Parent Education Speakers
One of the PAC's many roles is to keep families informed on current trends, issues, and questions related to our children, their development, and what is happening at Tennyson. One of the ways this is achieved is the Parent Education Speaker sessions, which are held in conjunction with PAC meetings. We encourage all parents to attend these presentations.
Upcoming Presentations
Friendship, Conflict & Building Resilience
March 2nd, 2020
7:00-8:30 pm
Tennyson Library
Nicola Doughty will deliver an interactive presentation outlining the development stages of children's emotional and social behaviours and support parents helping their children learn to make friends, uphold their own values and negotiate conflicts and peer relationships with confidence.
This interactive session will allow parents to workshop their own situations and come up with strategies to support their own children to make confident and healthy decisions in their developing relationships.
Screen Time, Apps & Digital Drama: Setting & Sticking to Relationship-Friendly Boundaries around Phones, Devices and the Internet
April 20, 2020
7:00-8:30 pm
Tennyson Library (following short PAC meeting from 6:30-7:00 pm)
We live in an age where preoccupation with gadgets, devices and all things technological is proving, at times, to be a distraction and interruption to family lives. Nicola Doughty will deliver an interactive workshop where parents can come together to discuss psychological development, family values and establishing (and sticking) to boundaries with their children to create strong family bonds with effective communication. This interactive session will allow parents to explore strategies to open up honest conversations and establish themselves in the knowledgeable lead position providing safe boundaries that incorporate the emotional and social needs of their children.
Upcoming Presentations
Friendship, Conflict & Building Resilience
March 2nd, 2020
7:00-8:30 pm
Tennyson Library
Nicola Doughty will deliver an interactive presentation outlining the development stages of children's emotional and social behaviours and support parents helping their children learn to make friends, uphold their own values and negotiate conflicts and peer relationships with confidence.
This interactive session will allow parents to workshop their own situations and come up with strategies to support their own children to make confident and healthy decisions in their developing relationships.
Screen Time, Apps & Digital Drama: Setting & Sticking to Relationship-Friendly Boundaries around Phones, Devices and the Internet
April 20, 2020
7:00-8:30 pm
Tennyson Library (following short PAC meeting from 6:30-7:00 pm)
We live in an age where preoccupation with gadgets, devices and all things technological is proving, at times, to be a distraction and interruption to family lives. Nicola Doughty will deliver an interactive workshop where parents can come together to discuss psychological development, family values and establishing (and sticking) to boundaries with their children to create strong family bonds with effective communication. This interactive session will allow parents to explore strategies to open up honest conversations and establish themselves in the knowledgeable lead position providing safe boundaries that incorporate the emotional and social needs of their children.
2019-2020 Past Presentations
Pause, Listen & Connect: Navigating the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence
Details:
Who: Nicola Doughty
What: Pause, Listen & Connect: Navigating the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence
When: Thursday November 28, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm (babysitting provided by Grade 7 certified babysitters)
Where: Tennyson Library
As children move towards their teen years, their need for autonomy and privacy often disrupts family routines, leaving many parents feeling stuck in knowing how to communicate and connect. Additionally, as their children's social world opens up, parents are often challenged and worried about seemingly risky behaviours. Many parents with children aged 11 through 18 (grade 6-12) wish they had started certain routines, had different conversations, or had learned a particular something prior to their child becoming a teenager. This workshop focuses on helping parents with elementary-aged children create family and lifestyle conditions now, that will assist them in navigating the transition from childhood into adolescence.
With the goal of deepening relationships to assist in the continued development of contented, thriving, motivated kids, parents will leave feeling confident about their children’s future because of what they are able to do in the present. This session will cover topics ranging from setting appropriate (and flexible) boundaries, understanding the difference between privacy and secrecy, trust and developing autonomy, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, encouraging grit and resilience, assisting with friendship conflicts, having meaningful conversations about sexual health, alcohol, vaping & substance use, increasing privileges and responsibilities, and establishing shared values.
Using current research, knowledge and anecdotal experience, Nicola will offer optimistic and practical strategies that can be taken home and adapted into any family structure.
About Nicola Doughty - Speaker Bio:
Nicola Doughty spends her time counselling, facilitating workshops and coordinating social emotional learning curriculum for children and youth. After 23 years in the field of education working first as an elementary teacher and then a school counsellor, she is particularly keen on dispelling the myth of the “terrible teen years”, assisting parents in bridging the transition in a deeply caring and connected way. Nicola is currently living and breathing this work, as mom to an active and interesting 13-yr-old. When not at work as a counsellor or mom, Nicola enjoys reading, hiking and roller derby.
Pause, Listen & Connect: Navigating the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence
Details:
Who: Nicola Doughty
What: Pause, Listen & Connect: Navigating the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence
When: Thursday November 28, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm (babysitting provided by Grade 7 certified babysitters)
Where: Tennyson Library
As children move towards their teen years, their need for autonomy and privacy often disrupts family routines, leaving many parents feeling stuck in knowing how to communicate and connect. Additionally, as their children's social world opens up, parents are often challenged and worried about seemingly risky behaviours. Many parents with children aged 11 through 18 (grade 6-12) wish they had started certain routines, had different conversations, or had learned a particular something prior to their child becoming a teenager. This workshop focuses on helping parents with elementary-aged children create family and lifestyle conditions now, that will assist them in navigating the transition from childhood into adolescence.
With the goal of deepening relationships to assist in the continued development of contented, thriving, motivated kids, parents will leave feeling confident about their children’s future because of what they are able to do in the present. This session will cover topics ranging from setting appropriate (and flexible) boundaries, understanding the difference between privacy and secrecy, trust and developing autonomy, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, encouraging grit and resilience, assisting with friendship conflicts, having meaningful conversations about sexual health, alcohol, vaping & substance use, increasing privileges and responsibilities, and establishing shared values.
Using current research, knowledge and anecdotal experience, Nicola will offer optimistic and practical strategies that can be taken home and adapted into any family structure.
About Nicola Doughty - Speaker Bio:
Nicola Doughty spends her time counselling, facilitating workshops and coordinating social emotional learning curriculum for children and youth. After 23 years in the field of education working first as an elementary teacher and then a school counsellor, she is particularly keen on dispelling the myth of the “terrible teen years”, assisting parents in bridging the transition in a deeply caring and connected way. Nicola is currently living and breathing this work, as mom to an active and interesting 13-yr-old. When not at work as a counsellor or mom, Nicola enjoys reading, hiking and roller derby.
Past Speakers
The inclusive future: public dialogue and social event
Come and learn the benefits of an inclusion mindset for all students from inclusivity expert Shelley Moore and find out what we can do to create a supportive, inclusive environment at Tennyson.
The event: The inclusive future: public dialogue and social event, is a public dialogue and social event centered on preparing our children to thrive in an inclusive future.
When: Wednesday April 24, 7-9 pm
Where: Tennyson
Tickets $11.62 through Eventbrite
The speaker: Shelly Moore is a highly sought after inclusive education researcher, collaborator, consultant and storyteller who completed an undergraduate degree in Special Education at the University of Alberta, her masters at Simon Fraser University, and is currently a Social Science and Human Resources Council (SSHRC) funded PhD scholar at the University of British Columbia. Shelley brings a wealth of experience from the classroom that she shares through engaging stories during her talks. Check out her fantastic TedEx talk.
The session will deconstruct what inclusive education means in today’s classrooms and communities. We will also discuss common misunderstandings and myths and leave with ideas and possibilities of inclusive learning communities and all who benefit.
Come and learn the benefits of an inclusion mindset for all students from inclusivity expert Shelley Moore and find out what we can do to create a supportive, inclusive environment at Tennyson.
The event: The inclusive future: public dialogue and social event, is a public dialogue and social event centered on preparing our children to thrive in an inclusive future.
When: Wednesday April 24, 7-9 pm
Where: Tennyson
Tickets $11.62 through Eventbrite
The speaker: Shelly Moore is a highly sought after inclusive education researcher, collaborator, consultant and storyteller who completed an undergraduate degree in Special Education at the University of Alberta, her masters at Simon Fraser University, and is currently a Social Science and Human Resources Council (SSHRC) funded PhD scholar at the University of British Columbia. Shelley brings a wealth of experience from the classroom that she shares through engaging stories during her talks. Check out her fantastic TedEx talk.
The session will deconstruct what inclusive education means in today’s classrooms and communities. We will also discuss common misunderstandings and myths and leave with ideas and possibilities of inclusive learning communities and all who benefit.