Learning Opportunity
How to Start Empowering (and Stop Helping)
Mar 14, 2025 at 11:00 pm MTN
Webinar will NOT be recorded
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Flyer| Facilitator: | Sue Huff |
|---|---|
| Date: | March 17, 2025 |
| Time: | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm MTN |
| Cost: |
$50.00 |
| Location: |
Virtual |
| Session Code: | 25-IE-048-CARC |
| Type: | Webinar |
| Focus: | Inclusive Education Leadership |
Target Audience
Teachers, Educational Assistants, Parents, Support Staff
About this Learning Opportunity
When someone is suffering, we naturally want to release them from that pain. We want to provide comfort, support, solutions, ideas, advice.... in short, we want to HELP. But sometimes, our help doesn't seem very... helpful. It may be rejected. It may be met with defensiveness or ignored entirely. It may even seem to make things worse. Often that is because our good intentions aren't very empowering and the person who is on the receiving end feels in some way diminished, blamed, misunderstood or judged.
This workshop is based on the principles of Peer Support, and will start the process of shifting your role from the "one with the answers", to the "one who helps them find their own answers". We will discuss healthy boundaries, the difference between feeling Responsible FOR someone and feeling Responsible TO someone, how active listening and becoming more comfortable sitting with difficult emotions can help you walk beside someone rather than feeling the need to protect them from their pain, rush in to fix it, or avoid it altogether.
This session addresses the LQS competencies
- 2. Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning
- 3. Embodying Visionary Leadership
This session addresses the TQS competencies
- 2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
- 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 »