Why am I like a paper clip?
-because I like to put things together!
Why is knowing this useful?
Read below to find out – and also to learn about our Workpower for Employers Live Preview – and a video showing how to teach Heartpower.
A Light and Lively Relationship-Building
Why would I want to be a can opener? -because I like to get inside of things!
Here is how to teach this fun “light and lively” exercise, created by Conflict Resolution Trainer Maryse Postlewaite, to help people in a group get to know each other better.
Ask people to select a kitchen utensil, office supply, or any other item that they are or would like to be like – and then to explain why.
This is useful because, the more we understand about each other, the better we will be able to get along and to prevent and solve problems.
Special 40% Early Bird Offer. You can gain many valuable tools to use with your family, school, and workplace in Maryse’s Conflict Resolution Fundamentals Course. Use the 40% discount code INDIV40 if you register by July 22.
Workpower For Employers Preview Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 25, 11am-12pm Pacific, we are providing a Live Preview Opportunity for Workpower for Employers! Workpower for Employers is co-created by people with disabilities to help foster workplace success, productivity, and communication skills for ALL team members, including leadership staff.
We Can All Use Our Heart Power
Heart Power helps us to remember to take kind words into our hearts, to protect our hearts, as well as to use our heart to be kind to others. In this video, Marylaine Léger, Montreal, Quebec Center Director and Kidpower Trainer, shows how to teach Heart Power for people of all ages.
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Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director
Kidpower Founder and Executive Irene van der Zande is a master at teaching safety through stories and practices and at inspiring others to do the same. Her child protection and personal safety expertise has been featured by USA Today, CNN, Today Moms, the LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Publications include: cartoon-illustrated Kidpower Safety Comics and Kidpower Teaching Books curriculum; Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe; the Relationship Safety Skills Handbook for Teens and Adults; Earliest Teachable Moment: Personal Safety for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers; The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults: Personal Safety, Self-Protection, Confidence, and Advocacy for Young People, and the Amazon Best Seller Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels.