Joann Robinson's Recommended Classes and Resources
30-45 Minute Classes
- Plan and try out new routines that balance priorities while you seek a sustainable new rhythm.
- Develop co-parenting strategies to work well in a simple daily schedule of care and activity
- Working from home can be a challenge if your children are dependent on you for keeping them entertained and busy.
- Identify ways to set up a space in your home that effectively invites independent play
- Identify open-ended materials that keep young children engaged and learning while you work.
- Recognize the unique social-emotional needs of young children during stressful times
- Apply parenting strategies that support children to sustain feelings of optimism and security
- Learn why tantrums occur at this age
- How caregivers can manage their own distress during tantrums
- Positive approaches to help toddlers calm down
- Ways to talk with your toddler about their tantrums after they occur
- Help your child grow to be more independent and cooperative while strengthening your parent-child connection
- Use specific, effective feedback to help your child grow into an enthusiastic, lifelong learner
- Learn how to help your child fall asleep quickly and independently at bedtime using a gentle and gradual approach
- Best for children 3 years +
- Discover myths about ineffective discipline techniques that can increase misbehavior
- Learn strategies that increase and sustain child compliance, support child self-worth
- Strengthen your parent-child relationship
- Learn about Family Meetings and other strategies to create smoother family routines and support children to be more responsible and cooperative
- This class will help you recognize the yellow flags related to depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and substance abuse.
- consider the ways any of these challenges may be affecting your children more than you realize and steps you can take to address self-care more effectively
- Learn 5 simple, mindful habits you and your family can weave into daily routines to bond, relieve stress, and feel happier
- This class will help you minimize conflict when navigating parenting responsibilities across households
- Learn the importance of “cooperative co-parenting”
- Review strategies to support your children.
10-15 Minute Classes
- Understand why challenging behaviors occur
- Learn how to respond to them in the moment using positive, non-punitive approaches
- Learn some key prevention strategies
- Learn how and why playfulness promotes brain development
- Children cooperate more often when you bring playfulness into daily routines
- Learn simple ways to make routines fun and how playfulness can help in challenging moments
- Recognize triggers that lead to feeling irritated
- Apply easy brain-calming practices to build your resilience in the moment
- Build routines that help you respond more calmly to challenging behaviors
- Learn how to coach our child through their moments of strong emotions
- Promote your young child to develop self-regulation skills
- Foster emotional intelligence that will set them up for success in school and beyond
- Briefly learn about positive messages about childcare and attachment
- Learn how you can optimize you and your baby’s daily interactions and routines to promote a secure attachment
Picky eating typically starts in the first three years and can quickly turn into a power struggle. You will gain an understanding of why children become picky eaters, how you can prevent these behaviors, and tips for setting mealtime limits.