Island Health just released a short video of me working alongside teachers, librarians and the Aboriginal Infant Development Program with the Snuneymuxw First Nation, as they took workshops on the Dandelion Approach™. I founded The Dandelion Approach™ as a way to create change for children and youth through relationship, play and experiential discovery.

Although this specific grant is over, I am still supporting schools and community organizations to facilitate this approach to emotional health. In this time of great stress and disconnection, this training is being requested more than ever. For those of you that have our book, you will find all the activities you see in the video, in the Inside-Out Guide that comes free with the book. You might enjoy watching teachers, early childhood educators and librarians trying the activities out before they facilitate them to the children in their care. It was so beautiful for me to see these educators coming together and exploring how to support students and build community through this approach.

Neufeld Institute Webinar Panel on Emotional Health and School, with Tamara Strijack, Deborah MacNamara, Eva de Gosztonyi and Hannah Beach.

Join the Leadership Team from the IDEA Centre for Educators as they discuss Emotional Health and School (ideacentreforeducators.org)

Webinar presented by Hannah Beach and Tamara Strijack on Creating Playgrounds for Emotional Expression (https://reclaimingourstudents.com/) When emotions stop moving, we start to see the signs of problem behaviour. Expression of emotion is the first step in emotional development, and yet many children, adolescents and adults can get stuck here. We all need safe places to express the emotions that are stirred up within us, as well as release pent up emotional energy. The challenge is finding those safe places. In this session, we will explore natural playgrounds for emotion to come out and play, and how we might facilitate this process – for our children, our adolescents and ourselves.