will leave with practical tools to support developmental needs and specific activities to get boys learning while reducing their risk for academic failure, dropping out and underachievement.
Learning Objectives
– In this seminar you will learn to:
– Explain how boys’ brains work including the chemistry and structure.
– Identify the differences in the ways girls and boys focus.
– Recognize the role of hormones, specifically testosterone and dopamine
– Demonstrate classroom strategies to support boys’ developmental needs
– Contrast the difference between natural aggression and bullying.
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"This seminar directly related to our day-to-day working environment and trying to better respond to and meet the needs of a diverse group of learners."
Classroom Teacher
Vancouver, BC
"The presenter was incredible! Even after 33 years in education, I have learned so much today I am ready to return to school and make an impact for my students and staff!"
Classroom Teacher
Vancouver, BC
About the Presenter
Kaye Randall is a nationally known author and speaker who has led professional seminars throughout North America on student mental health, bullying, self-injury, depression, anxiety and anger — as well as youth leadership and student empowerment. Kaye has inspired seminar participants through her practical insights, humor, and proactive strategies for helping children and adolescents. She continues to provide clinical services to both children and adolescents and has been named social worker of the year by the Council on Adoptable Children. She is co-author of See My Pain, Creative Strategies & Activities for Helping Young People Who Self-Injure (featured in USA Today), 102 Creative Strategies for Working with Depressed Children & Adolescents, and Mean Girls: 101½ Creative Strategies and Activities for Working with Relational Aggression.
Steph Jensen, MS, LPC
In case of an emergency, another qualified presenter will substitute.