Social Emotional Training Level I: Promoting Children's Success

by Carol Weisheit
September 18, 2009
Reg. 8:00am, Workshop 8:30am - 3:30pm

Description/Bio: This is the first in a four day series of workshops based on the CSEFEL Modules. Participants will be able to describe the importance of building relationships with children, families, and colleagues; describe the relationship between children's social emotional development and challenging behavior; describe how challenging behavior serves as a function for children; and describe the relationship between environmental variables, children's challenging behaviors, and social emotional development. Participants will also learn strategies that can be used to build positive relationships with children, families, and colleagues; design environments, schedules, and routines; structure transitions; help children learn rules and routines; and plan activities that promote engagement.

Carol Weisheit is an Early Childhood Resource Specialist with Illinois STARNET, a federal project funded through the Illinois State Board of Education. As an Early Childhood Specialist, Carol provides technical assistance and support to teachers who work with children birth to age eight, focusing primarily on children with special needs. Carol is a certified High/Scope teacher/trainer and teaches adjunct for Heartland Community College. Formerly, Carol was state director of Illinois Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), served on the National CASA Curriculum Advisory Committee, and trained for National CASA. Carol has directed child care programs for low-income families, coordinated and taught in an at-risk pre-kindergarten program and served as a parent educator providing home visits to families at-risk. She has a Bachelors degree in Child Development and a Masters degree in Child and Family Studies. In her spare time, Carol volunteers for the Make- A-Wish Foundation, granting wishes to children with life threatening illnesses.

This training will provide 6.0 hours for the following:

• CPDUs (Continuing Professional Development Units) for teacher certification
• CDA (Child Development Associate) credit in area(s) #3
• CE credit for SLP, SW, LCPC, PT, and OT professionals

Full attendance is required to receive a certificate of participation.

In collaboration with Rock Island County Regional Office of Education.

Registration form for this workshop.