Understanding Sensitive Children

Suitable for child care providers, child care workforce, and parents.

Presenter: Tammy Schamuhn

In this online workshop parents, caregivers, and professionals will learn to better understand these highly sensitive children [HSC] and ways to help them manage in the home and the classroom.

Objectives:

- Identifying whether a child is highly sensitive

- Exploring struggles that accompany these types of children and possible solutions

- Understanding how parenting style can impact HSC

- Develop strategies to build resiliency in HSC

Tammy is a Registered Psychologist and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. Tammy also has a Bachelors of Education from the University of Alberta and practiced as an elementary teacher in Edmonton before going on to complete her Masters degree in Psychology. Tammy is the Founder and former Executive Director of Family Counselling Centres, and the Co-Founder and Director of the Institute of Child Psychology.