Proactive Education

This 3.5-hour professional learning program is for all educators and staff who regularly interact with students. The program guides you through our brain-based mental health literacy curriculum and teaches simple tools for building a wellness-informed environment for yourself and your students.

  • Understand the "why" behind decision-making and common behaviors.

  • Learn a framework for using challenges to build resilience and foster wellness.

  • Create actionable health strategies for use in personal and professional settings.

  • Includes several educational brain breaks, activities, and downloadable resources for use in the classroom.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Pathways to Empower!

    2. Navigating The Program

    3. [Download] Educator Reference Guide

    1. N101 Introduction

    2. Neural Pathways

    3. [Activity] ABC-123 Game & Neural Pathways Takeaway

    4. Neurochemicals

    5. [Activity] Get Some Neurochemicals and Neurochemicals Takeaway

    6. The Autonomic Nervous System

    7. [Activity] Box Breathing Exercise and Autonomic Nervous System Takeaway

    1. The RMM Introduction

    2. The Four Ss

    3. [Activity] What Food Are You? and Four Ss Takeaway

    4. The Four Characters

    5. [Activity] Get an Ant Tool and The Four Characters Takeaway

    6. REACTS

    7. [Activity] Dragonfly Mindfulness and REACTS Takeaway

    1. BBR Introduction

    2. Security and Autonomy

    3. [Activity] Leadership Inventory and Security & Autonomy Takeaway

    4. Relationship Tools

    5. [Activity] Purposeful Goals and Relationship Tools Takeaway

    6. The Resilience Formula

    7. [Activity] The Resilience Formula Takeaway

    8. Apologies and Restorative Justice

    9. [Activity] Apologies & Restorative Justice Takeaway

    1. Mental Health Literacy Introduction

    2. Fostering & Maintaining Mental Wellness

    3. [Activity] Healthy Activities and Fostering & Maintaining MW Takeaways

    4. Effective Help-Seeking

    5. [Activity] Google Search and Help-Seeking Takeaway

    6. Reducing Stigma

    7. [Activity] Proactively Reducing Stigma

    8. Understanding Common Mental Health Disorders

    9. Protective & Risk Factors

    10. [Lesson] Understanding The Factors

    11. Coping Strategies

    12. [Lesson] Adaptive and Maladaptive Strategies

    13. Understanding Trauma

    14. [Lesson] ACEs Inventory

    15. Signs and Symptoms

    16. [Lesson] Signs and Symptoms of Developing Mental Health Disorders

    17. Suicide Prevention

    18. [Lesson] Warning Signs of Suicidal Ideation

    19. Substance Use and Addiction

    20. [Lesson] Signs of Drug or Alcohol Addiction

    21. Mental Health Disorders

    22. [Lesson] Information About Mental Health Disorders

    23. Treatment Options

    24. [Lesson] Treatment Information

    25. [Bonus Lesson] Additional Treatments & Resources

    26. [Download] The Mental Health Literacy Supplement

    1. Dragonflying

About this course

  • $99.00
  • 54 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content

Instructor

Founder of Pathways to Empower Dr. Donna Volpitta

Always an educator, Dr. Volpitta loves finding ways to translate neuroscience so that people can apply it to their own lives. Her work is grounded in the latest research in neurology, psychology, and education. She is the co-author of The Resilience Formula, author of Neuroworld, co-creator of the Nametags Education Program, and is a sought-after speaker. A former classroom teacher (and mother of 4 adolescents!) with experience in both general and special education, Donna holds a doctoral degree in Learning Dis/Abilities from Teachers College, Columbia University.