Christian Bellissimo, MSW, LCSW, RPT, LLC Child Play Therapist www.christianbellissimo.com The past year has been filled with adversity for children and adults. A global pandemic. Loss of school and social interaction that children need to thrive. Political tumult that sparked peaceful protests and deadly riots. Our children have watched, listened, and observed in their struggle
Hey webinar lovers, I am surprised to learn that some people are upset or offended about our upcoming webinar on how to help children cope with scary events. I never anticipated that an effort to provide my colleagues with information about helping children who are fearful due to recent events would be so divisive. In
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Well, our spirits were refreshed and renewed today in the webinar presented by Troy Byer from Mindology Fitness and Mindology Fitness Kids. We left the session, Mindful Emotion Regulation Strategies for Early Educators and the Children With Whom They Work, with new skills for children and ourselves to regulate feelings and emotions that can be
You may have missed the live webinar of Beyond COVID-19: Supporting Children, Families, & Staff to Reintegrate to the New Normal, by Barbara Kaiser, but you can still participate! Here's what you missed: A comprehensive set of strategies for helping all of the people in the early childhood education triad to manage the stress of
As promised, we're sharing the recording of yesterday's webinar, Early Care and Education’s Leadership Choices: What Lies Ahead for the Field? by Dr. Stacie Goffin and Dr. Valora Washington. In this thought-provoking webinar, Valora and Stacie walked us through the biggest issues facing professionalization of our field. While early care and education leadership organizations are
Earlier today I sent out the email below. I would be remiss to not post it on our blog where it will live forever ,proclaiming our commitment to social justice. After fitful sleep, I woke up this morning ready to send out our usual announcement about upcoming webinars. Usually when I prepare our announcements, I
We're just paying it forward today! I'm grateful to see another inspiring resource from inspiring and resourceful early education leaders and leading organizations just when we need it most, and I want to share it with you. Some days during this crisis, we wake up feeling drained and depleted, but today I woke up to
If you missed the live webinar by Dr. Mike Sherman of Birth2Five Consulting, you should take the time to watch the recording now. You will learn how to become more attuned with children and why relationship are the most important element of early development. Because we didn't have enough time to ask the questions posed
We promised to let you know when we posted the recording of one of our most popular webinars of the year, Facilitating Meaningful Online Experiences With Young Children: Unexpected Challenges and Joyful Opportunities in Action,by Jacky Howell, M.A. Without further discussion, here's the link! A big thank you to our good friend and esteemed colleague,
