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Imagine Institute for Learning is certified by the QPR Institute to provide suicide prevention training.

Being an effective leader requires us to be thoughtful and intentional about what we do and how we do it – it takes time and requires work.

According to Ogu & Schmidt (2009), "By listening carefully to children as they ask questions and talk together, teachers can incorporate children's questions into an inquiry-based curriculum that supports various type of learns." Come explore

Helpers regularly encounter stories and symptoms of trauma in their roles. There is growing evidence that the impact of directly supporting others through experiences of trauma goes beyond burnout or fatigue.

The ability to thrive and manage life’s difficulties is greatly influenced by our mental wellbeing from an early age.

Children express themselves, learn about their world, and feel most at ease when playing. This workshop focuses on how to use play therapy strategies to help children and youth positively cope and work through stressful life experiences.

Anxiety represents our body’s natural alarm system, signalling the possibility of danger. When this response arises too frequently or intensely and doesn’t match actual situations of danger, it can interfere with life and cause great distress.

Children express themselves, learn about their world, and feel most at ease when playing. This workshop focuses on how to use play therapy strategies to help children and youth positively cope and work through stressful life experiences.

Trauma at any stage in life can have severe impacts on all aspects of a person’s health and well-being, but developmental trauma has its own unique impacts and effects.

In an age where we are inundated with research of how to build better brains and create smarter children, we may be forgetting that a child is much more than a cognitive system; they are a whole human being.

Trauma is a wound that injures us emotionally, psychologically, physically, and spiritually. As a result, the impact of trauma can be far-reaching and enduring.

The parent-completed Ages & Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition is a family-friendly way to screen children for developmental delays between one month and 5 1/2 years.

Trauma is part of the human experience and working from a trauma-informed lens acknowledges the prevalence of trauma within the population.

Imagine Institute for Learning is certified by the QPR Institute to provide suicide prevention training.

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Alberta Division is hosting our virtual workplace mental health conference on March 9 & 10, 2021. Alberta’s w

Join us for a session about types of play, the use of an emergent curriculum in early learning settings, and documenting learning using the process of pedagogical documentation.

You know you've done it right when they don't even know they're learning! Literacy in the Early Year's Classroom should be a joyful, engaging experience for children where they learn through play in a stimulating environment.

In many organizations it is common to find employees suffering from the adverse effects of stress. Left unmanaged, stress can lead to unproductive patterns and result in loss of focus, motivation, and productivity.

The parent-completed Ages & Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition is a family-friendly way to screen children for developmental delays between one month and 5 1/2 years.

We are all influenced by stories. In some of these stories, we are active players; other stories are thrust upon us. When problems occur (as they inevitably do), “problem stories” have a tendency to overshadow other stories.

Listening to children is an integral part of understanding what they are feeling and what it is they need from their early years experience.

When diversity and cultural differences lead to misunderstandings or distrust, they are often viewed as challenges to manage within our work environments. However, they are better viewed as valuable assets to organizational health.