Presented by Lynne Kenney, Psy.D.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 | Winnipeg, mb
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
9:00am – 4:00pm
Best Western Plus Winnipeg Airport Hotel
1715 Wellington Avenue, R3H 0G1
Winnipeg, MB
Phone: 204.775.9889
Website: http://www.bestwestern.com/
This one-day activity-focused workshop provides you with 25+ effective thinking & self-regulation strategies to use in the classrooms, home or clinical practice. These activities help you better understand and intervene with children who have challenges with executive function, sensory processing, dysregulation, and anxiety.
Consistent with Dr. Kenney’s upcoming book, 70 Play Activities for Better Thinking, Self-regulation, Learning and Behavior (2016) and Bloom: 50 Things to Say, Think and Do With Anxious, Angry and Over-The-Top Kids (2015) we will explore empirically-based cognitive, limbic, motor movement and social skill activities to improve learning and behaviour.
Parents, teachers and clinicians are looking for empirically-based methods of behavioural intervention that move away from punishment and consequences to improve learning and behaviour. Grounded in neuroscience, integrating the most current research in kinesiology, cognitive psychology, occupational therapy and speech therapy, Dr. Kenney’s techniques help grow compassionate children with better thinking and self-regulation skills.
Improving Behaviour and Learning via Better Executive Function and Self-Regulation Skills
With improvements in research methodologies utilizing fMRI to measure brain activation, we are quickly learning that the behaviour management techniques commonly used in the past not only are ineffective but may increase stress which decrease both thinking skills and self-regulation in children and adolescents. Establishing secure connections with kids, partnering with them in problem solving and using neuro-biologically rooted strategies such as music, thinking activities and movement are more effective ways to improve both learning and behaviour.
Higher functioning cognitive skills such as organization, planning, previewing, inhibition and self-regulation are essential for successful social, academic and interpersonal development. These are skills that some children are born with, but many are not. The great news! We can teach skill sets to children that will calm their bodies and their brains, enhance their thinking, improve their learning and help them to become healthier social beings.
Through the use of case studies and interactive demonstration, Dr. Kenney will provide you with practical, effective and easily adaptable skill-building techniques and activities for children and adolescents with behaviour and mood management issues. Leave this workshop with strategies, activities and tools for your office, home and school to help children and adolescents achieve their full behavioural, academic and social potential.
Education and Clinical Professionals: All education and mental health or healthcare professionals who work with children or youth including, but not limited to K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors, Learning Assistance/Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers • All other professionals who support behavioural challenges and complex learning needs including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers and Community Police Officers.
Lynne Kenney, Psy.D., is the nation’s leading pediatric psychologist in the development of classroom cognitive-physical activity programs for students in grades K-8. Dr. Kenney develops curriculum, programming, and activities to improve children’s cognition through coordinative cognitive-motor movement, executive function skill-building strategies, and social-emotional learning.
Dr. Kenney’s most recent educational program is CogniMoves® a universal Tier I MTSS cognitive-motor movement program, co-developed with Benjamin S. Bunney, MD, Former Chairman Department of Psychiatry at Yale University. CogniMoves® is designed to strengthen executive function skills in K-3 students.
Dr. Kenney is a pediatric psychologist on the Language & Cognition Team at Wellington-Alexander Center for the Treatment of Dyslexia, Scottsdale, Arizona. She has advanced fellowship training in forensic psychology and developmental pediatric psychology from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Harbor-UCLA/UCLA Medical School. As an international educator, researcher, and author, Dr. Kenney is dedicated to improving the trajectory of children’s learning, particularly in high-need, under-resourced communities.
Dr. Kenney’s books include Brain Primers, 2020 (Kuczala & Kenney); 70 Play Activities for Better Thinking, Self-Regulation, Learning and Behavior (Kenney & Comizio, 2016); the Social-Emotional Literacy program, Bloom Your Room™; Musical Thinking™; and Bloom: 50 things to say, think and do with anxious, angry and over-the-top-kids (Kenney & Young, 2015). My Attention Engine: An executive function skill activity book for teachers, parents, and children is slated for 2023.
Since 1985, Dr. Kenney has worked as an educator in community service with national organizations including the Neurological Health Foundation, Head Start, Understood.org, HandsOn Phoenix, SparkPE, the First Nations in Canada, and Points of Light (Generation On) Dr. Kenney values working with Title I Schools.
“Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills. I loved the ‘hands on’ activities and plan to use them in my kindergarten class.”
– Sylvie Seguin | Ottawa, ON | May 11, 2016
“Lynne is a fantastic facilitator. I appreciate all the resources and examples she provided. This was an extremely enjoyable and educational workshop.”
– Stephanie Mulhall | London, ON | May 9, 2016
“Speaker was upbeat, clear, engaging, easy to listen to, and easy to stay engaged. Very real and genuine and very accommodating.”
– Oakville, ON | May 10, 2016
“Extremely competent speaker. She knows the material”
– Sylvie Seguin | Ottawa, ON | May 11, 2016
“Lynne was/is a wealth of knowledge and was able to keep the room engaged for the duration of the days. Lot’s of great info. Looking forward to visiting her Facebook page.”
– Oakville, ON | May 10, 2016
“Wonderful workshop, loved everything about it. Really good speaker. Easy to understand and really knowledgeable.”
– Giselle North | London, ON | May 9, 2016
“I appreciate the conversation about sleep, nutrition, etc. Very resourceful instructor…I’d like to sit and speak with Lynne; she’s so interesting and informative.”
– Nicole | London, ON | May 9, 2016
“Lynne Kenney is a delightful presenter. Warm and engaging, with an infectious giggle. She presented the material in a memorable and entertaining manner!”
– 2014 Alberta Conference on Children and Adolescents | Edmonton, AB | November 3 & 4, 2014
“I appreciated Lynne Kenney’s session as she incorporated movement, sharing and collaboration into the presentation.”
– 2014 Alberta Conference on Children and Adolescents | Edmonton, AB | November 3 & 4, 2014
“Lynne Kenney gets five stars – humour, action and real modelling!”
– 2014 Alberta Conference on Children and Adolescents | Edmonton, AB | November 3 & 4, 2014
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1715 Wellington Avenue, R3H 0G1
Winnipeg, MB
phone: 204.775.9889
fax: 204.775.4576
website: http://www.bestwestern.com/
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Jack Hirose & Associates is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Jack Hirose & Associates maintains responsibility for the program.
† The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Social Workers (NLASW) accept CPA-approved CEUs.
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