Day 1: Transforming Challenging,

Aggressive and Violent Behavior in the

Family Home & Workplace

Wednesday, April 12, 2017—Princeton, NJ

Friday, April 21, 2017—Sacramento, CA

Training Description: Even within cultures steeped in

positivity and a focus on emotional wellness, situations of challenging behaviors and violence frequently lead

parents and professionals down routes of containment and behavior management. It is often these moments in

which people implementing Nurtured Heart Approach will ponder, “Well, how does NHA apply here?” In this full-

day training, Alastair Gardiner will illustrate how Nurtured Heart Approach can successfully transform relationships

with the most challenging of children & young people, while reducing levels of aggressive behavior and the

utilization of physical restraint. Alastair’s insights will

promote awareness of how to implement the necessary strategies and techniques to dissolve situations of conflict

before they arise. He will also highlight positive practices in keeping children, parents, educators and team

members safe during bouts of conflict and aggression. You will leave the day with purposeful tools to implement the

Nurtured Heart Approach in your family or work place and feel more confident and informed in resolving challenging

situations.

The Nurtured Heart Approach® From Theory to Best Practice

East to West Coast

Alastair Gardiner &

Celeste Elsey

April 12-13, 2017

NJHA Conference &

Event Center

760 Alexander Road Princeton, NJ 609-275-4034

April 21-22, 2017

Holiday Inn Express

& Suites

2224 Auburn Blvd Sacramento, CA

916-923-1100

2-Day Training Event to

Increase Your Skills in the

Practice of the Nurtured Heart

Approach®

DATES & LOCATIONS

Objectives

Identify ways in which mainstream parenting and youth management practices can actually increase the frequency of aggressive outbursts and challenging

behavior

Explain the Aggression Cycle and why some children and adults find it difficult to withdraw from

situations of conflict

Identify the triggers leading up to challenging and aggressive episodes

Gain knowledge on how to implement NHA practices, including boundaries and rules, that can

reduce the level of opportunity for violence and aggression

Strategize how to keep yourself and the

child/young person safe during episodes of aggression and violence

Dramatically reduce the number of physical restraints in the family home and workplace

About the Presenter

Alastair “Ally” Gardiner With a 25-year career in delivering outstanding outcomes

for children and families, Alastair is recognized as a leading international voice in how to create positive

change in family homes and childcare settings. As a senior manager within children’s services his remit for

troubleshooting underperforming fostering, adoption and children’s residential services has led to National (U.K)

Government recognition for his ability to create transformative change in staff cultures while providing

safe and caring environments for children.

Alastair is the Managing Director of Nurtured Heart Approach UK which is responsible for overseeing the

successful implementation of the Nurtured Heart Approach® across many childcare and educational

services in the UK. With his specialization of working with

children and young people who display challenging, aggressive and violent behavior, he has been able to utilize NHA to dramatically reduce the number of challenging

and violent incidents which occur in the family home and workplace. The main focus of his work is creating environments which can be free from conflict, physical

confrontation and restraint. Alastair is a passionate and engaging facilitator who offers clarity to a highly complex and emotive subject.

Alastair lives in Manchester, UK with his wife Lindsey and three children Cameron, Finlay and Brodie.

Agenda and Schedule

8:15 Registration: Coffee Service Included

8:55 Introduction

9:00 Clarifying the reasons why children exhibit challenging and aggressive behaviour

Identifying how to reduce not increase a child’s trauma when resolving conflict. 9:45 Highlight the causes of Compassion Fatigue in parents and caregivers and

identify strategies and techniques to dramatically reduce its impact

10:30 15-minute break 10:45 Breaking the Aggression Cycle.

Identify how situations of conflict develop and escalate.

11:15 Creating safe family and workplace environments. Implementing successful non-physical interventions when behaviour escalates.

12:00 1-hour lunch break on your own

1:00 Implementing the Nurtured Heart Approach in challenging and aggressive environments.

1:45 Transforming staff and parental support Creating effective rules and consequences

2:30 15-minute break

2:45 Creating success and stability for the most challenging and complex children

3:30 The journey towards ending restrictive care practices 4:15 Q & A

4:30 Workshop Ends

"Ally is a fantastic and powerful part of the

Nurtured Heart® movement. He helps to

empower practitioners and builds confidence

in their delivery.”

Day 2: The Nurtured Heart Approach® in Action: Practice It, Live It!

Thursday, April 13, 2017—Princeton, NJ

Saturday, April 22, 2017—Sacramento, CA

Training Description: In a time when family, school and workplace dynamics and

climate can be challenged due to our fast paced lives, we often look for strategies to

support engaging in a positive way with others. We search for ways to produce an

outcome seen as beneficial to everyone involved.

During this full-day training Celeste Elsey will review and lead practice of NHA basics

through experiential exercises and will teach next steps for “notching up” practical use of

NHA. The training will include individual, partner, small group and whole group activities

to deepen the level of understanding of NHA.

Participants will engage in first hand experiences that will give them the knowledge to use

the approach with the children in their lives, and will learn how to share NHA through

activities created to increase success in transforming children, adults and the work

atmosphere.

Ideas for creating implementation plans for

educators, parents, caregivers, social

workers, therapists and counselors will be

shared. The home and workplace settings

will be explored in order to improve overall

climate. Participants will also learn how

NHA fits with systems of support within

their child-based environment.

The purpose of the day will be for

participants to leave with the intention of

empowering others as participants learn to

empower themselves.

Objectives

Participants will be able to explain the foundational principals and 3 stands of NHA

and will role play the practice for applying to children and adults.

Participants will describe their understanding of NHA and will be able to identify

how to use the approach with fidelity within mulitipe environments.

Participants will list ways to implement the practice of the approach in their work

or home setting.

About the Presenter

Celeste L Elsey, MA Special Education

Celeste has been an Advanced Trainer in the

Nurtured Heart Approach® (NHA) for the past 8 years. She has trained parents, caregivers,

therapists, social workers and educators across the United States.

As a national speaker, Celeste has had the

opportunity to meet the needs of adults and children in many settings. Celeste leads Greatness

Kids Initiative (GKI) groups (NHA for children) and is training others to lead these groups around the

world. She is currently writing a book that will include GKI curriculum. Celeste is motivated

to share NHA through her love of public speaking and supporting others to make a positive difference in the lives of our children. She also serves as a Peer Leader for the Children’s

Success Foundation. Celeste’s background in education includes teaching special education in middle school and alternative education in middle school and high school.

She is currently training K-12 districts in Northern California. She and her husband Joe have raised 3 boys, have one grandson and use NHA in all aspects of their lives.

Agenda and Schedule

8:15 Registration: Coffee Service Included 8:55 Introduction-Perception, Intensity and Inner Wealth

9:30 Stand 1: The Craft of Refusing to Energize

Negativity with Intention 10:30 15-minute break

10:45 Stand 2: Creating Success and Giving

Recognitions from the Heart 12:00 1-hour lunch break on your own

1:00 Stand 3: The Art of Resets

2:30 15-minute break

2:45 Notching Up and Implementation of NHA: At Home and in the Workplace

4:15 Q & A

4:30 Closing

"Celeste Elsey is

someone whom inspired

me tremendously when I

first began

implementing the

approach—so much so

that I included her

techniques in the first

book for teens to use

NHA. She is amazing

and authentic!”

Who are these workshops for?

Educators, Parents, Administrators, Day Care Staffers, School Nurses, Parent

Coaches, Children’s System of Care professionals, Child & Adolescent Hospital

Staffers

Professionals, caregivers/parents, educators, and administrators who want to

optimize themselves in the practice of the approach

All skill level social workers

THREE WAYS TO REGISTER

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS through March 30th & 20% Discount for organization

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“There is no greater cause than transforming violence and

aggression to peaceful and positive ways of relating while

gaining emotional mastery along the way.”

~Alastair “Ally” Gardiner

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