Mighty Willows: Knowing Your Child (Module 1) (June)
Event description
Workshop Overview
Mighty Willows aims to help parents / caregivers / teachers to develop an understanding of children's responses (also known as behaviour, but we don't focus on that!) from the inside out - we discuss the nervous system and how this plays a role in responses, and explore ways to better understand and respond to underlying needs.
During the session we will explore the root causes of behaviours and get curious about what uses up the child (or the adult's!) energy (or spoons) during the day. We will discuss how to co-regulate with children.
You will leave the workshop with 3 documents to begin making changes at home:
- "Spoons Profile" outlining what is using your child's energy each day
- "Spoon Savers" document outlining ideas to help regulate your child
- "Spoons Management Plan" as an overview of how we can implement accommodations for the child.
Mighty Willows: Knowing Your Child is the first of two modules, the second module, Growing Your Child, introduces ways to problem solve with your child, using the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Model. This module will be run approximately 6 weeks after Knowing Your Child.
Participant Information
This is an introductory level course aimed at anyone parenting, caring for, teaching or otherwise supporting a neurodivergent (or potentially neurodivergent) child. The information is suitable for all ages as the information discussed can be adapted for different age groups.
Facilitators
Sharyn Gousmett, Educational Psychologist and Director of Willow Corner
Rob Newlove, parent of 2 neurodivergent children.