Trainings + Classes
With over 25 years of experience, I have been delivering workshops and trainings on various subjects. I offer several categories of trainings that are tailored to meet the needs of various organizations. These organizations include Early Childhood Centers, Schools, Summer Camps, Businesses, Mom Groups, Community Centers, Conventions, and Conferences, among others.
I offer private workshops to these organizations, both in-person in Metrowest MA and virtually to locations around the world. I have a wide range of topics to choose from, ensuring that I can provide the perfect training to meet your needs.
You May Choose From Four Workshop Categories:
Nurturing Your Soul
Nurturing Parents and Teachers
Nurturing Summer Camps
Nurturing Parents Through a Jewish Lens
“Jill clearly has experience! Her background makes her a believable presenter. Her style is thorough, helpful and all inclusive. She takes great care in answering all questions! I would go to all of her workshop!”
-Amy Wiborg of MA
Nurturing Your Soul
These workshops/trainings focus on the well-being of adults mind, body and soul
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Geared for All Adults. This training will teach concrete hands-on tools that are very effective in alleviating emotions and energy that are bringing us down. Participants will learn several easy usable approaches and methods to release negative energy, process feelings quicker and feel more grounded and balanced.
Nurturing Parents and Teachers
These workshops/trainings focus on the mental health of parents, teachers and children, child behaviors, child social and emotional well being and child development. I have divided the Nurturing Parents and Teachers trainings into sub-divisions to help you find what you are looking for
Mental Health/Self-Care
(For Parents, Caregivers, Educators)
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This training is designed for parents of children of all ages. It will help you understand what worry and anxiety are, and their impact on parenting. You'll learn how to develop self-acceptance and forgiveness, as well as strategies for managing stress and triggers. By taking this training, both you and your children will benefit from increased peace and well-being.
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This training is designed for parents, caregivers, and teachers of children of all ages. It will provide a comprehensive understanding of the workings of an anxious mind. You'll learn the distinction between worry and anxiety and effective strategies for managing them. The training will explore why children today are experiencing more anxiety and how to recognize the signs. You'll also learn how to prevent triggers and implement calming techniques for both children and yourself.
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This training is geared for parents of children birth to adolescence. This training helps parents see why their innate guilt is not necessary. This training dispels some concepts so that parents can feel good about their limit setting, their mistakes, and their self-care.
Child Behaviors
(For Parents, Caregivers, Educators)
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Geared for parents/caregivers/teachers of children of all ages. Do you find some children’s behaviors puzzling? Do you know children who run out of rooms, cover their ears, cry a lot, never stop moving, cannot sit and pay attention, don’t know personal space, refuse activities, etc? Often it is because the child is reacting to its world differently than the adult or other kids. When that happens there can be a huge misunderstanding of what is going on. Each sensory profile interacts with the word and its stimuli differently, therefore resulting in responses that cannot always be understood if you do not experience the stimuli in the same way. This training will give an in-depth understanding of all seven senses. It will teach how senses impact everyday behaviors. Participants will learn how to read these behaviors and have better understanding of how each child ticks. Knowing how each child ticks gives a huge advantage to the adult, so they can support the child best. Participants will likely gain more compassion for their children. They will gain knowledge on how to prevent situations, and how to accommodate children’s needs.
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Designed for parents and caregivers of children between the ages of 15 months and 8 years old. This workshop provides insight into why children engage in negative behaviors and tests. You'll gain a better understanding of the motivations behind a child's actions, which is crucial for changing their behavior. After attending this workshop, you'll have a clearer and more confident understanding of your child or the children you work with. With this knowledge, you'll be better equipped to intervene in negative behaviors effectively. This workshop can be taken on its own or in conjunction with the "Modifying Your Child's Behaviors" workshop for an even more comprehensive understanding of child behavior management.
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Designed for parents, caregivers, and teachers of children between the ages of 15 months and 8 years old. This workshop delivers practical methods for modifying behaviors. You'll learn various techniques and how to use the right strategy for each situation. The workshop covers a range of intervention techniques and focuses on personalizing them to each individual's needs. You'll leave feeling empowered with new skills and tools. This workshop can be taken separately or in conjunction with "The Testing Child" for an even more comprehensive understanding of behavior intervention. By taking both workshops, you'll benefit from a deeper level of intervention skills.
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Designed for parents/caregivers/teachers of children ages 18 months – 5yrs old. Participants will learn how to meet their child’s needs when their child is dysregulated and not able to listen. They will gain deeper understanding of how some approaches to time outs are problematic and how other approaches can be developmentally appropriate for their child’s emotional health. This workshop can be taken in isolation, however taking The Testing Child, and Modifying Your Child’s Behaviors first is extremely beneficial.
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Designed for parents/caregivers/teachers of children of all ages. This workshop will teach positive child rearing skills. It will teach the difference between a positive discipline approach vs. a punitive punishment approach. It will clarify the differences between discipline, consequences and punishment. It will teach why one is more beneficial than the other. It will help participants lessen the amount of frustration, yelling, and punishments used with their child. Your kids and your sanity will thank you for coming!
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Designed for parents/caregivers/teachers of children 8 months-10yrs old. This workshop gives you the tools to help steer eating towards a more positive experience for all! You will gain insight into why children become picky eaters. You will learn strategies to help children feel safe to explore more textures, smells, and variety of foods.
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Designed for parents of children ages 15 months-8 years. Going to family holiday functions and having people over your house can be stressful with young children. Too often our kids have meltdowns, are uncooperative and present with undesirable behaviors. Often parents get stressed out as well. This workshop will help parents prepare their children and set things up for optimal success. Parents will learn what precautions to take, accommodations and how to navigate tricky situations.
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Designed for parents of children ages 15 months - 4 years and early childhood educators. This training explains the many reasons why children have tantrums. It explains what to do when tantrums occur and what to do to help prevent them. Participants will have deep understanding of how emotional regulation works.
Child Social Emotional Wellness
(For Parents, Caregivers or Educators)
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Designed for parents and educators of child of all ages. This workshop will teach how to proactively set up an emotionally safe environment so that children feel respected, cared for and feel their needs are met. Focus will be on how caregivers interact with children to set the tone. It will focus on what children need to feel emotionally safe that supports optimal social emotional growth. This workshop will give staff the tools to set up a respectful and safe community for all.
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Designed for parents/caregivers of children ages 15 months – 5 yrs old. This workshop will help parents and caregivers teach children how to share and take turns. Learn how to address grabbing, pushing, hoarding, and forfeiting toys, through changing a children’s mindset of, “If I see it, it is mine!”. Parents and caregivers will walk away from this training with a clearer concept of how to address these issues with children.
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Designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 1-4 years old. Learn the reasons behind why toddlers bite. Understand how to stop the biting for good through methods such as positive discipline and reinforcement. Examine the challenges and emotions that toddlers face. Learn how to help toddlers cope and communicate in an effective and positive way.
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Designed for parents/caregivers of children ages 15 months – 8yrs old. Do you have or know a child who is going to be a big brother or big sister? Are you moving into a new home? Do you have a child going into a new school or a new classroom? Do you have a child moving from a crib to a bed, or changing bedrooms? This workshop will help parents and caregivers learn to make big and small changes a smoother transition for their children. This workshop will help alleviate a great deal of stress for the entire family. This workshop can be adapted to focus mainly on any specific transition or it can be presented with a more generalized approach.
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Designed for parents and educators of children of 6 months - 5yrs old. This training will give you an understanding of why separation anxiety occurs, data on what is age appropriate and what is atypical, the reason separation anxiety develops, strategies to use when children are suffering from it and examples of what NOT to do!
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Designed for parents, caregivers and educators of children 18 months-8. Understand what causes siblings to fight or argue with one another. Learn the tips to stopping the sibling rivalry and restore the peace in your home!
Child Development
(For Parents, Caregivers or Educators)
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Designed for parents of children 18months - 5 years old, and early childhood educators. This workshop explains what executive functioning is and how it applies to early childhood. Participants will learn how to set children up for success by introducing some readiness skills that will enhance executive functioning as they get older. This workshop breaks executive functioning down and gives concrete strategies to use with children.
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Designed for parents and caregivers of babies ages birth-15 months. This workshop focuses on the skills of babies in their cognition, attention, and social skills. Parents and caregivers will learn what their baby is doing at each age and how to foster each stage of the baby’s growth.
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Designed for parents of children ages 15 months – 4 yrs old. Do you have a child who is getting frustrated because they don’t have the words to communicate their wants and needs? Do you have difficulty understanding a child and are dealing with meltdowns and negative behaviors because of it? Are you wondering if this is normal? You are not alone! This workshop will look at typical language development from birth to age four. Participants will learn how to differentiate between age-appropriate language errors and problematic errors. You will walk away with strategies to help children work through their frustrations.
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Designed for parents and caregivers of children ages birth-4yrs old. This workshop focuses on the gross motor and fine motor skills of your child. It will educate parents and caregivers on age-appropriate skills for every stage. You will learn new ways to foster motor development.
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This training will give you and understanding of gross motor development in the first year, fine Motor development in the first year, social emotional development in the first year, language development in the first year and cognitive development in the first year of life. This training will not just show you what happens but it will dive deep into why milestones occur.
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Designed for parents of toddlers. Understand the different approaches to potty training your child. Learn about the different potty-training techniques. Uncover resources to help you with potty training approaches. Learn to implement the basic steps for a successful “potty introduction”.
Specifically for Early Childhood Educators
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Designed for caregivers and educators of children ages birth – 5 years old. This training will give you a better understanding of the diagnosis, the ability to identify red flags in children, strategies to engage children with autism (diagnosed or not) and how and where to seek help.
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Designed for educators in Early Childhood. This training will give you knowledge in knowing how to identify children not yet diagnosed, the ability to adapt your classroom for children's special needs, appropriate resources for children with special needs in your classroom and tips on how to work with parents. Find appropriate resources for special needs children in your classroom. Learn how to adapt your curriculum to best suit special needs students. Uncover the tips on how to work with the parents of special needs children. Gain knowledge and tips on how to work with your co-teachers to better accommodate special needs children.
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Designed for educators ages birth- 5 years old. This training will give you the benefits of good parent/teacher communication. It will explain the reasons for disconnect between teachers and parents. You will gain understanding of how lack of communication can manifest problems. You will know how to gain trust with parents and get on the same page together. You will gain skills to better communicate so both parents and teachers can listen to one another.
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Designed for early childhood educators and early intervention. This training helps participants learn how to get a parent on the same page and hear your concerns about their child. It explains tactics to plant seeds and eventually bring you to discussions of concerns around developmental issues or other concerns. This training also helps you figure out how to align with the parents.
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Designed for early childhood educators. This training goes over the differences between product art projects and process art projects. It explains the time and place for both. Participants will earn skills to enhance more process art projects in their classroom.
Nurturing Summer Camps Trainings
These workshops/trainings focus on training camp staff on subjects such as camper wellbeing, positive discipline, mental health and more.
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Designed for camp counselors and camp staff of kids of all ages. This training is designed to help camp staff in preventing burn out and managing stress. In this training you will understand how anxiety impacts you as a camp professional. After this training you will find how to have self-acceptance and forgiveness. You will gain insight into how to prevent the stress and how to bring it down when it is there. You will also learn concrete coping strategies you can use to prevent and to do when triggered.
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Designed for camp counselors and staff to support children of all ages. Are you familiar with campers who act out, cover their ears, cry frequently, can't sit still, lack personal space awareness, avoid activities, etc.? These behaviors can often be confusing, but they stem from how the camper perceives and interacts with their environment differently from others. This training will provide a comprehensive understanding of the seven senses and their impact on behaviors. Camp staff will learn how to recognize and interpret these behaviors, develop empathy for the campers, and gain strategies for accommodating their needs and avoiding difficult situations.
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Designed for camp counselors and camp staff of children of all ages. Some campers are extremely anxious. Other campers have worries but are not labeled as anxious. Participants will better understand the difference between a worry and anxiety and how to manage them differently. Often these children have behaviors that puzzle staff because it shows up in many different ways. This training will explain what anxiety can look like in different children and how it shows up in camp. It will explain how anxiety works. Camp Staff will learn strategies to support a child who is anxious, worried, or is home sick.
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Designed for Camp Professionals/Supervisors/ Trainers. This workshop educates the camp professionals on behaviors and also gives concrete strategies of how to teach these concepts to their younger camp staff. Interactive training suggestions will be explained throughout the presentation so professionals will be able to train their own staff. This workshop explains why children test and repeat negative behaviors. It gives an understanding of children’s motives because we cannot change a child’s behavior if you don’t fully understand what is causing it. Participants will walk away from this workshop with a better understanding of camper behaviors. They will gain the ability to step back and assess a situation with clarity and confidence. Armed with this information, camp staff can more effectively intervene in a camper’s undesirable behavior your anxious staff as well.
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Designed for summer camp staff. This workshop will teach how to proactively set up an emotionally safe community at camp so that staff and campers feel respected, cared for and feel their needs are met. Focus will be on how camp staff can set the tone with campers. It will focus on what children need to feel emotionally safe and how to help campers interact with each other at the same standard. This workshop will give staff the tools to set up a respectful and safe community for all.
Nurturing Parents through a Jewish Lens
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Designed for parents/caregivers/teachers of children of all ages. This workshop will teach positive child rearing skills. It will teach the difference between a positive discipline approach vs. a punitive punishment approach. It will clarify the differences between discipline, consequences and punishment. It will teach why one is more beneficial than the other. This workshop will look at Jewish values and how they impact how we raise our children positively. It will help participants lessen the amount of frustration, yelling, and punishments used with their child. Your kids and your sanity will thank you for coming!
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Designed for parents and Jewish Early Childhood Educators. This workshop teaches 5 main important principles in helping caregivers react and respond to their children’s behaviors through a Jewish lens. This is a proactive approach to helping children feel heard, seen and balanced.