Learning Opportunity

Emotional De-escalation

Registration closes:
Oct 23, 2024 at 11:00 pm MTN
Webinar will be recorded
Facilitator: Sue Huff
Date:October 24, 2024
Time:1:00 pm to 3:00 pm MTN
Cost:
$50.00
Location: Virtual
Session Code: 25-IE-005-CARC
Type:
Webinar
Focus: Inclusive Education

Target Audience

Teachers, educational assistants, administrators, parents

About this Learning Opportunity

This is skills-based workshop will teach you how to help someone quickly de-escalate an overwhelming emotion to return to a more rational, flexible and receptive state of mind. This workshop is especially useful for teachers, parents, administrators, and front line workers who are confronted with the emotional dysregulation of others and aren't sure what to say or do to help the situation. This workshop offers something educators will find applicable, relevant, and deeply practical.

This session addresses the LQS competencies

  • 2. Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning
  • 4. Leading a Learning Community

This session addresses the TQS competencies

  • 2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
  • 3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
  • 4. Establishing Inclusive Learning Environments

This learning opportunity is being subsidized through funding from Alberta Education.

About the Facilitator

Sue Huff

Sue is a parent mentor at the Alberta Wellness Center for Eating Disorders (www.albertaWellnessED.com), providing support and coaching for caregivers who have a loved one with an eating disorder. She also has private clients from the USA and across Canada (suehuff.ca/familypeersupport). Sue is the founding Executive Director for the Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta, author of a book on eating disorders, and the parent of a child who has recovered from Anorexia Nervosa. She is... Read more »