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Jan. 21, 23, 28, 30 & Feb. 4, 6, 20253:30 pm - 5:45 pm, EST
Location: ONLINE Via Zoom - Morristown, New Jersey
Language: This workshop is facilitated in English.
Cost: $449 Early Registration, available until 12/20/2024. $499 Regular Registration. Limit 30 participants.
Facilitator Information: Kathleen McClay, a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer and Co-founder of Positive Discipline New Jersey, has enjoyed facilitating workshops for parents and educators since 2010. Her many years of experience in the field of early childhood education as preschool director and teacher, along with her degree in special education, have inspired in Kathleen a passion to help children develop the skills necessary to become capable, contributing members of their kindergarten classrooms and beyond.
As a Consultant with the School Culture and Climate Initiative, based at the Center for Human and Social Development of Saint Elizabeth University and a member of the United Way Success By 6 Social Emotional Learning Team, Kathleen has the opportunity to work with adults and students as they focus upon cultivating healthy, safe, respectful and engaging school climates.
Kathleen is deeply committed to sharing the Adlerian philosophy and tools of Positive Discipline as a framework for building respectful relationships and helping children to develop essential social, emotional and life skills for independence and strong character. She has worked with international audiences and is honored to be helping forward the Positive Discipline movement as it spreads across the globe and throughout the United States.
Teresa LaSala is co-author of three Positive Discipline in the School and Classroom Manuals and has been a Positive Discipline Lead Trainer for 20 years. She provides high level training, consultation, educational coaching, and ongoing comprehensive services for schools, families, communities, and agencies, throughout the United States and internationally. Her trainings and workshops have drawn participants from around the world. Teresa is a School Culture and Climate Specialist with the Saint Elizabeth University School Culture and Climate Initiative based at the Center for Human and Social Development and is a Whole Child Faculty Member -Regional Specialist for ASCD (an /international educational leadership organization). Teresa is a licensed nurse with 23 years of experience in the areas of Family and Pediatric Care and Child Development. She views herself as a child advocate and is committed to modeling and living by Adlerian principles.
Workshop Description:
This is an online interactive and streamed video workshop designed for teachers, counselors, school staff and administrators who want an effective discipline approach that integrates social and emotional learning while reducing challenging student behaviors. Attendees will earn recognition as a Certified Positive Discipline Classroom Educator and will learn to:
Develop a large teaching toolbox of kind and firm discipline approaches.
Establish explicit classroom structures and procedures.
Create an equitable classroom community based on mutual respect.
Understand the motivation behind students' misbehavior and how to encourage positive change.
Facilitate effective class meetings teaching social skills and problem-solving.
Learn Positive Discipline/Adlerian Psychology for use in the classroom and school community.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
NJ - New Jersey, 1201 Sylvan St, Linden, NJ 07036-64ND, United States,Linden, New Jersey
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