Recording of Spring Education Conference For Teachers and Support Staff

CCAL Spring Education Conference Recording for Teachers and ECE Support Staff

Counts for Six Clock Hours for LDOE or LA Pathways

These sessions are geared towards

Early Childhood Educators

First Session

Toys, Trikes and Tantrums

Dianna Constant, Agenda for Children

This breakout session provides educators with a blueprint for success with young children in the early learning classroom.  Participants will learn an underlying cause of preschool behaviors and learn effective techniques to prevent problem behaviors that sometimes occur in the preschool classroom.  

Second Session 

Bubbles and Boundaries:  Teacher Self-Care for 2025   

  Patrick Sciambra   

Tulane Infant Mental Health - Tikes Program

This presentation is intended for any and all early childhood educators.  Teaching young children can be incredibly stressful!  Research clearly shows that caregivers who are stressed are more likely to use harsh discipline.  This session address stress management and self-care in a fun and educational way. Teachers will learn about stress and how it impacts both the brain and the body.  Participants will then gain insight into how trauma impacts functioning, explore the importance of setting healthy boundaries, and finally will develop their own individualized self-care plan.  We aim to support teachers in taking care of themselves, so they are better able to take care of the children in their classrooms!  

Third Session

Playing with a Purpose: Relearning How to Play to Address Developmental Skills - Sydney Bordelon, MOT, LOTR

This two-hour workshop is designed to empower early learning educators on the importance of play to target age-appropriate skills. The session includes instructional information as well as hands-on opportunities to incorporate the skills in the classroom. Sensory Integration: What the heck does that even mean?  We will be reviewing following sensory systems: tactile, gustatory, olfactory, vestibular, visual, and proprioceptive.