Current Course Schedule

Culturally Responsive Practice to Foster Resilience (Grades Pre-K–5)

Resilience is often described as bouncing back from adverse experiences (Levine, 2003). What makes this “bouncing back” possible are relationships to self, family and community. We will use developmental and ecological models for understanding children’s lived experiences as tools for identifying culturally sustaining practices that view children and families through a strengths-based lens. The goal is to identify community supports, including cultural and spiritual practices, that you can incorporate into your curriculum to foster connections to others, facilitate self-regulation, promote a positive view of self, and increase inner strength. You will develop your capacity for observation and assessment to deepen your practice around environmental design, materials, and curriculum to foster resilience.
  • Course Number
    TEWS874N
  • Focus On
    PreK - 5th Grade
  • Category
    Child Life, Childhood / Elementary School, Early Childhood, Online
  • Registration Options and Cost
    $35 2.0 CTLE or 0.2 CEU

Sections

Fall 2024

  • Section 1:
    Date(s)
    December 4 | Online
    Day and Time
    Wednesday, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM ET
    Registration Deadline
    Nov 27, 2024
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    • Genevieve Lowry
      Genevieve Lowry
      Genevieve Lowry began her career as a certified child life specialist working with children diagnosed with chronic and life-threatening illness at a major New York Hospital. In 2007 she began a private practice working with families in the community facing a variety of challenges. These experiences and her online platform providing professional development to child life and creative arts therapists led her to consider the work of the child life specialist beyond the hospital. Genevieve has worked at Bank Street College since 2004 as an adjunct, Interim Director of the Child Life Program (2015-2016), and currently as Course Instructor and Fieldwork Advisor in the fully online Child Life Program. In these roles, Genevieve demonstrates her belief that the philosophical tenets of child life can be applied to other settings and populations leading to innovative programming in communities and coursework at Bank Street. She is particularly interested in the intersection of social justice and health care as well as supporting child life students and professionals to be advocates for social justice. She writes, presents, and provides consultation to a variety of organizations both locally and nationally and in 2013 she was recognized by Wheelock College as an alumnus fulfilling the college’s mission and philosophy.
I came away with "so many" new ideas/skills. Class was "Jam packed with wisdom and new ideas and skills in two hours."
-Partipant, 2023