On a daily basis, teachers connect not only with their students, but with colleagues, management, parents, and others in the school community. Creating positive, supportive relationships in the school environment is a key aspect of well-being, so feeling equipped on a personal level with ways to nurture these positive relationships is vital. This includes understanding and utilising positive communication skills and having constructive ways to navigate conflicts that may inevitably arise too.
This webinar will outline the importance of positive relationships & provide participants with skills to nurture them and deal with interpersonal conflict. While the focus of this talk is nurturing positive relationships & navigating conflict with adults in the school system, many of the approaches will also be useful for developing these approaches with students too.
Suitable for teachers (P & PP)
Fiona Forman :
Fiona Forman is an author, speaker, facilitator, and trainer in the area of well-being and Positive Psychology in education and parenting.
Fiona holds an M. Sc. in Applied Positive Psychology, the science of well-being, from the University of East London.
Having spent many years as a teacher, she is passionate about placing well-being at the heart of school and family life, and she has seen first-hand the many benefits this brings to both young people and adults alike. She is the co-author of Weaving Well-Being, an SPHE programme for children which is now widely used in Ireland, as well as being the author of Welcome to Well-Being, Wired for Well-Being, and Tools to Thrive.
Fiona is also the mother of 2 young adults, which has deepened her awareness of the importance of equipping our children with the support and skills they need to thrive and flourish, despite the challenges of life.
Her parenting book, BRAVER THAN YOU BELIEVE: A Parent’s Guide to Building Children’s Resilience using Positive Psychology Skills, has recently been released.