Tough Kids, Cool Counseling: Top Techniques for Influencing Challenging Students

Moderator: Andrew Livanis, Participant: John Sommers-Flanagan, Time: 24:41 John Sommers-Flanagan discusses techniques for working with tough (behavior) students in schools. There are four main aspects during counseling: 1) not be judgemental/don’t consider them tough kids, 2) use your counter conditioning mojo, 3) be genuine, authentic, & non-threatening, and 4) radical acceptance. He also touches on…