ChildhoodToday workshops The two, four, or six-hour face-to-face workshops are available as stand-alone workshops or in sequence. Interested? Please email us at dr.mel@childhoodtoday.net.

Workshops

These interactive workshops provide practical ideas and skills that can be immediately used in the classroom or at home. They are designed for educators, administrators, parents, caregivers/for-now parents, and family members. The face-to-face workshops can be two, four, or six hours long. The longer the workshop, the more interactive and hands-on. The six-hour workshops allow adults to develop and discuss implementation strategies and receive immediate feedback. The two-hour workshops are primarily informational with some interactive discussion time.

Workshop Content Objectives

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ACEs:A Practical workshop for Educators

The implications of the ACEs studies in classroom and behavior management, classroom set-up, learning strategies, learning styles, differentiation, discipline and most important…self-care! Help young children who have experienced early trauma thrive in your classroom!

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ACEs: When Trauma Meets Trauma in the Classroom. Preparation and Prevention

Find out what to do before, during and after dysregulation happens in your classroom. Develop a plan!

Meet Grace. Grace is Amazing!

Help Grace develop Brains, Heart and Courage to overcome the Effects of Early trauma

Brain = Self Knowledge and Mindfulness

Heart = Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Literacy

Courage = Resilience

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What does a Holistic African Americans(AA) History have to do with Educating Young Children?

Historical/Generational Traumas & ACEs

Contributions and the Building of America

Erosion of AA Middle Class

Racism at the Age of Seven

Resilience and Perseverance

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ACEs: How to develop eXECUTIVE fUNCTIONS sKILLS(EFS) in young children

ACEs: Brain Development and EFS

Incorporating EFS in Lesson Plans and Classroom Management

Self-Love Conversations in Young Children

Additional Workshops

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ACEs:Emotional Intelligence & Social-Emotional Learning in young Children

ACEs Curriculum

Currently in Development

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I Matter Curriculum

The ACEs curriculum is for all early childhood through early elementary children because life challenges all of us.

The ACEs curriculum is literature-based. Each unit uses children’s books as the centerpiece for executive function content.