Publisher's Synopsis
Empowering Solutions for Educators of Children with Special Needs
Many teachers, educational assistants, counsellors, trauma coaches, and school administrators are searching for ways to empower students struggling with behaviour management problems, lack of self-awareness, and limited control of their emotions. Unsolved lagging skills may result in angry outbursts, frustration, and low self-esteem in students.
By applying the tools found in All Kids Can Thrive educators will be inspired and feel grateful knowing that you made a difference by enriching your students' lives simply by allowing them to be themselves-and by being the best version of yourself.
Author Sheena Smith has been a special education assistant for over 20 years and has raised four children, including two children with special needs-one has Spina bifida and the other has Down syndrome. She knows the challenges children face daily both at home and within the educational system.
A strong advocate for meeting her children's needs in the school environment and within the community, she has travelled and studied extensively seeking inclusive ways to help children with restricted physical mobility and intellectual disabilities to learn and thrive.
This book is the result. All Kids Can Thrive is filled with valuable information for anyone that works with children or has children with or without disabilities. Educators and parents will discover a wide variety of approaches, tools, and strategies to wholly empower each child to strive for balance within their own mind, body, and spirit.
Some of the takeaways for educators include:
- The essential pieces of the puzzle for raising consciousness within your classroom, school, and community environment by teaching the whole child
- How to prevent burnout and overwhelm despite current circumstances-turn chaos to calm!
- How the body and brain (mind) are intricately linked on all levels physically and psychologically including emotions, decision-making processes, and wellness
- Understand why daily, regular movement is not only essential but critically important
- What the brain does under stress and how students can easily build new neural pathways
- What potential exists through the science of neuroplasticity
- How your intuition is one of your best assets when working with children
- Evidence-based interventions that embrace the whole child to lower stress, build resilience, empower students to develop self-regulation skills
- The basics of the Polyvagal theory and how understanding it can benefit your students
- The secrets to building strong, positive relationships and connections
- Proven methods to assist your students in becoming more "life ready" when they graduate
All Kids Can Thrive will help you understand your key role in the future of education not just as a teacher but as a coach to guide, motivate and inspire students to achieve their own level of greatness through their skills, natural gifts, and talents. It includes numerous resource links, websites, and freebies for you to pursue further learning.
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