Nelson Elementary Parent/Caregiver workshop

Parent/Caregiver Emotion Coaching Workshop

For parents/caregivers who would like to learn about Emotion Coaching and those who have already attended a workshop on anxiety and emotional regulation with our school counsellor, Stephanie Lofquist. The goal of this workshop is to practice Emotion Coaching (a parent approach to supporting your child’s emotional regulation). If you haven’t attended an earlier workshop please go here to learn about this approach before attending.

Session 1: Friday, April 21st from 9-10:30am in our school library.

Please register here https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nelson-caregiver-workshop-tickets-605295895317

Session 2: Tuesday, May 2nd from 3:15-4:45 in room 104 in the main building (near office).

Please register here https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nelson-caregiver-workshop-tickets-605296838137

Please email stephanie.lofquist@burnabyschools.ca for more information.

Welcome

This blog is a place for you to find resources to help your child with social, emotional and mental health challenges. Please see the pages listed above for topics that I have included so far. 

Please see the Community Resources page above if you need professional help to support your child – I have listed community counselling and mental health services in Burnaby. Please go to https://bc211.ca/ to find more services. 

 

What happens when we ‘flip our lids’?

Here is a model for understanding what happens in our brains when we have big emotions. Dr, Dan Siegel,  professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, developed a hand model to show children how our mind and emotions work.

 

Here is a simpler version of the hand model that you can share with your child:

This is an animated video that may help older children understand what happens when we have big emotions: