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.
October 27, 2016
11:00 AM
Homburg Theatre | Confederation Centre of the Arts | Charlottetown, PE