Perkins School for the Blind

Presented by Megan Schmittel 

The following course will look at the social/emotional and mental health needs of students with complex disabilities through the lens of self-regulation.  Participants in the course will define the four different types of self-regulation, and how each type of self-regulation develops in typically developing children.  Participants will learn how complex disabilities impact the development of self-regulation, and identify how self-regulation in their students might be impacted given their students’ individual profiles.  Participants will learn how self-regulation impacts students’ social/emotional skills and overall mental health.  The course will review various mental health disorders and the difficulties with self-regulation within these disorders.  Finally, participants will learn and develop various lesson plans to help teach self-regulation skills in order to target students social-emotional development and mental health.