Helping Children Communicate Clearly and Build Stronger Connections
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Support your child in expressing themselves confidently and understanding others with effective communication and empathy.
Plan Objectives:
Enhancing Communication Skills: Teach children how to express themselves clearly and effectively.- Building Empathy: Help children understand and respect different perspectives.
- Boosting Self-Confidence: Encourage children to trust their voice and opinions.
- Developing Emotional Awareness: Support children in recognizing their emotions and expressing them constructively.
- Processing Feedback Positively: Teach children how to accept and learn from constructive criticism.
Communication Foundations
Course Objectives: 
Social 
Effective Communication
- Effective Communication: Develop communication skills across multiple mediums for clearer interactions.
- Active Listening: Enhance active listening and empathetic communication for better understanding.
- Communication Challenges: Navigate challenges like language differences to improve clarity and inclusivity.
- Digital Citizenship: Practice responsible online behavior and manage privacy effectively.
- Conflict Resolution: Strengthen skills for assertive and respectful conflict resolution.
Cultivating Empathy
Course Objectives: Social Empathy
- Empathy Development: Develop empathy by understanding and responding to others' emotions and views.
- Communication Skills: Enhance skills with active and empathetic listening techniques.
- Leadership Empathy: Understand empathy’s crucial role in fostering trust and inclusion in teams.
- Empathy Practice: Practice empathy daily through supportive actions towards others.
- Emotional Intelligence: Cultivate emotional intelligence for better relationships and interactions.
Confident You: Believe in Yourself
Course Objectives: 
Emotional Self-Confidence
- Discover Self-Belief: Understand how confidence transforms growth and relationships.
- Master Positive Self-Talk: Replace self-doubt with empowering inner dialogue daily.
- Celebrate Strengths: Identify unique gifts and use them to achieve success.
- Take Bold Steps: Step out of comfort zones to build resilience and courage.
- Learn from Setbacks: Embrace failure as a stepping stone to personal growth.
Exploring You: A Journey to Self-Awareness
Course Objectives: Emotional Self-Awareness
- Emotional Intelligence: Recognize and manage emotions to improve mental well-being.
- Self-Awareness: Understand how personal values influence decision-making.
- Boundaries: Set healthy boundaries and practice assertive communication.
- Resilience: Build resilience through coping strategies and self-acceptance.
- Self-Reflection: Enhance skills for positive self-talk and ongoing development.
Ashley Valentine
Ashley Valentine is an energetic and creative teacher from the United States who has committed her career to facilitating engaging and unique experiences for learners. She has presented at technology conferences, attended international learning summits, and is deeply passionate about ensuring that learning is both fun and meaningful. She has incorporated escape rooms, social media, experiential learning models, and hands-on techniques to engage Generation Z and prepare for Generation Alpha. An avid learner herself, Ashley holds two degrees in education and engages regularly in professional development so that she can build upon strategies and be responsive to student needs.
Ashley created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Communication Foundations
Mandy Mahr
Mandy Mahr is a Masters Level educator who served in public schools in the United States for 15 years before becoming an online tutor to schools with at-risk students, providing social emotional support as well as skill recovery in reading and writing. She is also a consultant for content creation to provide guidance to organizations wanting to engage and employ GenZ. With the technological advances the world has seen in just the last twenty years, it is her goal to train learners to be ready for jobs that don't exist yet. She is passionate about helping learners develop social emotional skills before reaching the workforce.
Mandy created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Cultivating Empathy
Dr. Lisabeth Medlock
Dr. Medlock is a psychologist, ICF and Board Certified Coach and consultant with a mission to help people and organizations do better and be better. She serves as an advocate, solutions finder, change agent, and resource. For 30 years she has worked with public and nonprofit organizations, beginning in middle schools developing self-competence and conflict resolution programs. She has worked with over 100 organizations to improve their impact on the people and communities they serve. She has been a blogger for the Huffington Post, a TEDx speaker, an author, and has developed myriad curricula, training manuals, and self-help booklets.
Dr. Medlock created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Confident You: Believe in Yourself
Dr. Kymberli Barker
Dr. Barker is the mother of two fantastic young men, and they are her priority in life. She holds degrees in biochemistry, math, forensics, and psychology. She is a consultant and a professor at multiple colleges, including the Citadel, and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. She spent fifteen years in public education, prior. Her personal focus is child advocacy and she developed the Guardian ad Litem/(GAL)/CASA program for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is tribally and state sworn as a GAL. Her favorite thing is being a mom.
Dr. Barker created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Exploring You: A Journey to Self-Awareness