Coping Skills Community Hub Guest Speaker Series | Marcelle Waldman

Join us for the Coping Skills Community Hub Speaker Series - December's guest is Marcelle Waldman, the founder of FeelLkinks
About this Event

The Coping Skills Community Hub is pleased to present the next Coping Skills Community Hub Guest Expert: Marcelle Waldman! Marcelle is a certified K-5 elementary educator with the incredible opportunity to teach some of the youngest kindergarten and preschool learners and serve as a preschool director. She has extensive coursework in psychology, child development, and youth mental health and is trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid. Marcelle is also a parent and community educator - focused on children, brain development, behaviors, emotions, and overall emotional intelligence. In addition, she is an avid community volunteer, having served on her school's PTA board as vice president and president, contributed to many School District committees, currently sits on the Issaquah Schools Foundation programs committee, and volunteers for the Ladybug House, an end of life, hospice and palliative care program.

During our time, we'll discuss the topic of Social and Emotional Learning.

We'll be covering:

a discussion of what Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is using the CASEL framework
the benefits of SEL for children
importance of labeling feelings as part of SEL
ways to support kids in SEL at home and in a school setting

Join us on Friday, December 13th, at 1 p.m. ET to hear our conversation. There will be time for a Q&A at the end, so if you'd like your questions answered, please join us live!

The replay will be available on the Coping Skills Hub for free for three days after the presentation and then with a Hub subscription starting on December 17th 2024.

Guest Expert Bio:
Marcelle Waldman lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband and two children. She is a certified K-5 elementary educator, which means having the incredible opportunity to teach some of their youngest learners in kindergarten and preschool. She has also served as the preschool director. Marcelle has completed extensive coursework in psychology, child development, youth mental health and she is Youth Mental Health First Aid trained. Being a community educator - she is focused on children, brain development, behaviors, emotions and overall emotional intelligence. Alongside this, she is an avid community volunteer, having served on the school’s PTA board as vice president and president, contributed to many School District committees, currently sit on the Issaquah Schools Foundation programs committee, and volunteers for the Ladybug House, an end of life hospice and palliative care program. Marcelle’s company FeelLinks is a hands-on resource for children. It promotes growth in lifelong skills in emotional intelligence; self-awareness, social-awareness, self-management, and relationships skills.