Empowering Social & Emotional Development in your Child Care

Suitable for all early learning professionals and parents.

Presenter: Malgosia Tomanik

Young children develop and learn in the context of relationships with their parents, other family members, and childcare providers. Creating a supportive and nurturing environment is key to healthy social-emotional development. It creates a foundation for developing emotional maturity and social competency. We will discuss practical strategies to empower young learners to understand and regulate their emotions, and learn effective problem-solving skills.

Malgosia Tomanik, M.Ed., is a Family Consultant who specializes in supporting children preschool to high school age and their “big people” in a variety of environments, including homes, schools, and child care settings. Malgosia is experienced in addressing concerns associated with the daily challenges of caring for a child who requires support, including helping to make sense of difficult behaviour and supporting the big people for each child in finding a way through.

Malgosia also works as a Key Worker with the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre. She provides support to caregivers raising children and youth who are living with FASD, from birth to 18 years of age.