Child Well Being
Schools That Heal support child well being by recognizing and responding to children's developmental issues as well as acknowleding and honoring their life experiences. Member schools send teachers to professional development seminars in Emotionally Responsive Practice that promote practices that nurture child well-being in the clsasroom.
Level 1 seminars will take place 5 times throughout the school year at the West Side Montessori School on W.92nd Street.. The half day sessions take place in:
Session 1- October
Session 2- November
Session 3- January
Session 4- February
Session 5- May
( Exact dates will be made available in the spring.)
Schools That Heal Level 1 seminar topics include:
Supporting Child Development in the School Setting
Being a “Good Mirror” for Young Children
Using Inviting and Containing Techniques for an Emotionally Balanced Classroom
Transition Objects to Promote Connect to Self and Empathy for Others
Understanding and Working with End of Year Issues
Schools That Heal Level 2 seminars meet 3 times during the school year.
Level 2 seminars involve in-depth study of a single topic. Prior years have included: Trauma and Loss in Children, Working with Spectrum Issues, and The Value of Play and Metaphor
In the 2023-24 school yeat, Level 2 participants will study
Classroom Dynamics: The family of the Classroom*
Directors have found that Schools That Heal seminars have been a powerful source of professional development, fostering practice changes that support child well being in good times and bad. Feel free to check in with school leaders of current member schools!
If Covid threats are minimal, Level 2 seminars will rotate location of participating schools that volunteer to host.
Schools That Heal Parents Sessions, 2022-23
If directors would like to invite their parent communities to attend virtual parent- focused sessions during the 2022-23 school year, the following topics will be offered during the fall or spring:
Parenting in the Wake of Covid
Understanding Friendship Through a Developmental Lens
If directors would like to arrange for onsite, in-person parent sessions, reach out to discuss possibilities.