Evidence supports that students benefit from a holistic approach to education. Learning and teaching go beyond the academic focus, but they must also foster the social-emotional development of all students. Developing relationships is at the core of social-emotional learning. Students need to feel safe, seen, and know they matter. These relationships are vital when working to support the regulation of challenging behaviors. Regulation (also called self-management) refers to one’s ability to recognize and navigate emotions, feelings, cognition, and behaviors during challenging or stressful situations. Students develop self-discipline, self-motivation, and impulse control when they learn how to regulate.

Join this interactive virtual workshop to learn a holistic approach to supporting all students in gaining social-emotional learning skills, specifically focusing on relationship and regulation skills. These valuable coping tools are essential for success in school and beyond.

Objectives
Participants will be able to:

• Build a student-centered learning environment that fosters relationships and encourages regulation for learning
• Apply strategies to assist children with regulation development
• Understand the impact relationships and regulation have on learning and life success
• Identify practices to build educator’s own regulation skills and practices

Outline 
Session 1: Relationship Building: Foundation of Positive Classroom & School Culture

• Introductions & Group Norms
• Exploring Relationships: Teacher-Student & Student-Student
• Classroom Practices to Support Relationship Development (across time)
  • Strategies for Developing Relationships
  • Strategies for Challenging Relationships
  • Strategies for Strengthening Relationships
  • Strategies for Repairing Relationships
• Using Affective Communication

Session 2: Regulation: Why, How, and When?

• Understanding Core Principles of Regulation Development
• Building Educator Regulation Skills
• Understanding & Practicing Sensory-Motor Integration Strategies
• Regulation and Positive Discipline Practices
  • Connect Before Correct
• Exploring Common Triggers
• Reacting or Responding
• Reflection, Sharing, & Plan for Action

Trainer’s Profile

Dr. Oliver is an educational consultant and social-emotional learning expert and trainer based out of Lafayette, IN, USA. For the past thirteen years she has taught in the Graduate School Counseling Program at Butler University. Prior to her current role, she worked as middle school counselor (with experience at the elementary and high school levels too) and served as a grief therapist for children and adolescents ages 3-22. She sees her role as a resource and support for all educators as well as an advocate and source of positive change for the entire school community.

Dr. Oliver is the co-author of Indiana Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Competencies: A Neurodevelopmental Culturally Responsive Framework. She has written and designed three SEL Educator courses, an SEL Specialist Educator course, co-developed nine SEL microcredentials, and co-developed Indiana’s Social-Emotional Wellness Coaching Model.

Methodology

Didactic instruction, role-play, large and small group discussions, modeling of instruction. self-assessment, verbal and written reflection, and processing activities

Platform

Zoom
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Target Audience

Teachers, counselors, administrators, and other school staff that support students ages 3 – 11

Fees
1 person: SGD400.00 (USD300.00)/person
2 to 4 person: SGD380.00 (USD290.00)/person
5 person & more: SGD360.00 (USD280.00/person)
E-certificate will be issued

Other Details
Duration: 2 days, 6 hours
Closing Date:  11 Jan 2023

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