The Building Joyful Classrooms Workshop presented by WNY Behavior Toolbox is located in Orchard Park, NY is scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2019. Our very own Founder and Executive Director, Megan Coltoniak will be presenting 'Fix it Before It Breaks: Musical Strategies to Help Your Day.'

(Details below from the event page)

OPENING SESSION:

Our keynote address, CHOOSING JOY: WE WERE MADE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, will be presented by Dr. Lynn Lubecki (NYS Pyramid Model Master Cadre Trainer and Research Associate at the Rochester Children’s Institute). Dr. Lubecki won the first Pyramid Model Champion Award at the Pyramid Model National Meeting in 2018 and has worked in early childhood education for more than 20 years.

TRACK 1 WORKSHOPS (for new attendees):

• Loving Children: The Foundation for Understanding Development will be presented by Bridget Palmer (Liberty POST) and Kim Hauptman (Buffalo Hearing and Speech).
• Infant Toddler Specialists, Maryann Ciskal and Kelly Janese, will present Routines & Expectations: Blueprints for Success.
• Megan Coltoniak, conference chairperson and owner of Bloom Creative Arts, will present Fix it Before It Breaks: Musical Strategies to Help Your Day.
• Gerald Smith (Help Me Grow) and Denise Roty (Buffalo Hearing and Speech) return for an encore presentation of Healthy Social Development: Tools for Teaching.

TRACK 2 WORKSHOPS (for return attendees):

• Which Love Languages are you Speaking? will be presented by Lindsay Leusch (Kangarootime).
• Specialists from Best Self will present an Intro to Teacher-Child Interaction Therapy (TCIT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).
• Preventative Strategies to Add to Your Toolkit will be presented by Shannon Ochal (Gateway) and Amanda McPhereson (Bloom Creative Arts).

 CLOSING SESSION:

• A Make & Take Session will be facilitated by Silvia Steele (Holy Cross Head Start).
• An introduction to Radiant Child Yoga will be presented by Sarah & Vito Gigante (Cantalician Center for Learning).
• A Leadership Debrief for Directors will be facilitated by Christina Fecio, Educational Consultant and WNY Behavior Collaboration chairperson.

Tickets are selling out fast, so be sure to secure them below as soon as you can! 

Here are the quick details again!

Saturday October 19, 2019
Building Joyful Classrooms Workshop
8am - 3pm
ECC South Campus 
Orchard Park, New York

$15 ticket
$10 optional t-shirt purchase
Priceless - A day filled with joy and tools to build a more joyful experience within your classroom.

Join and grow with us and many others eager to grow and collaborate to building the most joyful classrooms!

Join the Event: 
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