**Pending UTAP funding approval
Schedule
Duration : Half-Day Workshop
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2027 | 9:00am – 1:00pm (Singapore Standard Time GMT+0800) | Live Online Training |
Corporate Registration Individual Registration
Course Fees & Closing Dates
| Registration Type | Closing Date | Fees (S$) /pax |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | 1 May 2027 | 220 |
| Normal | Till Full | 260 |
Overview
Schools are struggling with preschoolers who are aggressive and who have frequent tantrums. In order to more effectively intervene, we must first understand the origins of this challenging behaviour. Based on the work of Dr. Gordon Neufeld, this presentation will reveal the underlying emotion of frustration and then explain why preschoolers have a difficult time managing their frustration. We will delve into the neuroscience surrounding this emotion. Then we will look at interventions that can really make a difference.
Course Outline
- Where aggression, explosive behaviours and meltdowns originate
- Introducing the emotion of frustration
- How the Limbic System works
- Neufeld’s Traffic Circle of Frustration
- The role of tears and sadness in adaptation
- The role of the prefrontal cortex in tempering frustration
- Why aggression and meltdowns happen
- The flight from vulnerability and defenses
- The effect of adverse childhood experiences on the brain
- The displacement effect in aggression
- Why conventional approaches backfire when dealing with aggression and meltdowns including:
- Timeouts
- Consequences
- Reward systems
- Interventions
- Guidelines for managing the incident
- Working with frustration and reducing attachment frustration
- Allowing for safe eruptions
- Priming adaptation
- Addressing Impulsiveness
- Using play to reduce frustration
- Planning for the preschooler with explosive and aggressive behaviours
- Analysing a tantrum or aggressive event
- Developing an individual plan for the child who is aggressive or has tantrums
Course Objectives
The learner will be able to:
- Identify the many sources of frustration
- Describe how frustration can manifest itself prior to resulting in a tantrum or aggressive behaviour
- Explain why preschoolers are developmentally prone to tantrums and aggressive behaviour
- Choose an appropriate intervention to intervene during an explosive episode
- Accompany a preschooler in the process of adaptation to frustration
- Create conditions within a school setting to minimize the likelihood of future aggression and tantrums
- Analyse tantrum or aggressive event
- Develop an individual plan for the child who is aggressive or has tantrums
Who Should Attend?
Special education/mainstream teachers & professionals such as therapists and psychologists)
Speaker
Eva de Gosztonyi, MA, psychologist, OPQ
Eva de Gosztonyi, MA, psychologist, OPQ has worked for over 50 years in schools across Canada. For the past 20 years she was the provincial resource person for the English School Boards of Quebec through the Centre of Excellence for Behaviour Management, helping adults in the school setting provide effective developmental interventions for students with behavioural challenges. Her guiding principles are that we must value the natural maturational processes of our children and youth, respect their immaturity and vulnerability, and understand that safe and caring attachments with adults are essential for their optimal growth. Grounded in a robust theory, the interventions that she recommends to schools are practical and doable and go deeper than just managing symptoms. Her understanding of child development is primarily informed by the attachment-based developmental paradigm of Dr. Gordon Neufeld. Interventions are also guided by neuroscience, are trauma-informed and trauma-responsive, and are attachment-based and developmentally friendly. Eva is on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute.
