Bnos Malka Academy was privileged to host training sessions with renowned educational consultant Mrs. Becky Udman. Utilizing her training in Love and Logic™ and Conscious Discipline™, Mrs. Udman’s engaging and interactive workshops provided invaluable and life-changing tools for teachers and parents alike.
Teachers arrived at their professional development session to Q-tips at their seats – an acronym for Don’t Take It Personally. Mrs. Udman explained that when any emotion is “too” – too angry, too upset, too excited – we are unable to operate from the wise part of the brain. Once we recognize this, we are ready to learn how to pivot and tap into wisdom, so that we can respond to circumstances instead of reacting. Of course, this is a crucial skill for adults dealing with children – and it is also a skill that kids can learn to help themselves.
Parents enjoyed a lovely evening event at the Bukharian Jewish Congregation of Jamaica Estates, where they learned how to set up a home on the foundations of empathy and love, where calmly enforced natural consequences do the teaching. “Oh, it must have been so hard for you to resist ruining your sister’s project. I feel so bad that you won’t be able to have the ice cream with your siblings. I’ll be so excited to give it to you tomorrow.”
Parents and teachers came away with exciting new hands-on, practical tools, and a thirst for more!
