1209 E Walnut St
Educator Awards and Emotions Workshop
We have a very exciting meeting lined up this time around. Head over to the Friend’s Room at Boone County Family Resources on May 21 from 6-8pm to join us. We’ve gathered up your nominations for outstanding CPS teachers, paras, and therapists and we are going to kick off the evening by announcing the winners. Following that, Lena Sheets, counselor at Grant Elementary, will be giving a presentation designed to help manage the big emotions and behaviors that come along. We hope you can join us in this final meeting of the school year as we celebrate our educators and learn from Lena Sheets’ expertise.
About the presenter:
Lena Sheets has worked with children in a professional capacity for over 15 years. She earned her Master’s of Education in Counseling in 2013 from Stephens College. She is in her 6th year of service as a school counselor for Columbia Public Schools. She recently completed her Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor (PLPC) Supervision and will soon be a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Lena is an adoptive and foster mom of several amazing children. This, in addition to her professional experiences as a school counselor and during supervison under Kate Weir, LPC, RPT-S , fueled her drive to help children find their voice and sense of confidence using play based interventions. Furthermore, she seeks to equip parents with additional tools to support children in the bumps of life by facilitating Child Parent Relationship workshops for parents.In her presentation Lena will give a brief overview of:
*Connecting with your child in the hard moments by reflecting their feelings.
*Communicating boundaries with Love using the ACT Model.
*Empowering your child to make good decisions – by giving them choices!
*How to make the most of 30seconds!