Building Attachment and Self-Regulation with Families: The Parent - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Building Attachment and Self-Regulation with Families: The Parent Child Home Program and Conscious Discipline Presented by: Heidi White, Director of Early Learning Jill Elliott, Family & Community Partnership Coordinator Eau Claire Area
Presented by:
Heidi White, Director of Early Learning Jill Elliott, Family & Community Partnership Coordinator Eau Claire Area School District, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
➢ To share information about our PCHP Program ➢ To share our journey with Conscious Discipline ➢ To learn Conscious Discipline Brain States ➢ To know the four elements of connection (eye contact, presence, touch, and playful situation) ➢ To learn strategies that build attachment and self-regulation that can be integrated into weekly PCHP home visits.
Routine: Rationale: Activity:
Unite *Involves everyone doing something that brings everyone together and puts everybody on the same page. Also builds relationships, safety, and endorphins. UNITE Increase energy Decrease energy Get on the same page
Let's Get It Started
Disengage Stress *Involves deep breathing and
learning and turns off stress responses. DISENGAGE STRESS Calm down classroom Organized quiet Shift gears/transitions
S.T.A.R.
Connect *Involves eye contact, touch, presence and playfulness. Helps build relationships, AND maintains focused attention/motivation to learn. CONNECT Increase attention Increase motivation Impulse control Organized energy
Itsy Ditsy Spider
Commit *Involves affirmations and positive
responsibility, and promotes mindful attention as it supports maturation of the prefrontal lobe. COMMIT Activate frontal lobes Focus attention Increase success
Commit
Eau Claire Area School District
Total Enrollment: 903 Prairie Ridge Enrollment: 341 EC4T (Eau Claire 4 Tomorrow) 4K Community Sites Enrollment: 519 Itinerant Special Education Enrollment: 43 Total Staff: 124
Prairie Ridge Early Learning School Houses our Head Start Program PCHP begins in 2013-2014 40 families Ages 3 & 4
Introduction to Conscious Discipline
Pencil Song
I Love You Rituals Video