THE MAESA EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS CONFERENCE
COVID-19 Announcement: Given the many changes to our member schools’ schedules this fall, MAESA will not hold the annual Early Childhood Educators Conference on November 6, 2020. We are working to hold an in-person conference in the spring of 2021. Please contact us with any questions maesaschools@gmail.com
MAESA Early Childhood Educators 2020 Video Workshops: Here is a series of video presentations from medical or educational professionals connected with our MAESA schools. They have generously volunteered their time to make these recordings.
Erica Thompson is the Assistant Head of School for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School. She has over 20 years experience in various capacities at independent schools. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and received her MA in teaching and curriculum from Loyola of Maryland. She has presented workshops around areas of Diversity and Inclusion locally and nationally. She is parent to son Dylan, 18 and daughter Devin, 15. Her newly acquired quarantine hobbies include Peloton HIIT workouts and zoom painting classes.
The Science of Resilience in Children – This video was recorded from the MAESA Annual Membership meeting and is Dr. Rebecca Resnik’s keynote address. Dr. Resnik, a Bethesda based psychologist, guides us through how the brain responds and adapts to stress. Too little stress does not provide the chance to develop behaviors supportive of resilience, while too much stress makes one shut down. Learn how cognitive framing, stress inoculation, certain kinds of relationships, and, also, failure experienced by children can help them build resilience.
Dr. Rebeca Resnik earned a Doctor of Psychology from The George Washington University. Dr. Resnik completed her psychology internship training in Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, and her Post-Doctoral Residency in Psychological Assessment was completed at Mindwell Psychology in Virginia. She is a mom to boys ranging in age from 28 to 12 years old, and is the founding partner of Rebecca Resnik and Associates, LLC in North Bethesda, MD.