Helping PEI families make the early years count!

The Family Home Centre Network will meet one evening monthly (1st Thursday)  to work together to collaborate in ways of providing high quality childcare.  It is a “come when you can” Network, for anyone who wants to talk about fresh ideas, needs help breaking down barriers, or is interested in professional development!  We know that Family Home Centres play a vital role in communities and Early Childhood Education, and especially now with PEI being a part of building a Canada Wide system.  We hope that this Network will build on the foundation and help more families have access to high quality spaces in their communities!  If you have any questions about the Family Home, please contact  Jennifer Nangreaves at 902-368-0070 or email [email protected]

Lori and Karen are back by popular demand! Join Lori and Karen as they have an engaging conversation about a passion of their life’s work with children, the topic of emotional regulation. Through a closer look into the topics they remain curious about in their own work with children, the duo will help participants thoughtfully consider how their own facilities and centers can create self-regulation havens for children and the workers who support them. Reviewing and building on concepts already examined in the ECDA conference, those topics being: dysregulation, self-regulation, co-regulation, along with window of tolerance, attunement and stress behaviour versus misbehaviour, Lori and Karen will further offer practical strategies for change that you, as a learner and participant, can use on Monday when you head back to work. Using Lori’s training in Solution Focused therapy and strategies and her understanding of self-regulation through the lens of developing streams for organizational growth, as well as her work as an author, along with Karen’s sensorimotor and somatic therapeutic skills and interventions, participants can experience for themselves the difference that movement and insight make for the body and mind. This will be an interactive day of learning, movement and conversation. Come dressed comfortably, but please note, participation in any activities introduced will always be at the discretion and choice of the participant.   Lori‘s degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Studies, a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Education and a Master of Science in School Counselling and Guidance. She is a school counsellor, writer, Canadian Certified Counsellor, Registered Counselling Therapist and nationally certified Solution Focused Brief Therapist with CCPC Global. Lori works in her private counselling practice with individuals, couples and families using a Solution Focused and Emotionally Focused therapeutic lens. She additionally works as a K–6 school counselor in western PEI. Lori has written for Huffington Post, Edutopia, PEI Living Magazine, and PEI’s Red Magazine. She is the author of three children’s books, Reg Goes Swimming, Reg Takes a Trip and Reg Catches a Salmon. Her latest book in this 3 book REG series will be released in the month of April.  Lori is the vice president of the PEITF School Counsellors Association and the Chair of the College of Counselling Therapist of PEI. She works to share resources, develop professional development for school counsellors and arrange for school counsellor networking within the PEITF. She is also a member of the PEICA.    

“Courageous conversations mean having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome.” ~ Brené Brown The ECDA is excited to host ECE Sharing and Networking sessions. These are open door meetings that welcome anyone working as a front-line educator. These meetings will provide space to gather with other early childhood educators to share what is on your heart or to seek support. The meetings are a place to listen, provide encouragement, share resources, and connect with your colleagues across the province. We would love to welcome at least one ECE from every Island centre to the network, and we realize some meeting dates will work better than others - so come when you can! The agenda for these sessions will be very flexible and will build over time based on the interest of those participating. Recently we have discussed things such as Dual Language Learners, Behaviours, PD wishes and many other! Come join us this month to see what comes up:) Registration for network meetings is required. This meeting will run with a minimum of 4 participants. These will be held once a month, so come when you can! Based on feedback we have flipped these to be entirely virtual:)