Helplessness, Extinction, and Programming for Coping

Join Dee Hiatt as we take a look at learned helplessness, the risks of extinction, and how we should go about teaching coping skills. Our goal as a field must continually work toward well-being and independence for our students. We’ll discuss how we can pursue that goal through programmatically teaching coping and avoiding risky interventions.

Level:  Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Learning Objectives

· Participants will understand the role coping plays in a student’s capacity for independence and safety

· Participants can state the risks involved with extinction

· Participant will define learned helplessness

· Participants will describe coping behaviors and understand how to teach them