The outcome of many interventions hinges on the quality of staff

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The outcome of many interventions hinges on the
quality of staffs relationship with the child
Targeted and intensive Intervention
Considerations
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Targeted and Intensive Interventions

• Many good interventions fail due to inability of
  the implementing staff to establish a positive
  helping relationship with the child

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Life Space Crisis Intervention

• Establishing effective positive helping
  relationships with children
• Diagnosing and breaking self defeating patterns
  of behavior

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The Power of Language

• Self Defeating Behavior
• Versus
• Bad Behavior

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Children Who Are Heard Listen

• Children want to tell their story

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Perceiving Thinking Feeling Behaving
Understanding the Differences in
Psychological Worlds
Understanding the Dynamics of
the Conflict Cycle
Developing the Art of Listening
Attending

Responding
Decoding
LSCI Institute
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COGNITIVE THEORY

• Stream of Consciousness Continuous flow of
  observation and thought in the present.
• Perceptual Set Fundamental beliefs based
  on personal history.
• Active Self-Talk Conscious internal
  dialogue filtered by the Perceptual Set.

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What is interesting about this photo of a vase?
Notice that you can see only one image at a
time. One image is always the foreground, the
other, the background.
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Cognitive Restructuring

• Children with self defeating patterns of behavior
  usually have self defeating patterns of thinking.
• In order to change the behavior we must first
  understand how they think
• With patience and structure children can learn to
  think differently and learn to self manage their
  own behaviors effectively

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The Conflict Cycle
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THE CONFLICT CYCLE
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To resolve an emotionally charged event you must
first deal with the feelings

• Thoughts---Feelings---Behavior

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The Six Stages of LSCI
DRAIN OFF
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Drain off the students intense emotions by
acknowledging feelings.
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The Six Stages of LSCI
DRAIN OFF
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TIMELINE
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By using affirming and listening skills, discover
the students point of view.
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The Six Stages of LSCI
DRAIN OFF
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TIMELINE
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CENTRAL ISSUE
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Identify the students vital interest and select
the appropriate LSCI Reclaiming Intervention.
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• The Script
• Acknowledge the feelings
• Affirm. Make 2-3 affirming statements
• Get the childs perspective and restate
• Set limits giving choices as needed

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Two Levels of Training

• Foundation Skills
• Usually one to two days of training appropriate
  for all building staff
• LSCI Certification
• A five day or semester long graduate course
  format for professional staff

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Ken Kramberg

• [phone]
• kenkramberg_at_gmail.com