Podcasts about erikson institute

Reset talks with early childhood education advocates about Head Start's uncertain future. The panel includes Pamela Epley, Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Erikson Institute and Nadia Gronkowski, Program Manager of Advocacy & Policy at Start Early. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Jennifer McCray from the Early Math Collaborative at the Erikson Institute about mixing early math and social studies in preschool classrooms.

This week, Jenna is joined by Dr. Linda Gilkerson, a professor at the Erikson Institute, to explore the transformative FAN Model—Facilitating Attuned Interactions. Tune in as they navigate the challenges of fussy babies and delve into practical applications of the FAN Model, as well as The Fussy Baby FAN Model. Don't miss this insightful conversation on nurturing strong, sturdy and nurturing connections with your little ones.   Show Notes:  Dr. Linda Gilkerson | Erikson Institute Learn more about The FAN Model Graduate Programs | Erikson Institute Masters in Social Work | Erikson Institute 

Coming out and being out is challenging enough. Then add to the mix your challenges with mental health and it could be potentially too much. So what do you do? You choose to thrive. A great example of this is our guest today, Dr. Zachary Stier who is thriving beyond his bi-polar diagnosis and embracing his life daily as a gay man, step-by-step, day-by-day. About Dr. Zachary Dr. Stier has been the director of Children's Services at Ericson Public Library in Boone, Iowa since October 2011. He has revolutionized services at the library for children and families through the expansion of early literacy programming, the redesign of space to emphasize play, family engagement initiatives, enhanced community partnerships with community, state, and national partners, after-school STEAM programming, to name a few. He was project director for NASA@My Library, is the Project Director for the library's equity project, Activating Community Voices, and Project Director for the library's piloted mobilized family engagement program, Little Engines. He recently became an independent consultant for the Space Science Institute and is the lead researcher on a project focused on STEM and Quality of Life. In 2011, Stier opened Mr. Z and Company, LLC, a consultancy firm for educators and librarians. He is also an adjunct lecturer for the University of Illinois Champaign iSchool graduate program teaching Early Literacy and Public Library Partnerships, a course he recently developed. He serves on numerous state and national boards and was recently selected to be part of the Fred Rogers Institute program, The Educators Neighborhood. He is a published author. He holds degrees from Des Moines Area Community College, Grandview University, Drexel University, and Concordia Portland, as well as postgraduate studies in Early Childhood from Erikson Institute, and a Doctorate in Education from Concordia Chicago. Connect With Dr. Zachary LinkedIn

In this episode I reconnect with my longtime dear friend, Lauren Stern Noel, who is also a developmental therapist and DIR-Floortime therapist working with Autistic children and children with developmental disabilities. We talk about playing with PDA children, and how it can look different than what parents might have expected.Lauren serves families and schools directly in the greater Chicago area and you can learn more about her services and work at her website: https://www.playtimekids.org/about-laurenLauren's full bio is here: Lauren Stern Noel has been working with children with autism spectrum disorders and developmental differences since 2003. She is a credentialed Developmental Therapist through the Illinois Early Intervention program, a certified Infant Mental Health Specialist through Erikson Institute, and a Fellows-level certified DIRFloortime® therapist through Profectum™ Academy. Lauren believes that relationships and a strong social-emotional foundation are the basis for play, development and learning.Lauren earned a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in child development from Tufts University.To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass at www.atpeaceparents.com.You can also connect with me on:Instagram - www.instagram/atpeaceparents TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparentsFacebook - www.facebook.com/atpeaceparentsYouTube - www.youtube.com/@atpeaceparentsAnd information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at my At Peace Parents website, www.atpeaceparents.comThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent!xoxo,Casey

We're kickin' off a new series for the month of March: From Passion to Purpose! In this series, I'm sitting down with 4 amazing women who are walking in purpose! Careful though - in listening to this series, you might just discover you're already walking in your own purpose! Tap into this week's episode filled with practical strategies for the "how to" and contribute to the discussion by tagging Dr. Seida Hood on Instagram!02:43: Passion as a "felt" experience03:30: What purpose is to Andra04:30: Where Andra's purpose originated06:00: Andra's advice to other passionate womenReady for lavish living? Download our app here! Love the show? Support the show and buy me a coffee here!----------Guest information:Andra is the owner and Clinical Director of The Next Step Counseling Services and founder of non-profit charity the Banyan Tree Foundation. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Supervisor for the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners with over 15 years of experience in the field of mental health. She has earned a Masters degree in Social Work from the Loyola University of Chicago's School of Social Work and a Masters degree in Child Development from the Erikson Institute. She works primarily with children and adults suffering from the effects of trauma. Her hope and joy are fueled by her Christian faith, spirituality, and in being a wife and mom. She is a therapist because she believes that health and healing are possible.

When my PDA son was four-years-old and we were in crisis I called my longtime dear friend, Lauren Stern Noel, who is also a developmental therapist and DIR-Floortime therapist working with Autistic children and children with developmental disabilities. She invited me to Chicago to stay with her family and meet her most trusted colleagues - a speech language pathologist and occupational therapist - to help Cooper stabilize. The most profound shift for me was in my parenting and helping me start my paradigm shift towards a non-behavioral approach to supporting my PDA child. In this episode we discuss that beginning and her insights working with many children with developmental, learning, or interactional differences.Lauren serves families and schools directly in the greater Chicago area and you can learn more about her services and work at her website.Lauren's full bio is here: Lauren Stern Noel has been working with children with autism spectrum disorders and developmental differences since 2003. She is a credentialed Developmental Therapist through the Illinois Early Intervention program, a certified Infant Mental Health Specialist through Erikson Institute, and a Fellows-level certified DIRFloortime® therapist through Profectum™ Academy. Lauren believes that relationships and a strong social-emotional foundation are the basis for play, development and learning.Lauren earned a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in child development from Tufts University.~~To learn more about and figure out if your child or teen is PDA, you can take my FREE Clarity Masterclass. You can also connect with me on:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd information on my Courses, Programs, and Coaching is at At Peace Parents.Thanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey

In this episode, NAWL member, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for the Erikson Institute and General Counsel for the Chicago History Museum, Maria Di Lorenzo, speaks with Anat Maytal, Senior Associate at Baker & Hostetler LLP, Ambassador of World Wide Hearing, and a member of the ABA's Commission on Disability Rights. Maria and Anat discuss how Anat has navigated and found success as a deaf lawyer and single mom by choice in the legal profession.  

Welcome to No Shame On U's 45th Podcast! Today we spoke about early childhood mental health with expert Jen Streicher. Jen Streicher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Assistant Director of Social Services for JCC Chicago, where she has worked for over 17 years in various capacities. Jen holds a master's of Social Work degree from Loyola University Chicago, a Master of Science in Child Development, and a post-graduate certificate in Infant Mental Health from the Erikson Institute. We talked with Jen about what mental health support looks like for early childhood-aged children, tips and tools for parents, and resources. To learn more about JCC Chicago, go to: www.jcchicago.org .45

Mark is the bestselling author of "So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience," (HarperCollins, 2021). He previously served as National Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Canadian Mental Health Association, and as a board member for the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Mark is a Master of Journalism Student at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has previously studied psychology and philosophy at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, child development at the Erikson Institute in Chicago, neuroscience at King's College London, and cognitive psychology at the University of Cambridge. His TEDx talk on why we need to talk about suicide is among the most watched in the world. Mark is a nationally syndicated weekly radio columnist for CBC. Twitter: @markhenick FB Page: @markhenick IG: @markhenick His book: https://a.co/d/hMIqH4S

Carlos shares his experience coaching and working with leaders around the world, in both an international school context and corporate setting focusing on "bully leaders". Carlos shares some of the learnings, experiences from his work, and combines this with his latest book "Five Brain Leadership". Exploring how our brains are wired to impact our dispositions as leaders and how to leverage this knowledge in an international school setting.    About Carlos Davidovich   Carlos has extensive experience supporting the development of leaders and management teams alike on an international scale . Raised and educated in Argentina, Carlos has been living and working between Europe , USA and Canada for over 20 years , where he has become an Executive Coach giving workshops and lectures on Neuromanagement , applying neuroscience in organizations and businesses . Currently , he resides in Madrid working with clients from all sorts of cultures around the world Originally trained as a medical doctor in Argentina, Carlos draws on this medical background and understanding of the brain to apply Neuromanagement coaching modalities that lead to evident and sustainable change for his clients. Over the course of his early career , for more than 20 years , he has also gained management experience in business executive roles working for multinationals pharmaceutical companies in the area of Biotechnology applied to human health He is a professor of Neuromanagement in the MBA programs at the University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic, and at GEA in Ljubljana , Slovenia; a guest lecturer for the Masters in Leadership program at the Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph, and a thought leader with the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate Co author of the book : PersonalityDNA . Discover Your True Personality”, Author of the book : “Five Brain Leadership How Neuroscience Can Help You Master Your Instincts and Build Better Teams”, January 2023. He is also an international TEDx Speaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhk JSgrGx0   Education Medical Doctor Degree from Argentina  Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Clinical Psychopathology Postgraduate Diploma from the University of Barcelona, Spain Roche International Managers and Executive Development Course at Lausanne Business School Psychotherapy and Hypnosis Certification from the Erikson Institute in Madrid, Spain Tai Chi Trainer: University Las Palmas, Spain Carlos Davidovich on Social Media   Website: www.carlosdavidovich.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosdavidovich/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ncdavidovich/     Resources Five Brain Leadership: How Neuroscience Can Help You Master Your Instincts and Build Better Teams Carlos Davidovich MD and Jennifer Brunton PhD Page Two Press (Enero 2023)   John Mikton on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton Web: beyonddigital.org   Dan Taylor on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE Web: www.appsevents.com   Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Would you like to have a free 1 month trial of the new Google Workspace Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)? Just fill out this form and we'll get you set up bit.ly/GSEFE-Trial

Unveiling the journey of resilience: This episode is a must-listen for adult survivors of childhood abuse, their supporters, and anyone seeking insight into the transformative power of healing and understanding. In this episode, MommaFoxFire talks with Heather Schulien about Emotional Struggles in Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse. Thank you so much for listening - be sure to like/review/rate/subscribe on your favorite podcast platform - any support is super helpful! In this deeply insightful podcast episode, I am joined by Heather Schulien as she sheds light on the emotional struggles faced by adult survivors of childhood abuse. The conversation delves into the unique challenges folks encounter and offers practical tools and strategies for healing and self-empowerment. We begin by acknowledging the emotional toll that childhood abuse can have on survivors and emphasizes the importance of seeking professional help. Recognizing that therapy may not always be accessible to everyone, Heather points out alternative resources, such as educational videos and books by experts. A significant topic we explore in this discussion is the impact of childhood abuse on self-worth and self-perception. Adult survivors often grapple with feelings of inadequacy and negative self-image, which can hinder their emotional growth and interpersonal relationships. Heather shares an empowering exercise called "Roses and Thorns," a family exercise that fosters open communication and emotional intelligence among family members, helping survivors regain their self-worth and build healthier relationships. Our conversation shifts to the vital role of self-compassion and self-care in the healing process. Heather emphasizes prioritizing well-being and seeking support from others. We encourage survivors to jot down their worries and tasks before bedtime to prevent intrusive thoughts, fostering a more restful sleep. Mindfulness practices, such as deep breathing exercises and guided meditation, are also something that can combat anxiety and promote emotional well-being. This episode touches on the pervasive misconception that individuals should handle their emotional struggles alone. We challenge this belief and urge survivors to seek help, whether through therapy, support groups, or trusted friends and family. Understanding that it is okay to ask for assistance is essential for healing and growth. We wrap up our conversation together by exploring the concept of perfectionism, which often plagues survivors of childhood abuse. Heather emphasizes that striving for perfection is unrealistic and unattainable, leading to further emotional distress. Instead, embracing imperfections and acknowledging one's accomplishments can help survivors build resilience and cultivate a more positive self-image. Throughout the episode, Heather compassionately addresses the unique challenges faced by adult survivors of childhood abuse. She offers practical tools and techniques to help survivors navigate their emotional struggles and embark on a journey of healing and self-empowerment. This conversation serves as an empowering reminder that seeking support and practicing self-compassion are essential steps towards reclaiming emotional well-being and finding inner strength. More about Heather: https://www.tacosfallapart.com/podcast-live-show/podcast-guests/heather-schulien Short bio: Heather Schulien is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over two decades of experience providing mental health care to adults, children, and veterans in Chicago, IL. She earned a Master of Science (MS) Degree in Child Development from Erikson Institute and a Master of Social Work (MSW) concurrently. In addition to running her therapy private practice, she serves on the DEI committee of the National Association of Social Workers-Illinois Chapter. Her specialties include adult survivors of childhood trauma, adoption, anxiety, academic planning, career planning, child development, and depression. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mommafoxfire/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mommafoxfire/support

Kia is a born-and-bred-Chicago-Puerto Rican who grew up in Humboldt Park/Logan Square neighborhoods. She is a single parent of two children (boys ages 8 and 10) and has worked in various pediatric settings across Chicagoland for the past 12 years. Currently, she is the mental and behavioral health specialist at Donohoe Pediatrics in Chicago's north center neighborhood. Kia is currently in the last stretch of her doctoral studies to obtain a Ph.D. in Child Development through Erikson Institute and Loyola University Chicago. Kia is also the daughter of two retired Chicago Public School teachers, a VERY proud boricua, with a passion for child life research on the impact of implicit bias and racism on child development outcomes. In this episode we discuss her journey growing up in a teaching enviroment, her career working with children during covid and racial injustice. As well as her motherhood journery and mom guilt. Kia also provides best practices to expose and normalize mental health symptoms and resources parents can look into.  

As #transdayofvisibility approaches, we are honored to share our conversation with @comebacktocare founder Nat Vikitsreth, a dot connector, norm agitator, and lover of liberation who supports social justice curious parents to practice social justice in their parenting while re-parenting their inner child. Listen in as Nat talks about what it was like attending an all boys' #catholicschool as a Catholic-Buddhist trans kid growing up in Thailand. Highlights include altar boy Spice Girl fashion shows and secret highschool romances.

As a parent of a child facing a medical challenge, it can be tempting to try to put on as many hats as possible: mom/dad, caregiver, nurse, and sometimes even a medical expert. We often hear doctors ask patients not to Google a diagnosis, but seeking out as much information as possible in the face of a challenge can feel like regaining some control. However, the problem is that carrying all this information can take parents away from their primary role of just being parents. That's why Family-Centered Care, an approach that aims to help parents feel supported and empowered throughout their family's medical journey, is so important. I'm delighted to introduce you to Jenny Berchtold. Jenny is a certified Child Life Specialist with a master's degree in Child Development and a specialization in infancy. Jenny has worked in the NICU but has since taken her passion to the Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, and is doing what she loves most. She is preparing the next generation of Child Life Specialists to advocate for kids in the NICU and amplify their voices when they don't have one. But her experience doesn't end there: Jenny's youngest son, Evan, faced his own challenge with the discovery of a “dot” on his cheek, which proved to be an extremely rare and aggressive tumor. Thankfully, it has since been successfully surgically removed and is being carefully monitored. She knows firsthand the challenges of balancing your child's medical needs with “just” being present as a parent. Jenny shares her best advice with us: find a medical team that you trust wholeheartedly so you can let go of some “control” and always know that the medical teams and hospital staff are there to help you so that you can be present for your kiddo. Her advice is empowering, and I hope you find as much guidance and comfort in her words as I did today. Key Takeaways with Jenny Berchtold What Family-Centered Care is and why Jenny is so passionate about it. Understanding that the medical teams are only a small part of a family's life journey and that they're only there to help make a positive impact. How it's okay to let go of some control and trust your child's medical team. When hospital staff ask parents how they're doing, they're actually hoping for and expecting an honest answer as they only want to help. How much better it is for parents to prepare to ask the right questions instead of researching everything on their own. How removing the word “just” from those little requests that we all make everyday can make a huge difference. The importance of letting go of guilt as a parent when you feel like you can't do it all and that it's okay to ask for help. Show Notes: Get Full Access to the Show Notes by visiting: MatteasJoy.org/39. Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Joy In The Journey, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen, so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU!

Who suffers the consequences as a result of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? Erikson Institute's  Atena Danner and Verónica Cortez break down the racial inequities, the policy implications, and other domino effects of how babies and their families are impacted.For more information on how Roe v Wade affects laws in your state, visit https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state/. To view data on maternal morbidity rates in Illinois, visit https://riskandreach.erikson.edu/.

SDI is offering a very unique Forest Bathing Journey – a travel experience hosted by us – to the Blue Ridge Mountains for a Nature Immersion and Deep Listening retreat, for seven days in March 2023. In this conversation, the retreat facilitators, Dr Jeanette Banashak and myself, discuss our themes and hopes for this time together, to give you a better sense of what is being offered.  For all spiritual directors, companions, and seekers, we invite you to spend a week immersing in nature, breathing the clean forest air, finding silence and stillness, and experience deep listening on new levels. With this SDI Journey we are able to offer reasonable pricing, with a significant Early Bird discount if you register before October 8th. We are offering standard single and double rooms in both a contemporary inn setting, as well as multi-room cabins and cottages. Bring a friend (or a few friends!) And let us know with whom you'd like to share lodgings. If four or more of you would like to reserve a cabin or cottage together, call us and we'll work something out. Designed by spiritual directors and companions, for spiritual directors and companions, this Journey retreat is sure to nourish, restore, and intimately connect you to Nature, Contemplative Community, and the Essence of your very Being. Learn more at SDI Journey - The Forest as Companion - Nature Immersion and Deep Listening - March 19-25, 2023 - SDI Companions     Dr. Jeanette Banashak is a queer and bilingual interspiritual and interreligious companion. She has a diploma in shinrin yoku (forest bathing) and guides people of all ages in nature urban immersion experiences as an act of justice, as well as is working on a piece that explores interspirituality and trees. She is the co-founder/director of The Spiritual Guidance Training Institute, an organization providing training in spiritual direction/companionship with an interfaith, interspiritual, inter-contemplative focus. Jeanette is the author of The Mindful Pilgrimage: A 40-Day Pocket Devotional for Pilgrims of Any Faith or None and a 30-Day ezine of haiga from the Camino. In 2018, she became a “dual pilgrim” after walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain and Kumano Kodo in Japan. Jeanette also teaches social and emotional learning and development at Erikson Institute and spiritual direction at the Graduate Theological Foundation. 

When was the last time you experienced strong feelings in your classroom? Probably every day. Working with children is demanding and can bring up a lot of strong feelings. Are you considering your own self-regulation needs as well as those of the children you’re working with? How can we process all of what we're feeling so we can move through challenging moments and make a difference for each child in our classrooms? Dr. Angela Searcy is with us in this episode to talk about how to deal with your own self-regulation in challenging moments. Dr. Angela Searcy holds a Doctorate in Education. Her research revolves around brain-based learning assessed by CLASS and its correlation to aggressive behaviors in preschool children. Angela who began as an educator in 1990 has experience in all levels of education. Currently, Dr. Searcy is an adjunct faculty member at Erikson Institute, a professional development provider for teaching strategies, a CLASS Pre-K affiliate trainer for Teachstone, and a Bureau of Education and Research trainer. Dr. Searcy is also the author of Push Past It!, a positive approach to challenging classroom behavior for Gryphon House Publishing. Topics Discussed in This Episode [00:01:22] Today’s guest: Dr. Angela Searcy [00:02:57] Angela’s background [00:05:10] What Push Past It is all about [00:11:44] How to get started after separating out negative emotions [00:15:40] Processing, perspectives, and strategies [00:19:59] Personal space [00:20:24] How children respond when they’re in trouble [00:23:50] What to do when you’re out of ideas [00:26:51] Classroom support [00:28:16] Wisdom for the move into the post-pandemic phase [00:32:41] Where to find resources Resources Kate Cline Dr. Angela Searcy Dr. Angela Searcy at Gryphon House Push Past It! Werk It worksheet

Clare Killy (she/her) is the Vice President of Digital Experiences at Aspire, a Chicagoland nonprofit focused on disability inclusion. She leads Aspire's DEI Consultation and Virtual Life Coaching teams and also hosts Aspire's Amplify Inclusion podcast. Clare is a licensed educator and child development specialist with experience as a teacher, advocate, inclusion consultant and program director. In addition to her work at Aspire, Clare is Co-Chair of the Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium and also serves as adjunct faculty at the Erikson Institute. Clare has experience working with individuals, families and providers in a variety of roles and across diverse environments. In this episode, Clare elaborates on what it means to shift our mindset as it relates to foundational understandings of disability. She discusses how sustainability in terms of access and inclusion for disabled people is only possible when we have a strong foundational understanding of disability as normal and natural, and as a part of human diversity. Links Mentioned Aspire Chicago Amplify Inclusion Disability Lead Stay Connected with Diana Diana's Website Free Resource - 5 Keys to Going Beyond Awareness Beyond Awareness: Bringing Disability into Diversity in K-12 Schools & Communities - Diana's Book Ed Roberts: Champion of Disability Rights - Diana's Children's Book "Beyond Awareness" Digital Course Diana's TEDx Talk Beyond Awareness Facebook Page Diana on Instagram Beyond Awareness Tote Bag Beyond Awareness Pullover Hoodie Beyond Awareness Raglan Baseball T-Shirt Credits and Image Description Intro and outro music courtesy of Emmanuel Castro. Podcast cover photo by Rachel Schlesinger Photography. Podcast cover image description: Black and white photograph of Diana, a Spanish-American woman with long, wavy, brown hair. She is wearing a flowy, white blouse and smiles at camera as she leans against wooden building. Photo is colorfully framed with gold and orange rays of seeming sunshine on top half, and with solid sage green color on bottom half. Text reads "Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters, Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed."

Today on Dishing Daycare Dirt, I interviewed Tori Graham.  She is an Infant Toddler Mental Health Consultant from the Erikson Institute.  During our interview, we discuss the FAN Method and how to apply it in the Early Childhood setting.  We also discuss MSR, which stand for Mindful Self Regulation.  There is so much good information for parents and teachers in this episode,  but my biggest takeaway is, there is a “repair stage” for every interaction we have.  Meaning, if we do or say something during an interaction that we are regretting, there is a way to “take it back” and repair the interaction.  The use of the FAN Method helps us take a step back and have a second chance at the interaction.  You are going to love this Episode!Mentioned in this episode:Infant Mental HealthThe FAN Approach:  Using the FAN Approach to Deepen Trauma-Informed Care for Infants, Toddlers and FamiliesReading parent QuesTailored responses to match what the parents seem to need at the moment.Mindful Self Regulation: MSRFussy Baby Network: FANErikson InstituteEmotional IntelligenceResources:Comebacktocare.com

We talked with President and CEO of Illinois Action for Children, April Janney, on the new Maria Whelan Leadership Institute and Early Childhood Emerging Leaders Fellowship launching this summer. This new fellowship builds leadership capacity at the mid-career level, which is key in nurturing and increasing the pool of new and diverse leaders in the field. Together with this new initiative and our programs at Erikson Institute that focus on established leaders, the pipeline of early childhood leaders and people of color at decision-making tables will grow in numbers.Learn more about the fellowship: https://bit.ly/3tkdMkT

Cady Andersson is an Early Childhood Educator in Chicago, Illinois, and Co-Founder of Compassionate Childcare, LLC. She is a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator and Certified Positive Discipline Early Childhood Educator.Andersson is pursuing her Master of Science Degree in Early Childhood Education at The Erikson Institute in Chicago and believes the most powerful impact educators can have in the lives of children is by encouraging and educating the adults surrounding the child.Andersson created The Compassionate Caregiver Podcast with the goal of uplifting parents, caregivers, educators, and nannies during the challenging journey of caring for children. This podcast offers short bursts of encouragement, skills, compassion, and courage for any adult in relationship with children.Andersson also sits on a monthly panel to answer questions from nannies and caregivers for Mindful Care Collective.Anderssin is passionate about helping children inside her classroom as well as supporting parents, educators, and caregivers outside of it.IMPORTANT LINKSFacebook InstagramTwitterWebsite: compassionatechildcare.comGet 5 ACTION STEPSwhen you visit www.nannyabcs.com/blog/Follow Danny J Nannyinstagram.com/dannyjnanny/instagram.com/nannyabcs/facebook.com/NannyABCs/Linkedin.com/in/dannyjnanny/Nanny ABCs can help you when you're ready.Subscribe! Make sure you get these episodes.Visit NannyABCs.com to discover what we can do for you. Get Nanny ABCs: The Sitter's Handbook: A complete alphabet how-to guide for every child caregiver.Reach out and CONNECT, schedule a time with Danny J NannyFollow Danny J Nannyinstagram.com/dannyjnanny/instagram.com/nannyabcs/facebook.com/NannyABCs/Linkedin.com/in/dannyjnanny/Podcast: https://nannyabcsnextstep.buzzsprout.comDo you have Questions or Comments? EMAIL  at Danny@NannyABCs.comIf you would like to work directly with Nanny ABCs or add NEXT STEP to your childcare go to nannyabcs.com to find out more, enroll, and connect.Subscribe, Share, and Join Us on the Nanny ABCs Next Step Podcast.

Join Natalie Moore, Erikson Institute and PRX for 1,800 Days: The Story of Early Childhood in the U.S. , a five-part podcast series.  We will take a deep dive into the first 1,800 days of every child's life, from birth to kindergarten. We will look at the past, present and future of America's early care and education system, and the children who live with the fallout. Episodes begin February 28, wherever you get your podcasts.

Research has shown that teachers who provide high levels of emotional support for their students (create a positive climate, are highly sensitive, and support children's autonomy and individuality) AND who provide high levels of classroom organization interactions (supporting behavior management, productivity, and engagement levels), these classrooms have lower levels of aggressive behaviors! Dr. Angela Searcy, the researcher, professor, speaker, and author of the book “Push Past It: A Positive Approach to Challenging Classroom Behaviors,” is our guest for today's podcast. In her lively, energetic, and insightful style, Dr. Searcy reminds us all that it really is the teacher who determines how successfully challenging behaviors will get turned around. You won't want to miss this! Make sure you tune in to this podcast, share it with our fellow champions as we discover the inner secrets of being Every Child's Champion! (Refer to the Chapter Markers tab for time stamped highlights) About Dr. Angela Searcy Dr. Searcy is an author, a national speaker, and trainer. She's been in the education field for lots of years. She has a doctorate in education and her specialization has been in neuroscience. Her research revolves around brain based learning as assessed by the CLASS Assessment Scoring System assessment scoring system and its correlation to aggressive behaviors in preschool kids. She published a book called “Push Past It: A Positive Approach to Challenging Behaviors”, through Griffin House Publishing. Dr. Searcy has been adjunct faculty and a seminar leader as well at Erikson Institute. She is the owner and founder of Simple Solutions Educational Services. Also, she's on TV and radio programs all over Chicago, Illinois, and nationally. Thank you so much for joining us on today's episode. If you liked listening to this episode, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! On Apple Podcasts On Spotify On Google Podcasts Make sure you'll never miss out, Children's Champions!!! Even better if you could also join our Facebook Page to share your thoughts and let us fire your sparks, dear Champs! Have you missed the last episode? Take a listen here → Equity and Implicit Bias, Part 1 (Ep 19) 

EPISODE SUMMARY Have you heard about the role of a Child Life Specialist?  Many of us are under the misconception that Child Life Specialists only work in hospital settings and are tasked with playing with children as they await a procedure or treatment.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In both healthcare and community settings, Certified Child Life Specialists help infants, children, youth and families cope with the stress and uncertainty of acute and chronic illness, injury, trauma, disability, loss and bereavement. They provide evidence-based, developmentally, and psychologically appropriate interventions including therapeutic play, preparation for procedures, and education to reduce fear, anxiety, and pain. There are several misconceptions about the Child Life Profession (www.childlife.org).  In several CAC's across the United States, Child Life Specialists are playing an important role in the victim advocacy services provided to children and families. In this episode, I had the opportunity to learn about the Child Life profession and how it can be incorporated into the CAC world from Annie Drehkoff of the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center.  Annie has a wealth of experience working with children and families and shows us how adding Child Life Specialists to CAC can have great value to the children and families being served as well as the entire CAC team.   GUEST: Annie Drehkoff, MS, CCLS is the Child Life Manager at Chicago Children's Advocacy Center. She has over 10 years of experience working with children and families in a variety of settings, which include early childhood education and child life services at pediatric hospitals and outpatient facilities. At Chicago CAC, she oversees the Child Life Department, which promotes effective coping among children and families impacted by sexual abuse through play, preparation, and other support interventions. She received her MS in Child Development, with the Child Life specialization, from Erikson Institute in 2012 and is a Certified Child Life Specialist.   RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: Association of Child Life Professionals “Child Life in Action in a Child Advocacy Center with Annie Drehkoff, MS, CCLS.” Chicago Children's Advocacy Center   Have an idea for a future Team Talk guest or topic? We want to hear from you! Email your suggestions to Tony DeVincenzo at tony@nrcac.org. Disclaimer: This project was sponsored by NRCAC from Grant Award Number 2019-CI-FX-K005 and CFDA #16.758 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, OJJDP or NRCAC.

Melody Brooks-Johnson, Founder & CEO of The Brooks-Johnson Group; an Early Childhood Education Consulting Firm. Melody received a Master of Science degree in Child Development Administration from Erikson Institute in Chicago, IL. and a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. Melody has contributed to the field of ECE for the past 15 years holding various positions that range from Kindergarten Teacher, Native English Teacher in South Korea, Preschool teacher, Site Director, Adjunct Child Development Instructor with various Community Colleges, Education Manager, and Director of ECE Programs.  All the listed experiences have prepared, equipped, shaped, and influenced who she is as an Early Childhood professional, leader, advocate, instructor, coach, visionary, and has led to the birth of The Brooks-Johnson Group, LLC.  Melody is a leader by nature with a niche for coaching and collaborating.The Brooks-Johnson Group was created to challenge the status quo, and  to ensure efficacy, efficiency, and change in early childhood education.  Melody has created the ideal space by infusing a mixture of her most fulfilling positions. Teaching in South Korea is where Melody found her passion for educating young minds. Teachers were adored, treated with the utmost respect while the children were eager to learn. Melody felt compelled to bring those standards back to the states.  As an adjunct Instructor, she found ease in laying a positive and influential foundation in the lives of students working to obtain their associate degrees in Child Development. As an Education Manager, Melody developed and implemented policies, standard operating procedures, and strategies that would change the trajectory of the agency. Melody also enhanced her ability to coach the finest and most challenging staff with the best and most challenging staff.Melody is originally from Chicago, IL and recently relocated to Columbus, OH. Melody is a Believer, Wife, Boy-Mom, Auntie-Mom, Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., HBCU Alum, For the Culture Enthusiast and Building Strong Teacher and Children Devotee!

What are the human stories behind the statistics about staff turnover in the child welfare system? Sophia and Eva speak to Dr Ashley Curry, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Online MSW Program at the Erikson Institute, about what it means to really be there for a young person and what might be missing from social worker job descriptions.Release date: Midday (BST), 7th October 2020Support the show (http://bit.ly/WCARDonate)

On our second episode of a series of interviews where we are discussing education policy, Julie speaks with Dr. Geoffrey Nagle, President and CEO of the Erikson Institute, a leading force in improving the lives of young children and their families through knowledge, research, service and advocacy and the nation's premier graduate school in child development. Julie and Dr. Nagle discuss the difference between early experience and early childhood education, school readiness, achievement gaps and more!

After completing his BA in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, David worked as an Exhibit Designer for the Kohl Children’s Museum. While working there he had an opportunity to meet and work with many educators including the philosopher Loris Malaguzzi from the municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy, founder of the Reggio Approach. David then worked as an education coordinator and atelierista at Chicago Commons, a social service agency that developed early childhood programs on Chicago’s west and south side and completed his Masters in Child Development through the Erikson Institute. After 8 years, he served as an adjunct professor and education coordinator at Aquinas College then worked in Manhattan to develop the Blue Man Group’s parent-child program into the Blue School nursery and elementary school. Upon finishing his doctorate at the University of Calgary in Canada, he became director in 2015 at First Presbyterian Nursery School in Santa Monica, an historical school that celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. Host Joanna Port is Director at Crestwood Hills Preschool. She has a Masters in Education from Pepperdine University and a Masters in Social Work from USC. For the past 25 years she has worked with families and children, as a therapist, an elementary school teacher, and as a parent consultant. Find out more at parenting portal.com

The experience of racism can not only be exhausting, but also traumatic in many ways. Mark explores race-based trauma with Noi Quao, global director of critical incident response for Morneau Shepell. Then, Mark talks with Dr. Tonya Bibbs from the Erikson Institute for Child Development to learn more about how racism is acquired from a young age and how anti-racism can be cultivated in children instead.

Note to viewers: This episode was recorded prior to the murder of George Floyd. Racism, a heterogenous society and generational change are discussed in the last five minutes. Any references made to the state of the world at the time was referring to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are heartened to see the way the world has come together to create massive change. Host Jeanette Schneider made the comment that she has become aware that the change she wishes to see may not happen in her lifetime. She's eating her words. #blacklivesmatter Samina Hadi-Tabassum is a clinical associate professor at Erikson Institute where she leads the Child Life program and the online Masters in Early Childhood Education program. She teaches graduate courses in cognitive development, language development. Her research and publications focus on race, language and culture. In this episode we discuss human survival, from mirror neurons to epigenetics and all the science in between. We dig into how humans have evolved, why we need empathy more than ever to ensure our survival, and the move to a heterogeneous society.

Tiana Kubik has a Bachelor of Science in Family Community Services from Michigan State University and a Master of Science in Early Childhood Education from the Erikson Institute, in Chicago, IL. She was a teacher for Pre-K-Kindergarten for almost 10... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amber-semerau/message

On this week’s episode, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Associate Vice President of Policy at the Erikson Institute and Co-chair of the Puerto Rican Agenda here in Chicago joins the show. We’re going to talk about her work in early childhood development and with the PR Agenda as well as community organizing and the Presidential Candidates' Puerto Rico policy.Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleonSite: paseomedia.orgFacebook & Twitter: @paseopodcastSounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos + Adobe + Sabado GiganteCristina's Twitter + PBS Firsthand Talk Erikson Institute Website + Facebook + Twitter + YouTube + Mobile AppThe Puerto Rican Agenda Chicago 3Rs Campaign for Earthquake Relief + Facebook + TwitterPuerto Rican Cultural CenterJoshua's Article in Latino Rebels

Yadira Vieyra Alvarez preaches for Christmas, offering a reflection on living Christmas joy, even in difficult times: "We must remember, however, that receiving this child is a decision. If we do not accept and embrace the presence of Jesus in our daily lives, of what use is his peaceful dominion? If we do not have peace in our families, our homes, our marriages, our communities, of what use is God’s offering to us?" Yadira Vieyra Alvarez was appointed as an auditor at the 2018 Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment and represented the immigrant community in the United States. Yadira Vieyra Alvarez is Research Specialist at the School of Social Service Administration at The University of Chicago, where she works on evaluating the effectiveness of doula home visiting services being provided to adolescent mothers. Yadira is also collaborating with the University of Chicago at Illinois and Immaculate Conception Parish in Brighton Park through “Fortaleciendo mi familia” – a series of sessions aimed at bringing low-intensity cognitive behavioral therapy and psychosocial support to Mexican immigrant families experiencing distress, anxiety, and depression due to exposure to community violence, financial challenges, and migration-related worries. She attended Cristo Rey Jesuit High School and later moved to Washington D.C. where she completed her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Theology from Georgetown University. She received her Masters of Science from Erikson Institute in Chicago, a premier graduate school in early child development. As part of her commitment to urban Catholic Education, Yadira has also served in a variety of ministerial and catechetical roles including the Leadership Advisory Council at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12252018 to read Yadira's text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

On this episode of Ready Set Gov, we sit down with Geoff Nagle, President and CEO of the Erikson Institute, to talk about the critical importance of early childhood education, especially in the lives of kids who experience trauma and violence in their communities.

Vamik D. Volkan, a native of Cyprus, was touched by ethnic/political violence at a very personal level when he was still in medical school: a very close friend was shot by terrorists during the Cypriat war. “I didn't have anyone to talk to about it at the time, I was far from home.” Once he completed medical school and his psychoanalytic training, he noticed that he had become preoccupied with theoretical questions of mourning, and he realized he was motivated by his loss to address issues of ethnic violence and peace-making from a psychoanalytic angle. How are generations of families affected by historical trauma and loss? How does political violence and trauma become a chosen or disavowed element of identity across generations? With A Nazi Legacy: Depositing, Transgenerational Transmission, Dissociation, and Remembering Through Action (Karnac 2015), Volkan recounts a fascinating, riveting, theoretically powerful case history he supervises, of the grandson of a high level Nazi perpetrator, instrumental in developing the forced euthanasia of people with disabilities. The grandfather's program was called “T4”, and he was responsible for introducing the technique of killing groups of people with gas, which went on to be used on the large scale in the camps. He was later killed on the Eastern Front. When the grandson, the subject of the case, Victor, is born, his parents are deeply preoccupied with the possibility that Victor may have a disability. Victor is haunted by the memory of a tonsillectomy at three years old, of his struggling and resisting being “gassed” by the pediatrician. As an adult, he presents for therapy with the problem that he has episodes at night of waking in a dissociative state in his room and trying to escape through the window. A complication for the treatment is that Victor's future analyst is the daughter of a Nazi soldier… A Nazi Legacy is challenging, moving, but also useful as a presentation of clinical technique. Volkan strongly advocates for psychoanalysts to be more aware of the effects of social and political violence on the internal world of their patients, but also to be aware of how these events affect analysts themselves, and play out in enactments of disavowal. As Victor begins to work through his family history and the truth of his grandfather's atrocities, he has a pivotal reaction to seeing the film “Twelve Years a Slave”: “he recalled the film dealing with racism and thought he might be like white people in the United States.” Vamik D. Volkan is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, the Senior Erik Erikson Scholar at the Erikson Institute of Education and Research of the Austen Riggs Center, and an Emeritus Training and Supervising Analyst at the Washington DC Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Volkan is also president of the International Dialogue Initiative (IDI), a nonprofit organization that brings together unofficial representatives from various parts of the world, such as Germany, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, UK, U.S.A, and the West Bank to examine world affairs from a psychopolitical angle. The IDI develops a common language between psychoanalysts and those who are diplomats, politicians or from other disciplines. Dr. Volkan is a 2015 Winner of the prestigious Sigourney Award, and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychoanalysis

Vamik D. Volkan, a native of Cyprus, was touched by ethnic/political violence at a very personal level when he was still in medical school: a very close friend was shot by terrorists during the Cypriat war. “I didn’t have anyone to talk to about it at the time, I was far from home.” Once he completed medical school and his psychoanalytic training, he noticed that he had become preoccupied with theoretical questions of mourning, and he realized he was motivated by his loss to address issues of ethnic violence and peace-making from a psychoanalytic angle. How are generations of families affected by historical trauma and loss? How does political violence and trauma become a chosen or disavowed element of identity across generations? With A Nazi Legacy: Depositing, Transgenerational Transmission, Dissociation, and Remembering Through Action (Karnac 2015), Volkan recounts a fascinating, riveting, theoretically powerful case history he supervises, of the grandson of a high level Nazi perpetrator, instrumental in developing the forced euthanasia of people with disabilities. The grandfather’s program was called “T4”, and he was responsible for introducing the technique of killing groups of people with gas, which went on to be used on the large scale in the camps. He was later killed on the Eastern Front. When the grandson, the subject of the case, Victor, is born, his parents are deeply preoccupied with the possibility that Victor may have a disability. Victor is haunted by the memory of a tonsillectomy at three years old, of his struggling and resisting being “gassed” by the pediatrician. As an adult, he presents for therapy with the problem that he has episodes at night of waking in a dissociative state in his room and trying to escape through the window. A complication for the treatment is that Victor’s future analyst is the daughter of a Nazi soldier… A Nazi Legacy is challenging, moving, but also useful as a presentation of clinical technique. Volkan strongly advocates for psychoanalysts to be more aware of the effects of social and political violence on the internal world of their patients, but also to be aware of how these events affect analysts themselves, and play out in enactments of disavowal. As Victor begins to work through his family history and the truth of his grandfather’s atrocities, he has a pivotal reaction to seeing the film “Twelve Years a Slave”: “he recalled the film dealing with racism and thought he might be like white people in the United States.” Vamik D. Volkan is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, the Senior Erik Erikson Scholar at the Erikson Institute of Education and Research of the Austen Riggs Center, and an Emeritus Training and Supervising Analyst at the Washington DC Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Volkan is also president of the International Dialogue Initiative (IDI), a nonprofit organization that brings together unofficial representatives from various parts of the world, such as Germany, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, UK, U.S.A, and the West Bank to examine world affairs from a psychopolitical angle. The IDI develops a common language between psychoanalysts and those who are diplomats, politicians or from other disciplines. Dr. Volkan is a 2015 Winner of the prestigious Sigourney Award, and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ann is the author of other books in early childhood development including Creating A Beautiful Mess.  She is a prolific writer of curriculum materials such as classroom readers, teacher guides, and textbooks. Her two previous publications for Redleaf Press include Story Dictation: A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals (2007) and Challenging Exceptionally Bright Children in Early Childhood Classrooms (2013).  As graduate of Northwestern University and the Erikson Institute, Ann is frequently a presenter at education conferences, such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Association for Gifted Children.   Currently, Ann serves as the early childhood coordinator for Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development where she manages Leapfrog, a summer enrichment program for young children. She also teaches early childhood courses at Oakton Community College.  Ann is the author of other books in early childhood development.  She is a prolific writer of curriculum materials such as classroom readers, teacher guides, and textbooks. Her two previous publications for Redleaf Press include Story Dictation: A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals (2007) and Challenging Exceptionally Bright Children in Early Childhood Classrooms (2013).  As graduate of Northwestern University and the Erikson Institute, Ann is frequently a presenter at education conferences, such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Association for Gifted Children.   Read more...

Ann Gadzikowski has more than 25 years of experience working in the field of early childhood education as a teacher and school administrator. Ann is the author of other books in early childhood development. She is a prolific writer of curriculum materials such as classroom readers, teacher guides, and textbooks. Her two previous publications for Redleaf Press include Story Dictation: A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals (2007) and Challenging Exceptionally Bright Children in Early Childhood Classrooms (2013). As graduate of Northwestern University and the Erikson Institute, Ann is frequently a presenter at education conferences, such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Association for Gifted Children. Currently, Ann serves as the early childhood coordinator for Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development where she manages Leapfrog, a summer enrichment program for young children. She also teaches early childhood courses at Oakton Community College. Ann Gadzikowski is here to talk with us about her new book: 'Creating a Beautiful Mess: Ten Essential Play Experiences For a Joyous Childhood'    Ann Gadzikowski Ann Gadzikowski on Facebook    Sound Health Options     

Josh Shenk - Want to be great? Then don't go at it alone. Throughout history teams of exactly 2 people have made the biggest impact - think Lennon and McCartney, Wozniak and Jobs, Orville and Wilbur Wright...the list goes on and on. But why? This week we crush the myth of the "lone genius" and learn how the best creations of all time came from people who worked in pairs. Josh Shenk, author of Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs, tells us not only why 2 is the magic number, but also how you can find your creative pair and start making history. Josh is a curator, essayist, and author. His magazine pieces include cover stories in Harper’s, Time, and The Atlantic, where his essay "What Makes Us Happy?" was the most read article in the history of that magazine’s website. His work has also appeared in Slate, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first book, Lincoln’s Melancholy, was named one of the best books of 2005 byThe New York Times, The Washington Post,and The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.. He is a curator, storyteller and advisor to The Moth; vice-chair emeritus of the board of directors, he currently serves on the general council. He is also a past director of the Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College, where he curated programs and festivals and directed a small literary press. Shenk consults to the Erikson Institute for Education and Research at the Austen Riggs Center, where he directs the Erikson Prize for Mental Health Media and Arts in Mind, a conversation series on the creative arts and psychology, co-hosted by the New School in New York City. "Creativity is not about being comfortable. It's about moving from where you are to something bigger.  It's all about the encounter of disparate things." - Josh Shenk Quotes from Josh: What we learn in this episode: What characteristics make two people compatible? Why is tension good for partners creative abilities? How does conversation play a key role in creativity? Why is a pair better than a trio? Resources: Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs www.shenk.net Twitter @joshuawolfshenk -- This episode is brought to you by: 99Designs: Go to 99designs.com/SMART to get a $99 Power Pack of services for FREE today! ting: mobile that makes sense. For $25 off your first device or a $25 credit, use smartpeople.ting.com and save money on your cell phone bill today!