Do  you  find  yourself  asking  your  students  to  think  about how  someone  else  might  feel?  Or  how  they  would  feel  if they  were  in  another  child’s  situation?    Are  you  answered with blank stares and shoulder shrugs? This training will help  you  dig  deeper  into  those  questions  and  encourage children  to  recognize  their  own  feelings,  emotions  and reactions,  as  well  as  those  of  others  by  developing  the much  needed  social  skill  of  empathy.    We  will  explore  the differences  between  empathy  and  sympathy;  explore  body language  and  facial  expressions;  and  write  empathetic responses  to  common  situations.    Join  this  interactive  online event  and  leave  with  practical  strategies  to  encourage empathy  in  your  classroom  every  day!

Through  discussion,  group  activities  and  interactive  activities; participants  will  define  empathy,  match  emotions  to critical  muscle  movements,  compare  and  contrast  empathy and  sympathy,  write  an  empathetic  response  to  a  situation, and  state  strategies  to  encourage  empathy  in  a  classroom.

To  earn  the  course  certificate,  participants  must  log  in and  work  through  course  software  using  their  own email  address,  respond  to  interactive  questions  in software,  and  pass  a  post  knowledge  assessment  with a  score  of  90%  or  higher  with  unlimited  attempts allowed.      The  instructor  has  no  proprietary  interest in  the  design,  development,  or  marketing  of  this learning  event.

Instructor: Karen Darby

Cost $30   .5 CEU