Dealing with Challenging Participant Behaviors: Coaching Individuals Toward Positive Change - Online Classroom

• Wed, Feb 19, 2025
• Committee: Mountaineers Leadership Development
• Activity Type: Outdoor Leadership
• Audience: Adults

• Leader Rating: Casual

• Guests: $15.00
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• Availability: 2 (50 capacity)
• Cancellation & Refund Policy

Meeting place and time

6:00-7:30pm PST via Zoom Meeting
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees the day of the session.

Leader's notes

Dealing with challenging participant behaviors is never enjoyable! This session will briefly review an approach called Motivational Interviewing, share a 5-step helping template, and provide strategies to help effectively deal with difficult behaviors.

Seminar Notes

This presentation will be in a lecture format with some opportunities for interaction and questions at the end.

presenter

Dr.  Laura Thomspon is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Consultant based in Boulder, Colorado. Since 1994, she has worked with the emerging adult population within university settings, both nationally and internationally. Laura is the Founder of the Mental Health Team and a Co-Founder of P3 Mental Health Advisors. As a mental health consultant, she conducts training for a wide range of programs and organizations including study abroad, secondary and higher education, outdoor and experiential education, gap year, volunteer and service learning, and camps. Laura also teaches graduate courses in counseling for New York University.

Lead image by Rafael Godoi

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