Its a new start to the school year! Are you looking for something new or old favorites? We have it for you!
Deep Dive Sessions – Games for Better Behavior!
Date: September 14, 2016
Time: 9:00 – 12:00 pm
Location: CASN Office, Building 1, Hartford
10 Games That Will Make Your Kids Behave Better
When kids arrive at afterschool, they are often looking for fun ways to relax and decompress. However, frustrations and tough feelings from a long day at school often follow them into afterschool and can be hard to shake. It can be challenging to find games and activities that will keep kids engaged, and even more challenging to help your students develop the social and emotional skills to overcome a rough day and make good choices in your program. In this fun and dynamic workshop, learn 10 crowd-pleasing games that simultaneously let students laugh, play, and blow off some steam while building key skills like self-regulation, patience, kindness, teamwork, and communication. For each activity, modifications for ages 5-12 and mixed age groups will be included. Students will have so much fun, they won’t even realize they’re learning! Come ready to play!
Workshop Fee
Member $50.00
Non Member $75.00
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Frontline Foundations – Afterschool 101
Date: September 21-23, 2016
Time: 9:30 – 1:30 pm
Location: CASN Office, Building 1, Hartford
Afterschool 101: Essential Skills for Frontline Staff
This three-day training series prepares new afterschool staff with the essential skills they need to be a successful part of a high-quality afterschool program team. Six two-hour workshops in key areas will provide a foundation of knowledge, ideas, activities, and hands-on tools that will set any afterschool staff member up for excellence! Workshop topics are:
- Introduction to Youth Development
- Basics of Behavior Management
- Making Transitions Work
- Fun and Enriching Games for Afterschool
- Lesson Planning and Reflective Practice
- Professionalism in Afterschool
Staff who start the year equipped with the competencies and skills they need are more likely to have a good experience and to create fun, positive, learning-rich environments for students.
Workshop Fee
Member $150/3 day, $60/day
Non Member $225/3 day $85/day
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Deep Dive Sessions – When Staff are Stuck…
Date: September 26, 2016
Time: 9:00 – 12:00 pm
Location: CASN Office, Building 1, Hartford
When Staff Are Stuck: Coaching Staff Excellence in Your Program
In this engaging training, get two experts for the price of one! Dr. Ken Anthony and Elise Scott will explore common problems with afterschool program staff and share research and best practices in improving staff skills, engagement, and quality, building toward improved outcomes in the students you serve. Learn about internal coaching and mentoring models to create a workplace culture of collaboration, support, and continuous quality improvement. Discover easy-to-implement tools to help develop strengths in your staff and equip staff to share their strengths and skills with one another. This unique approach to staff development capitalizes on the talents of all of your team members and helps you create a program where each person’s talents, wisdom, expertise, and interests are valued and shared.
Workshop Fee
Member $50.00
Non Member $75.00
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Double Deep Dive Sessions – De-escalation: How to Respond to Defiant Children and Overwhelming Situations
Date: September 26, 2016
Time: 9:00 – 3:00 pm
Location: CASN Office, Building 1, Hartford
De-Escalation: How to Respond to Defiant Children and Overwhelming Situations
Positive behavior management strategies are intended to help children make good choices. But what about children who continuously struggle? How do you handle situations where a child is fighting, running, screaming, destroying things, or otherwise endangering him/herself or others? Serious behavioral issues are a missed opportunity. Instead of trying to contain or manage the problem, we could and should be equipping children for happiness and success in afterschool and in life. In this intensive day-long Double Deep Dive session, we’ll take a close look at why children escalate and how to deescalate them, including hands-on, powerful tools and approaches that turn the most challenging behaviors into meaningful opportunities for lasting growth and social-emotional learning while keeping children and staff safe. Participants will receive opportunities to practice new skills and troubleshoot their own real-life scenarios.
Workshop Fee
Member $110.00
Non Member $160.00
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