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.
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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.
November 12, 2020
9:00 AM
Rodd Royalty; Crowbush/Brudenell Room-- 14 Capital Dr, Charlottetown, PE C1A 8C2