Positive Discipline Early Childhood Educator Certification Workshop

DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP

This three-day interactive workshop is designed for early childhood educators, teachers, and caregivers who work with children from birth to six years of age. (Parents will also find this workshop helpful; however, the focus is on early childhood education.)

Participants will learn to apply the principles and tools of Positive Discipline — an Adlerian research-based philosophy — to working with groups of young children. They will also gain a deeper understanding of how young children learn, the importance of belonging and social and emotional learning, and how to best teach those skills in a classroom or care setting.

CONNECT & ENGAGE / LEARN

This workshop emphasizes experiential activities that reach the heart to inspire deeper understanding and change.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how young children learn, the importance of belonging and social and emotional learning, and how best to teach those skills in a classroom, home, or care setting.

The focus is on teaching life skills instead of trying to control behavior in order to enjoy cooperative, resilient and happy children.

Reflect & Apply

Imagine a space filled with young people who are engaged in learning, contribute to problem-solving, and help build their own community.

During this workshop, we will focus on building classroom communities which model an inclusive culture and promote student and faculty and well-being.

We will examine behavior with a new lens in order to understand the root cause of behavior. Instead of controlling students from the outside, we will focus on empowering students to manage their emotions from within.

Outcomes

1. Create a classroom or care setting where children can develop a sense of belonging and significance based on the importance of contribution and mutual respect.
2. Understand how young children learn and how to adapt teaching to the needs of this age group.
3. Foster essential social and emotional skills to support development and school readiness.
4. Understand children’s behavior and how to guide it in groups of young children.
5. Teach the essential skills for developmentally appropriate participation in class meetings.
6. Learn Positive Discipline and Adlerian concepts for use in the classroom, preschool community, and with parents.

*WHAT'S INCLUDED*

• Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, Revised 4th Edition
• Positive Discipline for Early Childhood Educators Manual
• Certification through the International Positive Discipline Association (PDA)
• One year membership to the PDA.

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