Follow Your Heart,
But Take Your Brain With You!
Blending Compassionate Care and
Classroom Management

Content on demand

Live Recording

This course was written by a real live human and is presented by them too.

Intermediate

Expands on basic knowledge with practical applications and more complex concepts.

1 CEUs

Your certificate of completion will be for 1 learning CEUs, including 0 ETH and 0.5 SUP.
ILCCBD 2025
In this session, we will examine the consolidation of compassionate care with research-supported classroom management strategies. We will explore how educators can balance empathy and emotional support while maintaining classroom structure and accountability. Participants will gain practical insights into fostering a supportive learning environment that simultaneously encourages emotional well-being and academic success.

What will I learn?

Objectives

Participation

 Audience

   Apply effective classroom management strategies with compassion and understanding.
   Design and implement instructional strategies that maintain academic rigor while fostering empathetic relationships with students.
   Develop strategies to strengthen personal resilience in order to maintain compassionate and consistent support for students.
This learning opportunity is relevant for:
       General Educators
       Special Educators
       Paraprofessionals
       Behavior Technicians
       Behavior Analysts
   self-guided learning on-demand
   60 minutes of video learning
   3 question learning check
   certificate of completion

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Who am I learning from?

Heather Volchko

Heather Volchko is a school-based consultant and program evaluator specializing in emotional and behavioral disorders, contextual behavior analysis, organizational behavior management, and leadership psychology. She has been a coordinator, teacher, and paraprofessional in therapeutic, alternative, self-contained, resource, and correctional settings. Outside of her professional work, she has worked abroad with various international education organizations as well as stateside with organizations facilitating upward mobility. Heather is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with her Bachelors in Special Education, Masters in Educational Psychology, and is currently pursuing her doctorate.

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