Perry Francis, Ph.D.
Faculty, Department of Leadership & Counseling, Eastern Michigan University
Dr. Perry C. Francis is part of the faculty at Eastern Michigan University in the Department of Leadership & Counseling. He serves as an associate professor of counseling and the coordinator of counseling for the College of Education Clinical Suite. The clinic is a training facility for advanced level graduate counseling students where they see clients from the community, student body of EMU, and referrals from the county mental health center.
He is a member of the American College Counseling Association and has served on the leadership team as a Board Member-at-Large and as the President. He has presented on ethics in supervision, ethical issues facing college counselors, and suicide prevention at conferences in the United States and Canada. He has also author numerous journal articles and book chapters including the chapter Professional Student Affairs Practitioners: History, Models, And Trends, in the forthcoming book: Joining the Counseling Profession: Developing Your Identity as a Professional Counselor and Counseling Issues Of College Students and Religion & Spirituality In Counseling, in the Professional Counselor’s Desk Reference. Dr. Francis is also an authorized trainer for the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s programming on the Assessing & Managing Suicide Risk: Core Competencies for University & College Mental Health Providers. He is also an authorized Aggression Management trainer for the Center for Aggression Management.
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Classroom Management 102: Working with Difficult StudentsDo the faculty members at your school know how to respond effectively when confronted by uncooperative or even aggressive students? Find out how to successfully manage the full-range of student behavior problems. We use role play scenarios of problematic classroom behaviors to share strategies for responding effectively. $200 — Learn More — Order Now |
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How to Help Students Build Resiliency & Overcome Their ObstaclesEvery year, residential life staff and student affairs counselors see an increasing number of students enter college with some type of psychological problem or mental illness. They are presented with reams of data and survey results highlighting the increased risk and problems this generation of students has to face when going to school. $279 — Learn More — Order Now |
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Identifying and Managing Classroom Aggression and ViolenceThe need to manage aggression among college students has never been more intense. Increasingly troubled students are showing up on campus and bringing more challenging behaviors into the classroom with them. Learn how to identify and respond to aggressive behavior to help prevent the next campus tragedy from occurring. $99 — Learn More — Order Now |
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Redirecting Pushy Parents: How to Build Healthy RelationshipsStudent affairs personnel are trained to answer questions and help solve problems, whether dealing with students or their parents. But what if the problem is the parent? As advocates for their college-aged students, some parents resort to pushy, demanding or downright aggressive behavior. We will help you successfully manage even the most demanding parents, from orientation through graduation. $279 — Learn More — Order Now |



