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QOLI Gentle Teaching Workshop at SHARE Foundation, May 2018

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Registration is open for the annual Gentle Teaching workshop at the SHARE Foundation. This 3-day learning event, held at the St. Timothy Center in Sharing Meadows, Indiana, is produced by the Quality of Life Institute, Inc., in collaboration with Globe Star and the SHARE Foundation.

This event will be welcoming back Dr. Anthony M. McCrovitz (Director of Quality of Life Institute, Inc., co-founder of Globe Star), and Maurits Eijgendaal from the Netherlands (President of International Snoezelen-MSE Association, a leader and manager of social organizations for more than 35 years; past president of Gentle Teaching International).

Together, they will present a foundational understanding of Gentle Teaching, its philosophy and essential applications for a practice of mentoring a spirit of gentleness.

“Wisdom is about what to do next ” is this year’s theme. 

We will discuss the path of decision-making in our mentoring work, and how the four pillars of a Gentle Teaching framework (safe, loved, loving, engaged) guide the mentor in engaging the other in dialogue (verbal & non-verbal).

Mentoring a spirit of gentleness cultivates interactions that are peaceable, gentle, and without partiality [unconditional acceptance].

Would you like to know more about this event and registration?

LEARN MORE HERE!

 

Registration Open for Workshop Days in May

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What is Snooezelen-MSE? Reimagining & Facilitating Multi-Sensory Environments

3 Days of Workshops  – 8 CEU credits or PGP points available per day

at the Jackson R. Lehman Family YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne

LOCATED at: 5680 YMCA Park Drive West, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46835

PRODUCED BY The Quality of Life Institute, Inc.

  • Pre-Registration and payment is required (8 CEU’s or PGP points per day)
  • ($89/one day; $159/ two days; $229/three days). 
  • Each day includes, snacks, coffee/tea/water, plus optional, $10 box lunch (or visit the eateries of Fort Wayne). 
  • For those wanting to fulfill continuing education requirements, 8 CEU credits or PGP points are available for each workshop day, and will be issued through Fort Wayne’s Education Department at the University of Saint Francis.
  • Certificates of Attendance will be issued by the International Snoezelen-MSE Association (ISNA-MSE) and the American Association of Multi-Sensory Environments (AAMSE).

        

        

CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION PAGE!!!

12th Annual Early Childhood Conference April 21

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“Taking Care of Business: Executive Function in Early Childhood Development” is the theme for the 12th Annual Early Childhood Conference, sponsored  by Purdue North Central’s Center for Early Learning on Saturday, April 21st.  Register Here. 

At both the morning and an afternoon sessions, Dr. Anthony M. McCrovitz will be presenting: NOW WHAT? Applying components of executive functioning for connecting, capturing and creating meaningful moments.

He will illustrate the practical steps for how to mentor a child through the developmental processes that establish social/emotional stability. Gentle Teaching integrates values of executive functioning. This presentation will: (1) discuss the basics of Gentle Teaching and how to structure dialogue for interactions that create “growing room” and mentor meaningful goals; (2) discuss how to build bridges that expand connections, and how to create possibilities by addressing lagging skills (3) how to capture components of EF for developing a child-centered mentoring plan, focused on awareness and growth (not behavior).

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