PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
"How To Work With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Plain Crazy" ​
Guidance personnel work closely with parents to ensure student success. This presentation will be a review of the book by Elaine K. McEwan and details her answers to why parents act as they do, how to remain professional when working with people, steps to a healthy school, when parents should seek other education alternatives, and fifty "try this" suggestions to take back to your school. This presentation will meet GCDF competency 1 (Helping Skills), 4 (Diverse Populations) and 9 (Program Management and Implementation).
"Life Would Be Easy If It Weren't For Other People"
Join me for a fun look at ourselves and others as we examine assertive, aggressive, passive aggressive, and passive personality types based on the book by the same title written by Connie Podesta and Vicki Sanderson.
"Working With The Entitled Child"
Attendees will explore the issues of indulgent parents, the consumer culture, and the self-esteem movement, to determine their impact on creating an entitled child. The audience will learn how to properly respond to these children whom we teach and how to create healthy relationships.
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"Get A Job: Music and Career Development"
An interactive musical review of music and how career development has been addressed through song throughout the ages.
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"From Compliance to Excellence"
Learn leadership skills, the 5 exemplary skills of good leaders, what defines poor leaders and how to move from simply complying with rules to developing skills toward excellence.
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"Spring Cleaning and Vine Maintenance"
Take a look at how the different tools used for yard maintenance are similar to how life experiences change us, and grow us for the better or for bitter.
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"Preparing SC Students for College and Career Readiness: k16 Initiatives"
What is going on in South Carolina to prepare students for global job competition through the Education and Economic Development Act?
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"More Than Assessments"
This presentation discusses various ways to assess clients: career interest, values, and skills; as well as using learning styles inventories, multiple intelligence evaluations and more.
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"Assessing Students for 21st Century Skills"
We often use terms that need to be defined before we can assess students on those skills. This presentation defines 21st Century Skills, how to assess them and where there is room for improvement for global competition.
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"Preparing SC For College and Career Readiness: Do You Know What K-12 is Doing?"
In this session, participants will learn the about the initiatives in our state to address career development, workforce development and economic development.
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"Que Sera, Sera: Being Intentional with Career Development"
In this session, participants will learn the about the importance of not taking a "whatever" attitude when providing career development services.
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"What's On The Mind of Your Students? Enter if You Dare"
Millennials think and act differently. Learn unique features of this generation based on brain-based research.
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"Confessions Of A GCDF: I Use Theory to Provide Career Development Services"
Career development theories should be the essential foundation used to provide career development services. Learn about the Big 5 and others in this presentation.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Sherry R. Williams, LBSW, M.Ed.
MBTI Step 1 and 2 certified
205 Heddon Drive
Lexington, SC 29072
803-397-8747