$699
Early childhood education leaders in Head Start Programs help teachers and staff lay the foundation of development for a student’s lifetime. For as much as they pour out at the organizational level for the lives of the staff and children in their care, they deserve to receive a lion’s share of support and resources that promote lasting change and wellness for all.
The challenge of connecting with children who are hard to reach and managing big behaviors continues to trend upward, even as our national focus shifts away from the pandemic’s impact on education and child development. For those still struggling with these impacts in the classroom day after day, Creating Connections with the Hard to Reach Students provides fresh insight and new strategies for reaching and teaching challenging children— particularly those impacted by trauma and toxic stress, whether from the pandemic years or other circumstances.
Improve achievement and wellbeing for your entire class by discovering evidence-based, field-tested practices for building the connections that lead to cooperation; understanding and responding to challenging behavior; cultivating lasting behavior change and healing; and managing your own anxieties, grief and frustrations surrounding big behaviors.
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$699
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Location:
- Mobile, AL
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Facilitators:
- Lety Valero
Individual Pricing Tiers
Extend
- Creating Connections with the Hard to Reach Students 2026
Enhance
- Creating Connections with the Hard to Reach Students 2026
- Building Resilient Schools and Homes, Individual Registration - 1 Year
Elevate
- Creating Connections with the Hard to Reach Students 2026
- Building Resilient Schools and Homes, Individual Registration - 1 Year
- Premium Resources Membership - 1 Year
Meet Your Facilitator
Lety Valero
Mexico
Lety Valero has over 25 years of experience in education, with a career spanning teaching, school administration, and working as a preschool director at an international school in Mexico City, Mexico. She regularly presents at national conferences in both English and Spanish and has facilitated the implementation process of Conscious Discipline in several schools around the world, playing a key role in their transformations. In her commitment, concern and dedication to the healthy emotional well-being of children, Lety created the popular and effective Feeling Buddies and participated in the development of the Feeling Buddies self-regulation curriculum with Dr. Becky Bailey. The Feeling Buddies provide a unique, hands-on method to walk children through the five steps of self-regulation and learn to calm themselves during times of upset or big emotions.More Information About This Event
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Event Schedule
Coming Soon!
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Location & Hotels
Location
Creating Connections with the Hard to Reach Students will be hosted at the:
Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel
64 S Water St.
Mobile, AL 36602
(251) 438-4000Special room rates coming soon!
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About the Area
Local Food Options- Fathoms – American (Onsite)
- Royal Street Market – Coffee House (Onsite)
- The Trellis Room – Italian
- Heroes Sports Bar & Grille
- Moe’s Original BBQ
- Wintzell’s Oyster House
- Noja – Mediterrasian
- Panini Pete’s
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Who Should Attend?
This workshop is designed to provide educators who teach children of any age with effective, research-based strategies to build relationships and improve behavior under uniquely challenging circumstances.
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Scholarships
Scholarships
The Conscious Discipline Institute Scholarship covers tuition fees and course materials for one Institute. Travel, accommodations, meals and any special discount packages are not covered. If you have registered for the Institute and you are selected to receive a scholarship, your registration fees will be refunded. Scholarship recipients may be asked to write a brief article and/or record a video testimony about your experience to be used for informational and promotional purposes. Prior scholarship recipients are not eligible. Scholarships are not transferable.Helper Positions
Helpers are an essential part of our team. They contribute to the success of our workshops by sharing their wonderful gifts. To apply for a helper position, you must be a graduate of the Conscious Discipline Institute. Helpers are typically selected in the following order: Conscious Discipline Certified Instructors, Advanced Institute Graduates, Institute Graduates. Institutes often sell out before we select our helpers. If you would like to attend the institute at full tuition even if you are not selected as a helper, register separately before helpers are chosen by submitting the standard registration form and payment. If we select you as a helper, we will refund your tuition. -
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Conscious Discipline is proud to partner with Concordia University Wisconsin to provide Continuing Education Credits (CEUs). One Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is the equivalent of ten contact hours. Once you have completed your event or offering and received your Certificate of Completion, you may register for the corresponding offering. Attendees who wish to obtain CEUs must apply at https://ces.cuw.edu/browse/education/conscious-discipline.
In order to be eligible for CEU's, the Certificate of Completion must fall within the same calendar year. You will receive your Certificate of Completion in a post-event email, which you will be required to upload. If you have questions or concerns, you may go to Frequestly Asked Questions, or by phone 262-243-2100 or email continuing.education@cuw.edu. The course code is EDGP 5108.
Here's What You'll Learn:
Big Idea
Children who are hard to reach and those with big behaviors require consistent, responsive caregiving and specific interventions for self-regulation and connection. Explore evidence-based and trauma informed strategies to help challenging children succeed.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed to provide educators who teach children of any age with effective, research-based strategies to build relationships and improve behavior under uniquely challenging circumstances.
Your Facilitators
Certified Instructor Lety Valero, who has extensive experience in education, will guide you through actionable strategies to connect with children who are hard to reach.
Methodology
All attendees will receive access to training materials to print in advance of the event or download digitally to follow along on a tablet or e-reader.
Transform chaos and stress into cooperation and connection.
WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS:
- Understand why some children resist connection.
- Examine family stressors and their impact on children.
- Learn how to reduce anxiety and frustration during challenging times for both yourself and children.
- Discover how to build relationships with Children Who are Hard to Reach and provide a felt sense of safety through consistent, responsive caregiving.
- Learn why consequences often fail with chronically aggressive children, and how and why connection leads to lasting behavior changes.
- Explore the Conscious Discipline Brain State Model so you can better understand children’s behavior and which responses will be most helpful.
- Equip yourself with immediately-usable strategies to help children develop impulse control and increase cooperation.
- Learn to adapt Conscious Discipline strategies like I Love You Rituals, Baby Doll Circle Time and noticing for all, especially children with trauma.
