Continuous Play, Learning, and Development
Community Workshops, Seminars, Memberships, Meetings, Immunization, and CRC
Year 2021
February 23rd 2021
Scholar’s Choice: Part Two: Art Therapy & Supporting Social Emotional Wellness
1 hour – video webinar
Cert
Learning Outcomes & Skills:
February 9th 2021
Scholar’s Choice: Part One Exploring Emotions
1 hour – video webinar
Cert
Learning Outcomes & Skills:
Year 2020
Dec 10th 2020
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC Membership
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC Membership Dec 2020
Dec 8th 2020
Scholar’s Choice: Activities to do at Home or School through the Holiday Season
1 hour – video webinar
Activities to do at Home or School through the Holiday Season Certificate Dec 2020
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Learning to be creative with our thinking for family fun during the holiday season with pandemic restrictions. Outdoor activity ideas – collect different forest items and place them in a dish of water to freeze overnight outside, chalk draw a target on a wall to throw snowball at and count the ones that stick, look for animal foot prints and expand the conversation with curious questions, fill water balloons with coloured water to freeze over night and on the following day pull off the water balloon covering to watch the coloured water melt into the snow.
Nov 24th 2020
Scholar’s Choice: Outdoor Learning: Ensuring Growth and Development through a Connection with Nature
1 hour – video webinar
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Exploring, discovering, respecting and understanding the uplifting joys of surrounding yourself with nature. Learning about plants, animals, and weather patterns in its natural environments. Educating the children and their family how to dress appropriately to engage with nature all year around and all day long.
Nov 10th 2020
Scholar’s Choice: Learning to Embrace and Explore COVID Restrictions with Let’s Talks Science
1 hour – video webinar
Learning to Embrace and Explore Covid Restrictions with Let’s Talks Science Nov 2020
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Embracing and exploring ‘why’ wearing masks and social distancing is connected to what ‘scientists have learned’, supporting educators with appropriate science activities to engage with children, story books, songs, free virtue story reading times that are available, and we are all learning together.
Nov 4th 2020
ECC 141/142NIC: Guest speaker Lesley Henderson presenter: Roles of a Pedagogists
1 hour – Bluejeans video – NIC, Comox Valley
Lesley Henderson: Recipient of the Prime Ministers awards for achievement in Early Childhood Education, 2002
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/pmaece-ppmepe.nsf/eng/wy00040.html
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Supporting early childhood educators in their centres, active engagement with the educators, observing the educators, help create pedagogical ideas, encourage pedagogical network, connecting with a pedagogy lens, critically reflect ones practice to enhance learning and introduce new materials, to teach live and practice in our changing world around us, and during a pandemic.
Nov 4th 2020
CCF: Julie Belair-Bak Presenter, Literacy in Early Years Training
1 hour – video webinar
Literacy Early Years Training and Ceritifate November 4th 2020
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding dialogue reading, follow the child’s lead in regards to their thinking and understanding of literacy, literacy strategies – OWL Observe , Wait, Listen. Overserve the book title, author, observe the engagement of the children while you are reading the page then turn the page when the children are ready. Wait – give the children time to process your reading and allow time for responds, this helps the children to understand their connections with the story. Listen – let the children tell you what they are seeing.
Oct 7th 2020
ONP-International and CCCF :Â Julie Belair-Bak Presenter, Maths & Numeracy for Early Years Training
1 hour – video webinar
Math & Numeracy for Early Years Training Oct 2020
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Connecting with preschool age children, math language, observation, problem solving, recognizing numbers, shapes, spatial sense, counting, geometry, algebra, measurement, data analysis and probability, indoor and outdoor math environments.
Sep 29th 2020
CCCF: Introduction To Yoga Therapy For Kids
1 hour – video webinar
Introduction to Yoga Therapy for Kids
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Connecting with children of all ages through yoga skills, mind, body, breathing, space, and energy awareness, to be in the moment, to be present, and self care awareness.
Sep 14th 2020
ECEBC: Annual General Meeting.
2 hours – video webinar, Vancouver
ECEBC AGM Meeting Attended Sept. 14th, 2020
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Promoting ECEBC new website, goals, finical year, communications, attentive and active listening
Aug 14th 2020
$10 a Day Plan Supporter and Follower
May 21st 2020
Sending our Children to School – What does that mean after the Pandemic?
2 hours – video meeting
Sending our Children to School May, 2020
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 7th 2020
Health and Healing in Troubled and Changing Times
1.5 hours – video meeting
Health and Healing in Troubled and Changing Times May, 2020
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 11th 2020
Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village
6 hours – community venue, Oyster Bay
Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village 2020
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 24th 2020
Canadian Child Care Federation Membership
CCCF Membership 2020 and Present
May 20th 2020
FND: Functional Neurological Disorder Group and Individual Sessions
2 hour – video meeting (11 sessions to date and continuing), Victoria
Functional Neurological Disorder Apr, 2020
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
Aug 26th 2019
Early Childhood Educators of BC Membership
ECEBC Membership 2019 and Present
Sep 24th 2019
Up dated Immunization Records
7 visits – Island Health, Courtenay
Immunization Record updated September 2019
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Health, self care, self well-being.
July 23rd 2019
CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group Sessions
3 hours – in class (14 sessions), Courtenay
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy July 2019
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 28th 2018
Criminal Record Check Approved – Linda’s After School Care, Courtenay
Scan Criminal Record Check – Current for Linda’s After School Care
Dec 21st 2018
Criminal Record Check Approved – North Island College – ECCE Program,
Comox Valley Campus
Scan Criminal Record Check – Current for North Island College
Year 2018
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Year 2016
Apr 11th 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 10th 2016
Understanding the Teenage Brain
1.5 hours – community venue, Courtenay
Understanding the Teenage Brain Feb 2016
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 25th 2013
Anxiety: Its impact on Children
1.5 hours – community venue
Anxiety – It’s Impact on Children Nov 2013
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 13th 2012
Learning Today for Tomorrow’s World
1.5 hours – community venue
Learning Today for Tomorrow’s World Nov 2012
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 19th 2013
Criminal Record Check Approved – Linda’s After School Care, Courtenay
Year 2009
March 23rd, 2009
Nutrition in Childhood: Developing Healthy Eating Habits in Children
2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Nutrition in Childhood – Developing Healthy Eating Habits in Children
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding the “Eating well with Canada’s Food Guide, understanding of parents/educators can decide what to offer, when to offer food and where to offer food, the child decides whether to eat and how much to eat, to explore all 5 senses with food, engage children with an interest in food through books and fun food games and activities.
March 5th 2009
Raising the bar on healthy eating to support learning and behaviour
1.5 hours – community venue
Raising the bar on healthy eating to support learning and behaviour Mar 2009
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 13th 2009
Creating Positive Relationships with Children through Visualization
1 hour – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Creating Positive Relationships with Children through Viualization May 2009
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Relationship building, promotes encoding and the retrieval processes, sorting objects, memory, and promotes multisensory learning.
May 13th 2009
Children and the Art Imagination
1 hour – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Children and the Art of Imagination May 2009
Learning Outcomes and Skills – Understanding social skills, turn taking, sharing, problem solving, understanding emotional skills, feelings, and self-regulation, and develop language skills
Feb 4th 2009
Effective Circle Times
2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Effective Circle Times Feb 2009
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 22th 2009
Dance & Movement with Children
2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Dance and Movement with Children Jan 2009
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 15th 2008
EpiPen Session with the Nurse of How to Use an EpiPen
1 hour – Linda’s After School Care centre
EpiPen Session with Health Nurse Nov 2008
Leaning Outcomes and Skills: How to administer an EpiPen, call 911 for patient to receive emergency treatment, understanding anaphylaxis, food allergy, and asthma.
Nov 15th 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 2th 2008
Christmas Share and Make: Crafts and Activities for Children
2 hour – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Crafts and Activities for Children Dec 2008
Learning Outcomes and Skills: How to engage children in crafts and activities, social and language development, gross and fine motor skills, and communication.
Nov 5th 2008
Meeting The Challenge
2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Meeting the Challenge Nov 2008
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 18th 2008
Exploring Science with Children
2 hours – Comox Valley Child Development Association, Courtenay
Exploring Science with Children Nov 2008
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
Care Care Emergency Preparedness Information Session Nov 2008
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 21st 2008
Partners in Teaching: Seizure Awareness Workshop
2 hours – community venue, Courtenay
Seizure Awareness Workshop Oct 2008
Learning Outcomes and Skills: Understanding and recognizing different types of seizures, providing first aid, and learning about children development challenges with seizures.
Oct 18th 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
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Year 1991
Year 1991
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Year 1990
Year 1990
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Year 1989
Year 1989
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