In-Service Workshops

This presentation helps students understand the value of respect—for themselves, others, and their environment. Through real-life examples, role-playing scenarios, and group discussions, students will explore what respect looks like in action and why it's essential for creating a safe, inclusive, and positive school community. Topics include respecting differences, active listening, digital respect, handling conflict with maturity, and the impact of respectful behavior on relationships and learning. Students will leave with practical strategies to demonstrate respect in everyday situations and contribute to a culture of kindness and responsibility.

This presentation educates students on the risks, consequences, and realities of sexting in today’s digital world. Students will learn about the emotional, legal, and social impacts of sharing explicit images, even among peers. Through real-life scenarios, interactive discussions, and current data, the session empowers students to make responsible choices, understand consent, protect their digital reputation, and seek help when needed. The goal is to build awareness, promote healthy communication, and reinforce the importance of respecting boundaries—both online and offline.

The Young Adult Speaker program is geared for youth grades 6+ and features young adults who provide educational programs built around lived experiences. Through sharing their experience with a mental health condition and related crisis, they challenge negative stereotypes, give hope and skills to audience members, and encourage students to reach out for help. Students also learn the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and conditions, negative versus positive coping skills, the similarities between mental health and physical illness, the language and skills needed to have a conversation about mental health, and how to create a supportive school environment. This is facilitated through Minding Your Mind.

"Who wants to get suspended?" This one-hour workshop engages current/graduating high school seniors' and provides them with honest/"real world" information about college success OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, in RESIDENCE HALLS, and WORKING WITH COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION. This interactive conversation emphasizes safety, what to expect when you get to college, and community expectations including but not limited to alcohol and other drugs, noise, damage, and all the typical things that plainly speaking, first-year college students find themselves getting into trouble with. This workshop can also be done for high school administration and designed to encourage practitioners to think about what information they most want students to understand as they prepare for higher education.