M-5 It's Just a Phase
Presenter
Formats and Times
- In-Person Training: 4.25 hours (8:30-12:45)
- On-Demand Webinar: 2.5 hours
Content
Frustrated by writing yet another behavior intervention plan for the same student with an emotional disability? It's not a failure in practice—it's often a mismatch between intervention and psychosocial need. Many persistent behavioral challenges stem from deeply embedded internal working models—the cognitive and emotional frameworks through which students interpret themselves, others, and the world around them. These internal schemas shape how students engage with school, relationships, and even discipline and support systems. In this session, school psychologist and mental health clinician Tim Halphide will unpack how these internal models develop and how to address them through matched treatment planning techniques. Drawing from the foundational work of Erickson, Bowlby, Ainsworth, Winnicott, and others, this training explores how educators and support staff can leverage knowledge of psychosocial stages, attachment theory, and Trauma Informed practices to design more effective, developmentally-matched supports. You'll walk away with clarity and skill-based strategies that are aligned with students' social-emotional readiness, promoting stronger engagement, regulation, and growth. Matching the right intervention to the right stage isn't just clinical—it's transformative. Is it really just a phase? Join us and find out.
Intended Audience
Special education teachers, school psychologists, administrators, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSWs), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFTs), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCCs), clinical psychologists, Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) staff or school counselors specifically designated to work with special needs students, behaviorists, and others who actively work with youth who have mental health concerns
Participants Will
- Learn how to apply psychosocial stages to student affect, self-concept, and interaction.
- Learn about attachment theories, and corresponding methods for strengthening bonds that prevent behavioral blow-outs.
- Learn how to quickly match psychosocial needs to specific, easy to use, supports, strategies and interventions.
- Learn how to struggle less and boost behavioral control with simple but effective applied psychological principles.
