RAISING A BULLY FREE FAMILY

This informative 3 hour session is designed for caregivers, parents, front line workers, concerned community members and all those who work with children and youth. The session includes lots of time for questions and is presented in a safe and open environment.

The following will be covered:

  • Definition of bullying
  • Current information about bullying and why it happens
  • Recognizing the difference between a bullying situation and a social skill issue
  • Understanding current brain development and child behaviours
  • Self-esteem vs. character development
  • Identifying potential victim behaviour
  • How to create a bully free home
  • How to think bully free
  • Teaching your children assertiveness skills
  • Teaching positive self-talk and worth
  • Helping your children learn how to confront bullies and stop them
  • Assisting your children to understand their rights and responsibilities
  • How to work with the school in cooperation
  • Social education skills for children
  • Breaking the code of silence
  • Identifying victims and potential victims
  • How to help the victims & bullies
  • Positive parenting tips
  • How to deal with “cyber bullying”
  • Developing friendship skills
  • Using virtues and emotional intelligence in your home

SOCIAL SKILLS AND BEYOND!

This workshop includes: social skills and social responsibility, bullying prevention and resources, emotion and virtue cards, and sample lesson plans.

The following will be covered:

  • Implementing social skills education into the classroom
  • Recognizing and preventing bullying
  • Familiarity with Bullying Prevention Resources
  • Key Elements for creating socially responsible children
  • Understanding Emotion Cards and Virtue Cards
  • Sample lesson plans to help integrate social skills into the curriculum
  • Implementing social skills education into the classroom
  • Recognizing and preventing bullying
  • Familiarity with Bullying Prevention Resources
  • Key Elements for creating socially responsible children
  • Understanding Emotion Cards and Virtue Cards
  • Sample lesson plans to help integrate social skills into the curriculum

CREATING A BULLY FREE SCHOOL & CLASSROOM

Is what we see Bullying or a Social Skill issue? We want bullying to stop; it is an issue that concerns us all. In this informative, “not like any other bullying workshop” we will challenge your current thoughts and provide you with new tools to help your students.

In this interactive 1 day workshop for: all school staff, health staff, day care educators and other front line community workers.

The following will be covered:

  • Defining of bullying
  • Current information about bullying and why it happens
  • Recognizing the difference between a bullying situation and a social skill issue
  • Understanding brain development and child behaviours
  • Understanding attachment and student success
  • Self-esteem vs. character development
  • Identifying potential victim behaviour
  • Breaking the code of silence
  • Understanding bully truths and myths
  • Safe non-violent bully stopping plans
  • 22 key ingredients to creating a bully free classroom and school
  • Teaching students assertive communication skills
  • Teaching positive self-talk and worth
  • Helping students/staff understand their rights & responsibilities
  • How to help victims and bullies
  • An introduction to Social Education Skills
  • Building Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Education Assistants: Vital to Your Students

This full day workshop is designed for Teaching Assistants.


As Teaching Assistants, you are a integral part of the school system in your community. Without you many students would not reach their full potential, you empower, encourage and facilitate their learning

The following will be covered:

  • Your role in the classroom / community
  • Working with your students
  • The science of teaching and learning
  • Reporting
  • Documenting
  • Following Individual Education Plans (IEP)
  • Working with students with disabilities
  • Confidentiality

Educating the Whole Child
Before the Academic Child

This talk will inspire attendees to consider our roots and what our children will need 10, 15, 20 years ahead. Strong and healthy RELATIONSHIPS is what we and the future will require. We have focused on Bullying Prevention as being a PRIORITY, now let us speak of Healthy Relationships as being the most important aspect of educating our children. Children learn best, and live longer when they are satisfied and secure within their relationships. Then, and only then will our money be well spent on academic materials and learning. We will see our students succeed.

TEACHING SOCIAL SKILLS & VIRTUES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

In this interactive workshop all participants will learn how to implement and teach Social Skills and Virtues to very young children in pre-schools, day cares and Head Start Programs.

The following will be covered:

  • What are Social Skills and why are they are so important
  • The latest research findings on the importance of learning social skills and virtues in the early years
  • How to “teach” a social skills or virtue lesson within your daily activities using themes and interactions with the children
  • Begin building Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
  • A yearly plan of teaching social skills and virtues
  • Track your successes
  • Working with your community school in creating socially skilled students, reducing bullying and increasing overall academic success
  • Helping children be more “school and friendship” ready
  • Understanding how this program will influence the well being of the early childhood educators and all staff

Parenting During the School Years

This is a particularly difficult time to be parenting; our children need our guidance and support in many different areas of their lives, during more than the toddler years. In this workshop, participants will walk away with a “parenting plan” covering areas such as social skills, rules, chores, homework, school, and much more. Each family will receive resources that will support their parenting plan.

Topics covered in this safe, interactive 5-day session are:

  • Our job as parents
  • The 7 teachings
  • The 5 agreements
  • Effective communication skills
  • Raising a bully-free family
  • Bullying prevention
  • Problem solving
  • Goal setting
  • Creating a family code of values
  • Decisions & choices
  • Chores & responsibilities
  • Setting runs
  • Friends
  • School & homework
  • Parent-teacher interviews
  • Child Wellness
  • Sleep: The importance of healthy brain development
  • Create your own parenting plan
  • Things I like about you

If you are interested in one of our workshops