A Workshop for Teachers, Parents, and Students of Self Development – September 19 and 26, 6:00- 7:30 p.m. CT

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This workshop is for you if:
– You want to free yourself from family roles, create secure attachments, and observe children informed by the impact of birth order.
– You want to support healthy group dynamics by understanding how birth order affects individual’s behavior within groups .
– You want to understand family systems personally and professionally.

In this workshop we will focus on three primary topics together:

1. Family Systems – There are many ways to create a nuclear family and extend it with a circle of support. Each variation has its own unique benefits and challenges. As a teacher, understanding the child’s family system can inform decisions about their care.
2. Birth Order – Position in the family impacts how one is parented, interacts with siblings, and the roles played later in society. Regardless of birth order, a healthy attachment is key; children need to have dependency needs met in early childhood. In a group of children, they will play out roles connected to birth order and attachment. For example, a firstborn will often be a leader so it is important to give them opportunities to lead.
3. Healing the Past – When we re-enter our family system, we may find ourselves falling back into old roles and wounds. How can we accept ourselves, heal our past, and find freedom? Children in our care may also have unmet needs which can be addressed when we understand what they are and have done the work for ourselves.

Details of the Course Content

Each 1.5 hour session will have a lecture, an exercise and sharing. In order to create a lively “in-person” feel and to preserve the integrity of what is shared, this workshop will not be recorded for distribution.

**Participants can earn 3 Continuing Education hours with full participation in both live sessions. Contact our administrator, Julie Voss, prior to the course if you are interested. A very brief follow-up survey will be required.

The first session will include info about how families are formed and sibling roles based on Karl Koenig’s book, Brothers and Sisters. We will apply the birth order model to families we know and share them with the group (without mentioning names.). Finally, we will create a statement about our own birth order as in, “I am a first born so I bear the responsibility for supporting my family.”

The second session will begin with the statement from the first. We will discuss the impact of attachment on child development. We will consider what it looks and feels like to be stuck in a birth order role and to have an insecure attachment pattern. How can we free the “inner child”?

We will discuss how the voice of our parents becomes our inner voice and how secure attachment is created. We will participate in an exercise to notice how the inner voice responds to specific scenarios and then write or rewrite the script to speak to ourselves with the non-judgmental voice of the loving parent.

The inner voice impacts how we communicate with others. We will practice a method of conscious communication that comes from the inside out. Children are truth tellers and they sense whether we are in alignment or not. When we speak to ourselves with loving kindness, we can then communicate with children in a way that is firm and kind. We can stay connected to ourselves while connecting with children.

Talks and Tips for Women About Setting Healthy Self-Care Rhythms

“When we are in the position of caring for others, we need a plan for self-care. We cannot give what we do not have. As adults, we will not have what we have not given to ourselves. We are responsible for prioritizing self-care, rather than leaving it until the end of the day if there is any time or energy left. The best plans align with the seasons of the year, seasons of life, and our own personal needs. Let’s take time to make a plan for self-care, one that we will do, one that will give to us what we can then give to others. My rhythms of self care sustain me, and I want to assist others in creating their own plan for self care. Tune in to “Care Begins With Me” and step into a fresh new rhythm for self-care!“

This is an audio course available on demand – click here to purchase

Details of Audio Package Content
This audio package includes these three downloadable audio talks (about 20 minutes each):

• You are more than your physical body
• Identifying Invisible Helpers and Hindrances
• Decisions about Rhythms of self-care that lead to life-changing habits.
• BONUS audio interview on self-care routines.
• PLUS a downloadable booklet of supplemental materials to help you start applying Judith’s wisdom to your Self-Care life right away!

Course dates: TBC

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In this three-week course, we will explore play which is nature’s way to support child development. Understanding the important role of play in child development helps us become champions of play!

Play is innate; the young child does not need to learn to play but rather be allowed to play by having time, space and a calm adult presence. Instead of worrying about what children are or are not learning, let’s build our trust in the child to practice what they need to learn!

**Early childhood educators and care providers can earn a certificate for 12 CE hours by completing this course by dates given.