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From Challenging to Cooperative Behavior: Magic of Positive Psychology

Presented by Patty O’Grady, Ph.D.| May 15, 2025 7PM EST

1 HOUR | LIVE ONLINE via ZOOM | INTERACTIVE

Early childhood educators bring learning magic with them to school each day. However, sometimes children in their care are reluctant and resistant to learning. Teachers are always searching for the magic wand to transform behavior. Why can’t I reach this child? How can I motivate curiosity, creativity, and cooperation? When will this child be ready to pay attention and engage enthusiastically? This positive psychology seminar considers the key concepts of positive psychology and how to apply these cutting-edge ideas to deter challenging actions and reactions in the classroom; and to maximize effective interventions that work to diminish, deconstruct, and re-direct challenging interactions and transactions in your classroom. While the focus of this webinar is on working with children in a classroom, the concepts can also be applied to working with children in small groups or in a 1-1 setting. Learn how positive psychology in action hijacks the neurobiology of your students to help facilitate calm, care, and collaboration in your classroom. Bring back the magic!
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Objectives

The participants will be able to…

1.Describe the 5 core concepts of positive psychology and how these ideas may explain challenging behavior in the classroom.


2. Identify at least 3 challenging behaviors in young children and discuss how positive psychology can help address each one.


3. Use at least 3 positive psychology strategies to proactively prevent challenging behaviors in young children.

Registration/Processing Fee: $9

 

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel within 30 days before the event, the registration fee is not refundable. However, you will receive a credit for the registration fee which can be applied to another Young Child Learning event within the following 12 months. The processing fee is non-refundable.

 

This Webinar Offers The Follwoing CE Certificate/Credits

1.0 ASWB CE CREDITS (BEGINNER LEVEL)

Association of Social Work Boards
(ASWB)
Provider Code #1366
Approval Period: 3/30/22-3/30/25

Young Child Learning, #1366, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/30/22-3/30/25. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 General continuing education credits.

How to obtain your certificate:

  • You MUST attend the webinar from start to finish

  • You MUST fill out the attendance form (will be sent via email)

  • You MUST answer & submit the evaluation form after the webinar (will be sent via email)  

Contact [email protected] for any issues/concerns.

Speaker's Biography

With a dual Ph.D. in developmental psychology/special education from University of Maryland College Park, Dr. Patty O’Grady brings 50 years of experience as educator, psychologist, administrator, and researcher. The author of the foundational work, Positive Psychology in the Elementary Classroom (W. W. Norton & Co., 2013), as well as numerous journal articles, Dr. O’Grady is also an invited, regular contributor to Psychology Today (blog). Her international/national presentations are popular and include prior talks/keynotes at the Learning and Brain Conference, American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual Conference, International Positive Psychology (IPPA) World Congress, Young Child Expo, and many more. Dr. O’Grady’s expertise is in the neuroscience of positive psychology and how to integrate positive psychology principles into educational practice with special attention to whole child development. She is available for training and consultation with individuals, schools, districts, state agencies, and non-profit agencies, and research projects.

Host's Biography

Dr. Scott Mesh is the Director of Young Child Learning and the CEO and Co-Founder of Los Niños Services which serves 2,000 young children with special needs each year through homecare and center services. He is a Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with young children and their families and is an expert on assessing young children for developmental disabilities and autism. He has helped thousands of parents over the years make the transition to gaining help for their children through early childhood special education services. He is a leader in early childhood development and working effectively with parents.

System Requirements

You can access this webinar from various devices and platforms, on both PC and Mac desktops/laptops, as well as Android and iOS mobile devices. Our system requirements for these follow below.

Minimum system requirements

  • Browser: The latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, or Opera for desktop/laptop
  • A broadband connection with a minimum speed of 5 Mbps

PC specific requirements

  • Platform: Windows 8.1 or higher with the latest updates installed
  • RAM: 4GB or more
  • Video: Graphics output capability
  • Sound: Sound output capability

Mac specific requirement

  • Platform: Mac OS X 10.12 or higher with the latest updates installed
  • RAM: 4GB or more
  • Video: Graphics output capability
  • Sound: Sound output capability

Mobile specific requirements

  • iOS 15.0 and above
  • Android 7.0 and above

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The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of Young Child Learning. All grievances must be submitted in writing (via e-mail or mail) within 7 days after purchase of the webinar. Any supporting documents must be included with the submitted complaint.
 
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Submit complaints in writing to Young Child Learning, 505 8th Avenue, Floor 12A Room 02, New York, NY 10018 or via email at [email protected].

Special Accommodations or Requests

Individuals in need of special accommodations should contact the Admin, Cari Laroza at (212) 787-9700 ext. 3330 to make a request. Include name, contact info, webinar details, and accommodation needs. Our team will review requests and respond within 7-12 business days. Confidentiality is maintained. Compliance with ADA is assured.

 

Requests for special accommodations must be made prior to purchasing the webinar.

 

Individuals will be informed if the request can be accommodated.  Once the individual confirms, the special accommodations will be secured. If the individual finds that they no longer need of the accommodations, they must inform the Admin.

For questions/inquiries:

Contact Cari Laroza (Administrator) for  any questions

at (212) 787-9700 ext. 3330 or via email at [email protected]