This webinar will explore ways to guide children’s behaviour in a positive way. Educators will learn about self-regulation, reflective behaviour and relationship building. We will discuss the underlying factors that affect children’s emotional health and cause behaviour issues. We will also talk about creating a child-centred curriculum and environment to manage these issues.

Living Inquiries:

Well-being and belonging.
Engagement with others, materials, and the world.
Communication and literacies.
Identities, social responsibility, and diversity.

Pathways:

Joy in relationships with people, place, materials and ideas.
Social responsibility and justice.
Safety and respect.
Nourishment, sleep, and physical activity.
Emotions, thoughts, and views.
Every child is a gift.
Democratic practices.
Individual differences.
Interests and inquiries.
Multiple modes of communication.
Interrelationship of humans and their common worlds.

Suitable for ECE students, parents, intermediate and experienced early care and learning professionals working with children of all ages, from infants/toddlers to school age children, including children with extra support needs.

Facilitator(s): Pooja Kalsi

Pooja has a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from State university of New York. She has 25 years of experience in the Early childhood field as a teacher, facilitator, supervisor, director and instructor. She is very passionate about finding ways to promote children’s creativity and expression of discovery and make it visible by documentation. Pooja currently teaches at Langara College in the ECE department. She is a mother of two children and believes that she continues to learn from the world around her.