Teaching Healthy Boundaries to Students with Significant Support Needs September 23, 2022

Ended Oct 11, 2022

Course Description

Participants will gain a deep understanding of the critical importance of teaching the topic of relationships and boundaries. Identify your own values and bias to think critically how this impacts your ability to discuss boundaries and relationships with students. Explore the practices in your classroom to see if you are setting up students for successful relationships – or confusing signals of false friendship. Participants will also have an introduction to the types of boundaries and how they are formed. You will learn how to turn the more abstract nuances of relationships and boundaries into concrete talking points and teachable moments and learn anticipatory intervention techniques for common behavior deemed sexualized. Participants will also walk away with a clear plan on how to create a learning environment that supports healthy boundaries and relationships for students with Significant Support Needs.
Lead Learner (Facilitator): Robin Carmack | Jennifer Harris | Trude Burnett
Credit(s) and Type: 3.5 Hours Relicensure

SSN teachers, AN Teachers and EAIVs Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High Schools

Date: September 23, 2022
Time: 8:00 - 11:30 AM
Location: Highlands Ranch High School Cafeteria | 9375 Cresthill Ln, Highlands Ranch, 80130 (Links to an external site.)

Participants will:

Be able to set students up for successful relationships
Explore the practices in your classroom to determine if students are set up for successful relationships or confusing signals of false friendships
Be able to identify types of boundaries and understand how they are formed
Create concrete teachable moments to help students learn anticipatory intervention techniques for common behavior deemed sexualized
Be able to know how to create a learning environment that supports healthy boundaries and relationships for students with Significant Support Needs