Also, as an option, you may bring your own relaxing music with headset. The workshop is open to teachers, instructional assistants, and administrators. With a seemingly endless supply of software and websites being published, educators need to keep up with what is available and evaluate what is useful. This course also stresses making informed buying decisions before the actual installs. Learn about bus speeds, hard disk transfer rates, shadow mask and aperature grille monitors, the difference between Pentium and athlon processors, as well as other useful information in determining the most useful and cost effective upgrade path.
Adolescents are most likely to turn to their peers in search of answers and support.
Group interaction offers the potential for growth and positive change. Young people have serious thoughts and concerns that they would really like to communicate to others. Unfortunately, educational settings do not allow many opportunities for encouraging this type of interaction. Topics to be covered include goals and objectives of a peer support group program, developmental issues of adolescence, defense mechanisms, various stages of group, group roles, curative factors, leadership and authority in adolescent groups, major themes in adolescent groups, and how to start peer groups in the school setting. Program consists of a training manual, lecture, discussions, experiential group activities, relaxation exercises, role-playing and evaluation.