Hannah Beach (she/her/hers)
Hannah Beach is an award-winning educator, author, emotional health consultant, and keynote speaker. She is the co-author of the best-selling book Reclaiming Our Students: Why Children Are More Anxious, Aggressive, and Shut-Down than Ever—and What We Can Do About It, with Tamara Neufeld Strijack, a trauma-informed resource for educators and parents rooted in the relationship-based approach, which has been translated into multiple languages internationally and adopted by school boards and universities across Canada. She was recognized by the Canadian Human Rights Commission in 2017 as one of five featured changemakers in Canada. Her bestselling I Can Dance book series, supporting the emotional health of children through movement, play, and expression, won a 2017 Gold International Moonbeam Children’s Book Award. You can find her at hannahbeach.ca.
2026 Sessions
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Rethinking Play: How Play Lowers Aggression and Anxiety While Building Resilience in Children
After this session, you may never look at play the same way again. Today’s culture has increasingly replaced play with passive entertainment, and the consequences… Read More →
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The Science of Resilience: Understanding Aggression and Supporting Lasting Change
Where does resilience come from? We can’t make a kid change and we certainly can’t force growth. Consequences only work for the students that care… Read More →
2025 Sessions
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Rethinking Play: How Play Lowers Aggression and Anxiety and Builds Resilience in Kids
After this session, you may never see play the same way again. Our current culture has replaced play with entertainment. We are now seeing the… Read More →
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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… Read More →