Webinar – Managing Those Behavior Challenges – “Covid-19 Homeschooling”

Heloise —  May 8, 2020

Hello again everyone!

I am excited to share more free Neurologic resources because they have been immensely helpful for managing my own school age kids at home for the Covid-19 Shutdown. I find myself repeatedly sharing this info with clients so I decided to post this one and possibly collect some useful resources for caregivers struggling with their kids who are struggling. If you have any winners, please share it in the comments.

This time I am sharing a homeschool webinar: HOMEBOUND: Josh MacNeill (Brain Breaks)

I attended after being notified by one of my agencies that Josh MeNeill was joining Susan Wise Bauer, my homeschool hero to help us all settle into a “school at home” routine with kids who may be grieving the loss of school, defiant, anxious, confused, uncooperative and/or bored.

My worlds have finally collided! I believe families NEED this kind of information to understand WHY their kids are “acting up” instead of just feeling frustrated, annoyed or in dispair.

Josh from Lakeside details helpful concepts for caregivers to help their students’ get through behaviors that interfere with learning. To be honest, as a therapist helping other caregivers, I benefit tremendously from internalizing materials like these to support my own family of 6 + 2 kids; seven of whom are back home for the duration. 

Brain breaks which he gives examples for are the best. We like many use different gadgets to break up the “Groundhog Day” monotony of lockdown school during quarantine. This has been vastly different than homeschooling for sure.

My favorite brain break activities include paper behind the back, thumb roll, mindfulness mint (I use starburst), nature sounds (I use safari videos), the alphabet/number trace, and some of the tossing brain benders.

Lakeside Neurologic is known internationally to support the therapeutic education of vulnerable youth. Full disclosure: I am not sure how long this free zoom link for the Homebound video will be active. 

Due to Covid19 their book shipments are delayed. If anyone wants the “101 Brain Breaks” little square book Josh described that I enjoy using here’s an Amazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/s?me=AU4E06N5BT5JX&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Enjoy guys,
Heloise (Lois) Ridley, MBA,MA 

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Online Covid-19 Healing Groups via Quest Movement and THI

Heloise "Lois" Ridley, MBA, MA —  May 6, 2020
Trauma Healing Online Groups

This organization, Quest Movement in partnership with American Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute is both training individuals as facilitators and running trauma healing groups individuals could join. I enjoyed my training opportunity and even learned a few new zoom tricks needed to run groups. Their 1 day trauma healing groups are scheduled through May and June. Totally free.

From Quest Movement website:

Community Healing Circles

We provide a safe place for traumatized victims to work through their pain and grief in our facilitated Healing the Wounds of the Community Heart Circle.   Theses groups are located in Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, and Atlantic City.  We utilize curriculum written by Trauma Healing Institute under American Bible Society.  We partner with local agencies and churches

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What Does Your Homeschool Look Like? SESSION 3 – NJ Homeschool Convention .PPT

Heloise "Lois" Ridley, MBA, MA —  May 3, 2020

Repost of an original after my Enoch Homeschool convention presentation – May 26, 2016 entry due to our temporary season homeschooling the minis again during covid-19 quarantine after a two year break! Powerpoint included to help families organize

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Resource videos needed for “Covid19 Homeschooling”… even after 19 years experience?

Heloise "Lois" Ridley, MBA, MA —  April 29, 2020

I greatly appreciated these NeuroLogic videos as a mom of 6+2 during the sudden Coronavirus-19 shutdown pandemic of 2020. My head felt like a roller coaster juggling the shift to organize both my family and teletherapy for several agencies with different protocols. What a ride!

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Beginning Homeschool .PPT NJ Convention Homeschool Presentation 2016

Heloise "Lois" Ridley, MBA, MA —  April 20, 2020

“Beginning the Homeschool Funnel”
Hello to my “Newbie” friends. Welcome to the Homeschool Movement!
“Starting the homeschool process is much like using a funnel. We add many components that filter through and flow out to your family’s mix. This workshop will discuss the natural process to get started homeschooling.
“Organizing, goal and vision setting for homeschooling is a process. Some families need a reboot to plan long term. This workshop helps parents evaluate their priorities and values for global planning.
Here is a LINK to the PowerPoint so you can click the links….https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B38T9lYEqjrSQ21iV0pFbGwyOEE/view?usp=sharing

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