The 2022 Annual Parent Conference focused on听Building Skills and Resilience in a Supportive Environment of Risk-Taking,听featuring keynote speaker Dr. Colin King.
Dr. Colin King's听Keynote Presentation听offered a practical framework for parents and educators to help students manage their stress and continue to听take small risks in their learning.听 Participants learned about the opportunities to help students understand the connection between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours and intentional ways to create flexible, supportive learning expectations and environments for students that build skills and resilience over time.
Participants also heard from a panel of educators and professionals about how these skills could be supported at schools and at home. Panelists shared the following resources:听
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What is my child鈥檚 behaviour telling me?
Kids, pre-teens, and teens all use behaviour to communicate. Learn what your child鈥檚 behaviour is telling you and discover strategies to navigate times of transition and to support a successful educational journey.
Watch expert Dr. Jean Clinton鈥檚 engaging presentation and Q&A that addresses:
- Self-regulation fatigue: the idea that kids self-regulate all day at school and then come home and unravel.
- How to have meaningful conversations with our kids about their day (instead of just hearing 鈥渇ine鈥�). 听
- What signs of concern should we be looking for?听
- How we can help our kids cope with the behaviours of other kids and what they may be observing around their peers?
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Review KPR's Past Parent Conferences听
Thank you to the 650 parents and caregivers who attended our 20th听Annual Virtual Parent Conference October 16, 2021, with keynote speaker Dr. David Templeman!听We also thank KPR鈥檚 Parent Involvement Committee for once again supporting this conference.
Dr. Templeman graciously agreed to have his presentation recorded for the benefit of those who were not able to join us online at the time of the conference.听Watch his practical presentation titled 鈥淵ou鈥檝e Got This! Mental Health After COVID: Getting Back to Normal鈥�
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For the first time ever, KPR's 19th Annual Parent Conference went virtual in 2020.听To see the key听note presentation from the 202 Parent Conference, watch the recording of听
A Toronto-based听clinical psychologist, Dr. Russell is also a well known and engaging speaker, and co-author of the book听Drop the Worry Ball: How to Parent in the Age of Entitlement.
Thank you to everyone who attended KPR's 18th annual Parent Conference, held in October 2019 at听Port Hope听High School. If you missed it, you can still benefit from the information and tips offered by keynote speaker Dr. Michael Ungar and his presentation on听"The Risk-Taker's Advantage: How to Make Kids More Resilient by Not Bubblewrapping Them."
Thank you to everyone who attended KPR's 17th annual Parent Conference, "Minds Matter", held in October 2018 at Bowmanville High School. If you missed it, you can still benefit from the information and tips that were offered by keynote speaker Dr. Greg Wells and his presentation on "The Ripple Effect: Sleep, Think, Eat & Move Better" and through a variety of workshops.
Additional handouts and resources from the 2018 Parent Conference include:
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