Community Workshops, Seminars, Memberships, and Meetings

I am super proud to be a member/student of the following courses, workshops, seminars, webinars, programs, organizations, societies and federations!

Year 2020

Sep 29^th, 2020

CCCF: Introduction To Yoga Therapy For Kids

1 hour – video webinar

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Connecting with children of all ages through yoga skills, mind, body, breathing, space, and energy awareness, be in the moment, to be present, and self care awareness.

Sep 14th, 2020

ECEBC: Annual General Meeting.

2 hours – video webinar, Vancouver

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Promoting ECEBC new website, goals, finical year, communications, attentive and active listening

Aug 14th 2019

Supporter of $10 a day Plan

May 21^st, 2020

Sending our Children to School – What does that mean after the Pandemic?

2 hours – video meeting

Learning Outcomes and Skills: professional accountability, child and family support system, effective and inclusive communication, collaboration, building relationships – caring, genuineness, respect, and empathy, it’s ok to not be ok, we are all learning together.

May 7^th, 2020

Health and Healing in Troubled and Changing Times

1.5 hours – video meeting

Learning Outcomes and Skills: professional accountability, child and family support system, vulnerability, emotions, effective and inclusive communication, collaboration, building relationships – caring, genuineness, respect, and empathy, we are all learning together.

Mar 11^th, 2020

Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village

6 hours – community venue, Oyster Bay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Indigenous history, intergenerational effects of colonization, cognitive and emotional values, understanding the TRC Calls to Action and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Jul 24^th, 2020

Canadian Child Care Federation Membership

May 20^th, 2020

FND: Functional Neurological Disorder Group and Individual Sessions

2 hour – video meeting (11 sessions to date and continuing), Victoria

Learning Outcomes and Skills: FND history, understanding neuroscience, understanding the functions of the brain – all developmental domains, all 5 senses, gross and fine motor, support system and communication.

Year 2020

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Year 2019

Sep 24^th, 2019

Up dated Immunization Records

7 visits – Island Health, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Health, self care, self well-being.

Aug 26^th, 2019

Early Childhood Educators of BC Membership

Aug & Sep 2019

Diabetes Training

2 hours – in class ( 6 sessions) Comox Valley Hospital, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills:

July 23^rd, 2019

CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group Sessions

3 hours – in class (14 sessions), Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Development of all 5 developmental domains, cultural diversity, mindfulness, setting attainable goals, managing anxiety, self-compassion, understanding emotions, perspectives, communication, assertiveness, boundaries, procrastination, managing depression and loneliness.

Year 2019

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Year 2018

Sep 28^th, 2018

Criminal Record Check Approved – Linda’s After School Care, Courtenay

Dec 21^st, 2018

Criminal Record Check Approved – North Island College – ECCE Program,

Comox Valley Campus

Year 2018

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Year 2016

Apr 11^th, 2016

Anxiety Workshop

1.5 hours – community venue, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding anxiety, resources, strategies management, relaxation exercises, physical symptoms of anxiety, healthy thinking strategies to combat worries, tools for facing feared situations, how to deal with difficult emotions, building resilience for children.

Feb 10^th, 2016

Understanding the Teenage Brain

1.5 hours – community venue, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: understanding the adolescent turmoil brain, how to boost its plasticity, how the teen brain learns and works best, how to engage and communicate with adolescent, support teens to become healthy, happy, life-long learning adults

Year 2016

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Year 2014

Year 2014

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Year 2013

Nov 25^th, 2013

Anxiety: Its impact on Children

1.5 hours – community venue

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding of anxiety, clear strategies to help manage, understanding the “Four Pillars of too Much” approach, simplify environment, schedules, communication and routines.

Year 2013

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Year 2012

Nov 13^th, 2012

Learning Today for Tomorrow’s World

1.5 hours – community venue

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding new approaches to learning, understanding how the brain develops, learning and brain development partnership, understand learning and learning processes.

Aug 19^th, 2013

Criminal Record Check Approved – Linda’s After School Care, Courtenay

Year 2009

March 5^th, 2009

Raising the bar on healthy eating to support learning and behaviour

1.5 hours – community venue

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Food in the modern world, healthy eating habits, food allergy symptoms, mental and emotional difficulties, gastrointestinal problems, immune system, hormonal problems, liver function, sinus congestion and infections.

May 13^th, 2009

Creating Positive Relationships with Children through Visualization

1 hour – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Relationship building, promotes encoding and the retrieval processes, sorting objects, memory, and promotes multisensory learning.

May 13^th, 2009

Children and the Art Imagination

1 hour – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills – Understanding social skills, turn taking, sharing, problem solving, understanding emotional skills, feelings, and self-regulation, and develop language skills

Feb 4^th, 2009

Effective Circle Times

2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Positive relationship building, understanding communication, new language, taking turns, understanding how to attentively and actively listen to others, participation skill development.

Jan 22^nd, 2009

Dance & Movement with Children

2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Cultural diversity, gross and fine motor development, new language, partnership participation, social learning, understanding a beat and rhythm movements, following directions and understanding instructions.

Year 2008

Nov 15^th 2008

EpiPen Session with the Nurse of How to Use an EpiPen

1 hour – Linda’s After School Care centre

Leaning Outcomes and Skills: How to administer an EpiPen, call 911 for patient to receive emergency treatment, understanding anaphylaxis, food allergy, and asthma.

Nov 15^th, 2008

Boy Smart Seminar

2 hours – community venue

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding learning needs for boys, learn how to understand the individual boy, effective communications with boys, community plan to raise boy’s school achievements, positive social skills, action plan to mentor boy’s for school success.

Dec 2^nd, 2008

Christmas Share and Make: Crafts and Activities for Children

2 hour – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: How to engage children in crafts and activities, social and language development, gross and fine motor skills, and communication.

Nov 5^th, 2008

Meeting The Challenge

2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding there is a root cause to behaviour challenges, how to identify the root cause, building trusting relationships with the child and family, collaboration in support of the child, support systems for the child and family.

Nov 18^th, 2008

Exploring Science with Children

2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Teaching children safety and correct use of science equipment, hypothesize, observing, cause and effect, problem solving development, math concepts, and using all 5 senses.

Nov, 2008

Child Care Emergency Preparedness Information Session

8 hours – community venue, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Activating the disaster plan, facility action and communication log, Code Blue: cardiac arrest, Code Red: fire response, Code Red: fire practice log and drill report, Code Black: bomb threat procedure, Code Black: bomb threat documentation form, Code Green: evacuation: procedure, Code Green: child and staff post-evacuation status report form, Code Brown: hazardous spills cleaning guidelines, guidelines for cleaning toys, Code Grey: air exclusion activities, Code Orange: responses during earthquake, damage assessment tool, damage assessment checklist, boil water notification, utility outage checklists BC Hydro & Terasen Gas, Register of Staff Called Back to Duty, and Licensing Contact Information.

Oct 21, 2008

Partners in Teaching: Seizure Awareness Workshop

2 hours – community venue, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding and recognizing different types of seizures, providing first aid, and learning about children development challenges with seizures.

Oct 18^th, 2008

Food Safe Training Program for Food Handlers

8 hours – in class NIC Comox Valley Campus, Courtenay

Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding food temperatures, food borne illness, how to receive, store, prepare, serve food, and understand cleaning and sanitization procedures.

Aug 2008

Criminal Record Check Approved – Linda’s After School Care, Courtenay

Year 2008

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Year 1991

Year 1991

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