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March 6, 2023

Coaching to Support Friendship Skills and Problem Solving

When problems arise in early childhood settings, adults can use those opportunities to teach those targeted social and emotional skills, including friendship skills.

Join the Office of Head Start and its National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning for this webinar, and explore the resources and strategies a coach can share with coachees to support problem solving and teach friendship skills. Practice using coaching strategies by engaging in a case study focused on effective problem solving and friendship skills practices.

This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning.

Session Details

Wednesday, March 15 | 3 – 4 p.m.

Virtual

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In this webinar, we’re discussing:

  • Resources and strategies to support coachees and families to teach friendship skills and problem-solving to children
  • Using coaching strategies and practicing them through a case study

This webinar benefits:

  • Coaches supporting Head Start and Early Head Start education staff in all program options
  • Education staff supporting coaches

To learn more, visit the Office of Head Start website.

News

February 11, 2019

Raising Readers Together Club

The Raising Readers Together Club runs weekly and explores the importance of acceptance, equality, and tolerance through reading. Thursday sessions are suitable for children ages five and younger.

For children age six and older, see our Wednesday sessions at Willie Tee’s Barbershop.

Winter 2019 Books:

  • Word Play by Adam Lehrhaupt | February 7
  • My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith | February 14
  • Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too by Anna Dewdney | February 21
  • Unplugged by Steven Antony | February 28
  • All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold | March 7
  • Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai | March 14
  • The Library Book by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark | March 21
  • Billy Bloo is Stuck in Goo by Jennifer Hamburg | March 28

Raising Readers provides free:

  • books
  • discussion
  • food
  • songs
  • storytelling
  • resources

Questions

For questions or more information, contact Cynthia Battle at 412.421.3889 or cynthia@tryingtogether.org.

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