Regional Workshops for Region 3
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2. Read through Workshops being offered below
3. Fill out Registration Form in full
4. Check Workshops you wish to take
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September 24/11 - Meeting the Challenge Parts 1, 2 and 3
Session One Learning Objectives will focus on exploring the whys and wherefores of children’s behavior, understanding what children may gain from challenging behavior and your role in assessing the function that challenging behavior plays, and examining the effects that challenging behavior may have on the other children in the program and on the practitioner.
Session Two Learning Objectives will identify strategies that prevent or minimize challenging behaviors, recognize anxiety and other early warning signs of challenging behaviors, examine and where necessary, change the practitioner’s approach to challenging behavior and use observation techniques to gain more information about challenging behavior.
Session Three Learning Objectives will identify appropriate behavior strategies, develop, implement and evaluate a plan of action for coping with challenging behaviors, including determining when outside intervention is necessary, working with parents as partners around challenging behaviors, help other children and their parents cope with challenging behavior, and reflect on your practice as it relates to challenging behavior.
Relates to Accreditation Standards: 2 and 4
September 26/11 - Moving and Growing
Moving and Growing – Bringing back physical activity play in childhood. This workshop was created in partnerships with Canadian Child Care Federation and focuses on the value of active play in the development of children. The information focuses on the benefits of physical play including brain development, as well as strategies to assess your own physical environment. This workshop comes with the handouts from FRP Canada “Why Play” from birth to age 6. Beginner Level Workshop: Relates to Accreditation Standards: 2 and 3
October 15/11 - Handle with Care Part 1
The “Handle with Care” practitioner workshop is designed to help participants develop a mental health promotion mindset in their child care work and assist them in implementing appropriate strategies in the child care setting. The focus is on: 1) Creating a mental health promotion mindset 2) Understanding how social-emotional development, family and community connections and practitioner well-being are important contributors to promoting children’s mental health. 3) Linking new information with familiar information 4) recognizing positive practices as well as challenges and barriers 5) adapting mental health promotion practices to particular community and centre situations encountered by practitioners.
Relates to Accreditation Standards:1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
October 17/11 - We Have the Power - Out of School Care
Are you looking to support more positive behaviours between children, development friendship communication skills. This unique delivery is a combination of adult facilitator training complete with adult guide and accompanying children’s reflective journal. The session focuses on the adult’s emotional intelligence and how to use that understanding to enhance children skills and understanding related to interactions with their peers.
Relates to OSC Accreditation Standards: 1 and 2
October 22/11 - Handle with Care Part 2
You must of completed Handle with Care 1 to register for this course.
The “Handle with Care” practitioner workshop is designed to help participants develop a mental health promotion mindset in their child care work and assist them in implementing appropriate strategies in the child care setting. The focus is on: 1) Creating a mental health promotion mindset 2) Understanding how social-emotional development, family and community connections and practitioner well-being are important contributors to promoting children’s mental health. 3) Linking new information with familiar information 4) recognizing positive practices as well as challenges and barriers 5) adapting mental health promotion practices to particular community and centre situations encountered by practitioners.
Relates to Accreditation Standards:1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
October 25/11 - Children Love Science
November 1/11 - Tools to Enhance Thinking and Planning
This advanced workshop supports the notion that “effective teachers are powerful mediators of children’s thinking and learning. They design learning environments that stimulate children’s curiosity.” This workshop gives hand-on tools to support play as the basis for thinking routines, visible thinking (evidence), arrival and transition routines, open-ended & natural materials & planning that builds children’s critical thinking. Administrators and front line professionals will leave this workshop with a variety of ideas and tools to support quality learning experiences with preschool age children.
Relates to Accreditation Standards: 2, 3 and 5
November 15/11 - Sand and Water Play
Participants will review areas of development enhanced through sand and water play. They will become familiar with requirements of ITERS and ECERS as they relate to sand and water play. Participants will explore creative materials and props to use with sand and water, discover other mediums and substitutes for sand and water and be provided with criteria for evaluating sand and water experiences.
Relates to Accreditation Standards: 2 and 3