I'm a 24 year veteran teacher who teaches Child and Adolescent Development, Early Childhood Education, and Psychology of Relationships.
I have been teaching Relationship skills and Human Development to students, parents and teachers for many years.
My classes have always been full of kids wanting to learn as I make my classes and presentations engaging and entertaining at the same time. The Professional Development on Relationship Skills and Class Management will include many of the following topics
Power and Control through the Light Side and Dark Side of Power
Understanding how brain development works and teaching in a way that is conducive healthy brain development
Understanding the hidden things that tear that trust down
Check out many of my YouTube videos to get a taste of my teaching style on this topic:
I use this video in my relationships class as well but in this class we focus on a positive or negative base of power when working with kids or in other words the light side and the dark side
Genes play a rather large part in who we are. People who think they can just mold people in teaching and parenting to who they want them to be are going to be disappointed
Nurture or the environment also plays a large role in how we develop
Emotional Intelligence is one of the most important predictors of success in life. Teaching yourself and children this skills is one of the most important things in my Child Development Class
Most of us think of Discipline as punishments and rewards. That is a very limited way of thinking about it. This explains how Discipline is really more about good teaching rather than punishments.
Parents want their kids to grow to their full potential but we often don't understand the difference between harmful criticism and helpful teaching. This video explores that with the netflix show unstable.
Or you can email me at jeff@jeffbrownsclassroom.com