10 Reasons to Choose Quality Early Learning and Child Care

Expert knowledge Early childhood educators are experts in child development and are trained to create inspiring learning environments!
Intentionality Early childhood educators provide your child the gift of time and attention. They will stop and explore the new flowers or jump in the mud puddles with your child.
Young at heart Early childhood educators know how to have fun! They’re not afraid to be silly and laugh with your child; all while nurturing your child’s creativity and helping to build their self-confidence.
Setting limits Every child needs reasonable boundaries, such as no playing ball inside. Early childhood educators set limits and support families in doing the same.
Love of literacy Early childhood educators read and tell stories, sing songs, and do puppet shows to inspire a love of language and to build early literacy skills.
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Confidence boost Early childhood educators provide safe opportunities for your child to be independent and to become confident in their personality and decision making skills.
Inspired learning Early childhood educators ask open-ended questions to inspire creative thought and curiosity, to encourage children to explore, and to make learning fun.
Life skills Early childhood educators use their expertise to develop programs that use play as a tool for teaching math, literacy, science and essential life skills that last for life!
Making friends Early childhood educators are educated to appropriately support children to gain social skills, which are so important in making friends and developing positive relationships!
Helping hand Everyone gets stumped by parenting from time to time - juggling schedules, demands, and behaviours. When it gets tough and you need someone to talk to, reach out to your child’s early childhood educator!
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Event: 2016 ECDA Fall Conference

Opening Keynote


Beyond Survival: The importance of being resilient when working with young children 
with behaviour specialist Barbara Kaiser
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

We may not be able to control everything that is happening in the classroom, but we can control how we respond. When challenging behaviour occurs, teachers need to be powerfully present, emotionally responsive, and role models of healthy social and emotional behaviour. Personal resilience is the capacity to prevent, tolerate, overcome, and be enhanced by adverse events and experiences. When we lose control of ourselves, our response to a child’s inappropriate behaviour can make things worse. Strengthening our resilience allows us to moderate our feelings, thoughts, and behaviours, and enables us to respond effectively to challenges, and encourages us to develop new skills. Rather than focusing on managing stress, focusing on fostering resilience can be more productive.

Barbara Kaiser Biography
Barbara Kaiser has worked for over 30 years as a teacher and education consultant. She has co-authored several books, including Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing and Responding Effectively 3rd Edition (2012, Pearson Education). She has taught part-time in the Faculty of Education at Concordia University and Acadia University. 
In addition to presenting workshops and keynote speeches on the topic of challenging behaviour internationally, Barbara recently developed a Provincial Anti-Bullying Strategy with the Nova Scotia Dept. of Education. She has also developed an instructional DVD series and related workshops, "Facing the Challenge."
Prior to moving to Nova Scotia, she was the founder/director of the first rural, subsidized day care centre in Quebec, and then started another non-profit, community-based centre in Montreal which became well known for its multi-age group setting, and unique use of space which emphasized empowering children and helping them learn how to make meaningful choices for themselves.

Date & Time

October 27, 2016
11:00 AM

Location

Homburg Theatre | Confederation Centre of the Arts | Charlottetown, PE

Other Sessions

Opening Remarks
October 27, 2016 8:45 AM

1A
October 27, 2016 1:30 PM

1B
October 27, 2016 1:30 PM

1C
October 27, 2016 1:30 PM

1D
October 27, 2016 1:30 PM

1E
October 27, 2016 1:30 PM

1F
October 27, 2016 1:30 PM

2A
October 28, 2016 8:30 AM

2B
October 28, 2016 8:30 AM

2C
October 28, 2016 8:30 AM

2D
October 28, 2016 8:30 AM

2E
October 28, 2016 8:30 AM

2F
October 28, 2016 8:30 AM

3A
October 28, 2016 10:30 AM

3B
October 28, 2016 10:30 AM

3C
October 28, 2016 10:30 AM

3D
October 28, 2016 10:30 AM

3E
October 28, 2016 10:30 AM

3F
October 28, 2016 10:30 AM

3G
October 28, 2016 10:30 AM

Panel
October 28, 2016 1:00 PM

Closing Keynote
October 28, 2016 2:30 PM

Event Information
2016 ECDA Fall Conference
Conferences
This event has been approved by the Early Learning and Child Care Board for 12.00 professional development training hours.
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