Description:

You may not be able to control everything that is happening in your early years setting, but you can control how you respond to a child's behaviour. When challenging behaviour occurs, educators need to be powerfully present, emotionally responsive, and role models of healthy social and emotional behaviours. Personal resilience is the capacity to prevent, tolerate, overcome, and be enhanced by adverse events and experiences. Strengthening your resilience allows you to moderate your feelings and behaviours - keys to self-regulation which enables you to respond effectively to any challenge, especially a child's challenging behaviour.

Session One: Putting Positive Supports in Place to Support Children with Challenging Behaviour; Tuesday April 23, 2024; 6:30 - 8:30pm
Prevention is the best intervention “Just as behavior can affect all aspects of a learning environment, all the aspects of a learning environment can be structured to promote positive behavior” (NAEYC). This session will cover the continuum that involves universal supports for all children that include building strong relationships and providing a high-quality environment that encourages positive behaviour from learning activities to transitions and materials and opportunities available during free play.

Session Two: The Importance of Family in Challenging Behaviours; Tuesday May 21, 2024; 6:30 - 8:30pm
Communicating with families about concerns about their child’s behaviour is one of the hardest things you need to do. You might worry that you will damage your relationship with parent(s), put an extra burden on a struggling family, or put the child at risk for excessive punishment or harm. These are often valid concerns; nevertheless, you have an obligation to keep families informed about their child’s progress and well-being. Communication is key to creating family partnerships. Family members must feel comfortable asking questions, seeking information, and raising concerns about their child’s care, well-being, and development. Families may need support as much as their child does.

Beyond Survival – Building Your Resilience - The Key to Self-Regulation; Tuesday June 11, 2024; 6:30 - 8:30pm
Regulating our emotions requires filtering sensory stimulation, coping effectively with stress, maintaining focus, and relating well to others. When we look at self-regulation as it relates to resilience, it is important to self-reflect on how we control our emotions and behaviours. This session will cover the 4 phases of resilience and help you to understand the connection between resilience and self-regulation.

This registration includes all 3 webinars in the series.
All 3 sessions must be attended to receive certificate.