JOIN US FOR THIS LIMITED 90 MINUTE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Self-Advocacy for Those Who Work with Children

Staying Centered and Healthy

Educators for Peaceful Classrooms and Communities, the leading peace training organization for educators, offers this limited-time free workshop!

Saturday, June 28, 2025, 9:00AM to 10:30AM PDT

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Presentation Available in Spanish

Using Zoom’s Language Interpretation feature, our workshop will be presented in both English and Spanish. Participants can choose their language choice once logged into the meeting. Simultaneous translation services generously provided by Orange County Child Care Association.

About the Workshop

Feeling like your professional life is unbalanced? Burning out?

Explore what caring for yourself is and isn’t. Through play, presentation and practice, learn what caring for yourself is for you! What you are doing well and what you can add to feel centered, balanced and ready to give to the children in your care the way you want to.

What We Will Cover

At the end of this workshop you will have:

A set of self care strategies designed just for you
Be able to identify when something is self care and when it’s just self-soothing
What it means to be Prosocial and how to protect yourself if you are
What healthy boundaries are and ways to communicate them

Meet the Presenters

Lola Cornish

PRESENTER
38 years in the EC field as nanny, preschool teacher, family child care assistant, after school care provider and Girl Scout leader. BS in ECE from Pacific Union College. Strengthening Families by the National Alliance of Trust trainer. Strategic planning and evaluation for non-profits and human development. Active NAEYC member 31 years. Trainer and consultant with EPCC. Lola has dedicated her professional life to ensuring optimal development of children, families, communities, and the child care profession.
Shira Coleman Hagar

PRESENTER
Parent educator, creator of the Playbies developmental play app, Educators for Peaceful Classrooms and Communities facilitator, Positive Discipline parent and educator trainer, and the joyful mother of two teenage young men. Owner of DesigningWell. Social dancer and instructor, and the loving wife of high school English teacher Jeffry Hagar.