What's New?
We will be continuing our safety-focused book club for children in preschool through 2nd grade. Gift certificates are available.
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Organizations
The Collaborative offers training and coaching in child safety, abuse prevention, behavior management, and social/emotional skill integration for school districts and organizations such as PTA/Os, places of worship, and after-school programs.
Memberships
In 2021, the Collaborative will launch The Teacher C.A.R.E. Network. Memberships will include access to self-paced content focused on compassion fatigue, self-care, and work/life balance, as well as support groups and interactive workshops/webinars.
Workshops & Webinars
The Collaborative offers workshops and webinars regularly addressing a variety of topics related to child abuse prevention, parenting, and self-care.
Blog Posts
Check out our latest blog posts!
Child Abuse Prevention
Child abuse prevention doesn’t have to be scary or complicated. Using research-based tools and strategies, teachers and parents can develop “safety fluency” in children by providing them with consistent exposure to skill learning and practice opportunities. Potential topics include professional development, commercial curriculum implementation, integration of safety skills into academic curriculum, family support classes, and trainings on inclusion of safety objectives in the IEP/ISFP.
Behavior Management for Group Settings
Jennifer strategically trains and coaches organizations and school districts to use research-based methods for managing and supporting child behavior in group settings. Training occurs in a variety of environments including self-paced online courses, live virtual trainings on the platform Zoom, and in-person trainings (when public safety allows). Topics may include understanding the basics of behavior, addressing challenging behavior through assessment and intervention planning, learning best practices for teaching healthy behavior, implementing behavior management systems, and parent education.
Integration of Social/Emotional Skills
There are a couple of things I know from my experience as a public school teacher:
1. Teachers don't need another huge curriculum to implement.
2. Teachers don't need another lesson plan.
3. Teachers need a simple, effective way to teach SEL.
In my trainings, I combine the best practices for academic learning with the best practices for social emotional learning. I teach educators to look at their existing academic curriculum and seamlessly insert social emotional skill teaching and practice in ways that feel authentic and natural.
Coming soon!
In 2021, we will be launching the Teacher CARE Network. CARE stands for Compassion, Affirmation, Resources, and Encouragement. The membership will include access to self-paced modules, support groups, and workshops/webinars. Teachers will also have options to enroll in group or 1:1 coaching.
"On behalf of the Board of California Hands & Voices, I want to express my thanks for your webinar “Promoting Emotional Safety During Uncertain Times”. The webinar was well-planned and well-presented. We were pleased that you provided parents with tips for how to deal with their children’s emotions during this unusual time (the pandemic)."
Nancy Grosz Sager
California Hands & Voices
"It was one of the most valuable professional learning sessions I have attended in 26 years."
Anonymous feedback from Homebound Teacher
Arlington ISD
"Jennifer was amazing. She provided real strategies for dealing with the current stay-at-home - but many of the ideas (i.e., the agendas) are useful at all times. I like that this was applicable to children of all ages."
