OVERVIEW: This workshop is entirely built from the participants curiosity, questions, urgencies, dilemmas, concerns, crises, and challenges. Material from any of the trainings that, Ronald Mah, M.A., Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, credentialed elementary and high school teacher, ECE instructor, and consultant may be presented in the framework of responding to direct questions from participants. Topics may include (but are not limited to) questions that draw from the many subjects of the workshops the presenter has conducted from 1991 to parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school teachers and administrators from private, public, religious schools, therapists, social workers, vocational and other human services professionals. Potential foci include material from workshops such as:
Discipline from the Inside Out
Setting Boundaries
Conflict Resolution w/ Young Children
Principles of Classroom Management
Understanding Temperament for More Effective Management and Discipline
Temper Tantrum Solutions
Introducing Foster Children into the Family System
Building Self-Esteem in the Adult/Child System
Building Peace
Victims, Abusers/Bullies, & Survivors: The Dynamics of Self-Esteem in Aggression and/or Violence
Childhood Stress—Including Dealing w/ Transitions and Change
Building Constructive Alliances w/ Parents or Clients
Staying Physically and Emotionally Healthy
Family Dynamics Dynamics at Home (& at Work!) for Creating Healthy Relationships & Teams
Balancing Professionalism, Sensitivity, & Friendship in the Workplace
Self-Esteem and Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Developmentally Appropriate Principles for Preschoolers