Youth Mental Health & Social Success Series: Five is Against the Law. Educating Social Skills Differences for Greater Long Term Success
February 22, 2024 4:45PM - 7:15PM 4:45 - 7:15 PM EST.
Online via Zoom
Contact: Liz Williams- josaitis@msu.edu
Five is Against the Law. Educating Social Skills Differences for Greater Long Term Success
There have been unprecedented advances in neuroscience related to the development of social behavior and emotional understanding. These advances include information about social awareness, social attention, self- awareness, emotion regulation, and self-control. Research not only documents that these skills are brain-based, but emerging educational research indicates that these skills can be taught. The workshop will include a brief overview of this research and focus on specific strategies used to teach these skills. The use of The Incredible 5-Point Scale will be discussed and demonstrated with an emphasis on the scales introduced in the workbook, A 5 is Against the Law! The information in this workshop should be a part of every team discussion for all individuals who exhibit upsetting, confusing, challenging or even violent behavior.
**Please note that identity first language will be utilized in this presentation, in response to the advocacy by the autism community.
Presenters: Kari Dunn Buron
Lived Experiences Panel: Anna Bina (Autism Services Specialist), Amanda Coorough (Parent of Neurodivergent Youth), Wyatt Morton (Youth with Lived Experience)
The Great Lakes ROTA-RC is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide training and technical assistance (TA) to the rural communities of Health and Human Services Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Collaboratively, we develop and strengthen community capacity to prevent, treat, and support recovery for opioid use disorder and other mental health and substance use disorders, using a whole family/whole community approach to provide culturally appropriate educational opportunities. For more information, please visit the Michigan Substance Use Prevention Education and Recovery (MiSUPER) website.
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