The Emotional Roots of Aggression and Anxiety: Supporting Change and Building Resilient Kids

Children are more anxious, aggressive, and shut down than ever. We were seeing these shifts before COVID-19 and now it has only intensified. Faced with this epidemic of emotional health crises and behavioural problems, teachers are simply exhausted. It has become harder than ever to lead and care for children. This conversation has never been more important as we look at how we can create the conditions for change. Based on her best-selling book, Reclaiming Our Students: Why Children Are More Anxious, Aggressive, and Shutdown than Ever – and What We Can Do About It, this workshop will support educators with trauma-sensitive strategies for how to build, nurture, and protect the student-teacher relationship, even with the most difficult students. We will address why children are displaying more challenging behaviours than ever, and what we can do to address these issues at their root. We will explore how we can help our students to shift their identity as the “problem student” or “bad kid.” Join Hannah for an engaging and powerful workshop that will re-energize you as an educator and help you understand the vital importance of your leadership, needed now more than ever.