A Way of Being with Children 

A Way of Being with Children: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Building Resilience is based on Center for Child Counseling's manual and reflects over twenty years of experience working with children, combining the science of brain development, child development, and actual practice to enhance positive child-caregiver relationships and resilience. 

Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or a caregiver, this approach is an effective way to interact with the children in your life, providing information and skills to promote positive behaviors and relationships.

If you are a childcare provider with the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County, PBSD employee, or a parent/caregiver living in Palm Beach County, contact us for a special code to waive the training fee. Students and Palm Beach County partners, please contact us for a significant discount!

Your registration for this 5.5 hour training includes a copy of the 86-page manual!

What is the “A Way of Being with Children” Training?

• This training is based on our manual: A Way of Being with Children: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Building Resilience.
• Published over the past sixteen years, the manual is based on over twenty years of experience working with children, incorporating the expertise of dozens of mental health and early childhood professionals..
• The training contains vital information about childhood development, how children think and grow, and skills to promote positive behaviors and resilience.
• A Way of Being with Children forms the basis of all our work at Center for Child Counseling. It is a research-based, trauma-informed approach to 'being' with children.

What Teachers, Parents, and Caregivers Will Gain From this Training

• Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or other adult caregiver, A Way of Being is an effective approach that will give you essential information, strategies, and skills to enhance your interactions with children.
• It’s full of practical advice and it’s an approach that works.
• A Way of Being with Children is going to help you build better, deeper connections with the children in your life!

Learning Objectives Include:

• Understanding the importance of attitude in relationships,
• Understanding the impact of suspending judgement,
• Understanding the importance of a positive caregiver-child relationship,
• Increased ability to recognize trauma's impact on development,
• Increased knowledge of stages of development,
• Increased knowledge in the importance of adult-child relationship and brain development,
• The importance of play in children’s development,
• The impact of racism and discrimination on children,
• Understanding of skills and themes in play therapy,
• How to effectively use reflective listening with children,
• The difference between encouragement and praise, and
• Strategies in managing problematic behaviors in children.

Thank You

A special thank you to the Florida Blue Foundation, Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County, and Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County for supporting this training for parents, teachers, and caregivers in Palm Beach County.

Are you a childcare provider through the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County? Contact us for a promo code to waive the training fee.

Center for Child Counseling is approved through the Florida Board of Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Providers #50-11511.