TCBOC 2020 Speaker Teaser: Julie Kurtz

Welcome to the 3rd annual Transform Challenging Behavior Online Conference.
May 6-12, 2020 - enroll now at challengingbehaviorconference.com

How does it work?
Everything happens online. You have the freedom to watch from anywhere.
The conference unfolds over 7 days - May 6th through May 12th.
There are 21 speakers, so there’s 3 talks per day.
Talks are available for 24 hours for free to everyone who registers.
There will be free daily conference workbooks that help attendees to reflect, dream, plan, and grow.

To learn more about the conference keep reading!

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Behavior problems in preschool?

Yep, we’ve got that.

It’s pretty much reached epidemic proportions here in the U.S.

I get almost daily emails from teachers and program directors struggling with everything from biting and chair throwing to swearing and climbing on tables to running out of the classroom.

I have taught thousands of early childhood educators through my trainings and talks and have had thousands more download my No More Challenging Behavior Cheatsheet.

They email me to say thank you and indicate regularly how desperate they are for information, support, and perhaps most importantly....hope.

My unique vantage point on this is perhaps due to the fact that I have been following this problem for decades. I've done research on how to promote the inclusion of children who exhibit behavioral challenges, and I have carved out a niche where I am devoted, full time, to helping teachers and programs with these issues.

So who am I? My name is Barb O’Neill, Ed.D.

I’m the founder of Transform Challenging Behavior, a training and consulting business that helps early childhood professionals develop the confidence, skills, and systems to prevent challenging behavior and set children up for success.

All of my experience and expertise comes together in The Transform Challenging Behavior Online Conference as we take a broad conceptual view on the factors contributing to behavior challenges and dive into inspiring stories and innovative practical strategies. I’ll guide participants in taking a reflective, strengths-based approach as we learn from a carefully curated team of speakers with diverse areas of expertise. This is about nurturing the curiosity to bring this knowledge to what everyone’s talking about: challenging behavior, preK expulsions, and what we can do about it. I’d love for you to join us.

My carefully curated team of speakers inspire and delight with their stories and facts interwoven with strategies, strategies, strategies. There are so many gems and takeaways that we can’t help but start to think differently...and to think about how to share that with our colleagues or supervisees or a child’s parent.

Some of the topics we'll be exploring include:

Getting to the Root of Difficult Behavior
Conscious Discipline
Outdoor Play and Challenging Behavior
Trauma, Healing and Challenging Behavior
Using Persona Dolls When There’s Challenging Behavior
Prevent Challenging Behavior at Circle Time
Anti-Bias Education, Inclusion and Challenging Behavior
Trauma and Culturally Responsive Self-Care
Kindergarten Readiness and Challenging Behavior
Collaborating with Families
Supporting Children with Disabilities/Delays
When Behavior Is About Attention...or, Connection
The Brain, Sensory Integration, and Behavior
Challenging Behavior and Power Struggles Over Writing
Mindfulness, the Brain and Behavior
 
Plus, a special ECE Leaders Session…
The Pyramid Model: Building Systems and Accessing Free Resources
 
...AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

Each of the speakers says in their own way that we need to help teachers stop seeing “challenging behavior” as a problem.

We need to help practitioners shift their mindset. Get better grounded in child development. Be ever hopeful.

Join us by signing up at http://challengingbehaviorconference.com. It’s free and entirely online.

Speakers include:

Angela Searcy
Antoinette Taylor
Cleo Rodriguez
Dayna Abraham
Elizabeth Montero-Cefalo
Eric Nelson & Lisa Agajanian
Holly Elissa Bruno
Jocelyn Manzanarez
Julie Kurtz
Julie Nicholson
Kisha Reid
Kristie Pretti-Frontczak
Laura Fish
Lawanda Wesley
Lisa Murphy
Luis Hernandez
Maya Gonzalez
Red Ruby Scarlet
Renee Pena-Lopez
Rob Corso
Samantha Moe
Sandi Phoenix
Vanessa Levin
Vicky Hutchin, Meeta Johnson & Robb Johnson