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: ECDA Fall Conference 2020

1A - Compassion Fatigue and the Helping Profession


Early Childhood Educators are helping professionals. And as helping professionals, you may know that people in the caring professions often experience compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue is described as a profound emotional and physical exhaustion that helping professionals and caregivers can develop over the course of their career.

During this interactive workshop, you will learn about the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and identify personal self-care strategies to deal with compassion fatigue and increase stress resiliency.

Learning outcomes:

  1. Reflect on the work you do as a helping professional.
  2. Identify the symptoms/signs of compassion fatigue.
  3. Assess for personal compassion fatigue.
  4. Identify personal self care strategies to address/overcome compassion fatigue.
  5. Commit to a personal action plan to increase stress resiliency.

 

Facilitator Bio: Gerard Murphy is the owner and president of Barefoot Facilitation Inc.

Gerard has a 25 year track record of excellence as a facilitator, educator, and speaker.  His passion is helping people to engage in conversations that are impactful and influence individual, team and organizational performance

Gerard has worked nationally, provincially and regionally to provide facilitation, training and consulting services to clients within the voluntary, public and private sectors.  He has extensive experience working with organizations to design and deliver learning opportunities and processes.  And he has in-depth content knowledge in health promotion and community development, with expertise in supportive care program planning for people living with heart disease, stroke, cancer and dementia.

Gerard is a graduate of the School of Health and Human Performance at Dalhousie University. With a commitment to lifelong learning he has certifications in public participation, community-based development, leadership development and primary health care collaboration. Gerard is a certified Personality Dimensions® Qualified Facilitator and has successfully completed the training requirements for Master Trainer in the Stanford Chronic-Disease Self-Management Program.

Date & Time

November 12, 2020
9:00 AM

Location

Rodd Royalty; Crowbush/Brudenell Room-- 14 Capital Dr, Charlottetown, PE C1A 8C2

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Keynote: We are All Heroes
November 10, 2020 6:30 PM

10A: La Francisation et L’identité Culturelle en Petite Enfance
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

2A -Learning Environments: Embracing Today, Excited for Tomorrow
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

3A: The Early Childhood Educator’s Role in Identifying and Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

4A: We are all “Story Tellers” – and it can play havoc in communicating!
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

5A: Fostering Children’s Relationships with Nature and The Scream!!! Digging Deeper into How We Understand and Respond to Children’s Screams
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

6A: ACEs, Trauma and Resiliency in Young Children
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

7A: Get Grounded! Cultivating Resilience Through Challenging Times
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

8A - Promoting Literacy Education through Play
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

9A: Designing and Facilitating Natural Outdoor and Loose Parts Play for Early Childhood
November 12, 2020 9:00 AM

10B: Trousses Petite enfance en santé Î.-P.-É. et Autorégulation
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

1B - Compassion Fatigue and the Helping Profession
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

2B - Learning Environments: Embracing Today, Excited for Tomorrow
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

3B: The Early Childhood Educator’s Role in Identifying and Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

4B: We are all “Story Tellers” – and it can play havoc in communicating!
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

5B: Fostering Children’s Relationships with Nature and The Scream!!! Digging Deeper into How We Understand and Respond to Children’s Screams 
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

6B: ACEs, Trauma and Resiliency in Young Children
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

7B: Pain....The Misunderstood Sensation
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

8B -Promoting Literacy Education through Play
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

9B - Designing and Facilitating Natural Outdoor and Loose Parts Play for Early Childhood
November 13, 2020 9:00 AM

Event Information
ECDA Fall Conference 2020
Conferences
This event has been approved by the Early Learning and Child Care Board for 12.50 professional development training hours.
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