Creating a Compassionate School Culture While Building Connections

Creating a positive classroom climate is key to a productive school. School culture can influence academics, student and staff attendance, sense of belonging, and safety. This training will provide participants with the opportunity to delve into topics such as team development, leadership, building rapport, and de-escalation strategies to create a more compassionate school culture. Educators and school administrators will learn simple strategies which can be incorporated into their classroom environment to improve collaboration, inclusion, and connections among staff and students.

Speakers

Alicia Ead, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with experience working in multiple settings such as hospitals, schools, social skills groups, summer camps, and early childcare. She currently works as the supervisor of school-based services at the Bradley Learning Exchange providing training and consultation to school systems and community partners. Ead uses her background in trauma informed care, de-escalation, social emotional learning, and autism spectrum disorder to support professionals by connecting educational content to real life practice.

Nicole Gomes, BS, RN, is the supervisor and coordinator of psychiatric nursing education at the Bradley Learning Exchange. She has more than 25 years of combined experience in medical and behavioral health working with individuals throughout the lifespan. Gomes has worked in a variety of settings including, addiction medicine, inpatient behavioral health, pediatric residential treatment, emergency department, and schools. Gomes holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology and elementary special education from Northeastern University and an associate degree in nursing from the Community College of Rhode Island. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science in nursing with a concentration in nursing and healthcare education from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Gomes has recently taken on the responsibility of the Workplace Violence Prevention coordinator for Lifespan and enjoys training professionals in both community and hospital settings.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the importance of team dynamics and rapport
• Discover interventions for de-escalation in a school environment.
• Identify strategies to build compassion among students.
• Identify at least three practices to build a more compassionate school culture.

Details

The target audience for this presentation is psychologists, physicians, social workers and other interested health care professionals.

This presentation has been approved for 2.75 CE hours/credits (see below).

Registration

This presentation is free of charge.

Online registration closes on Monday, November 18.

For refund/cancellation information, please email [email protected] or call Mayra Colon at 401-606-5753.

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Credit Details

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Rhode Island Hospital and Bradley Hospital. Rhode Island Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education.  
 
Rhode Island Hospital designates this activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Rhode Island Hospital is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rhode Island Hospital maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

CEUs for this event have been submitted, pending approval by the National Board for Social Work (NASW), designating this activity for a maximum of 2.75 continuing education credits for certified counselors, marriage, and family therapists.

Bradley Conference is designed to provide education for psychologists, social workers, physicians, nurses, certified counselors, speech/language and occupational therapists, teachers, milieu associates, and other professionals who work with children, adolescents, or adults. Topics address different behavioral health populations and treatment modalities and are intended to provide practical, state-of-the-art information.

Bradley Hospital’s clinical expertise, internationally renowned research, and academic affiliation with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University make the hospital a unique resource in all areas of behavioral health care. We have designed a wide range of learning experiences to provide the training that behavioral health care professionals need to stay at the forefront of their fields.

There is no known commercial support for this program.