NorthernRecharge2025

This session helps afterschool professionals more effectively use music in a classroom setting, not only to build connections with their students, but also help them deal with difficult situations, build GRIT, and strengthen a Growth Mindset. This program teaches a basic curriculum that uses music to help strengthen students' knowledge of rhythm, tone, and basic instruments. The main focus of the "Music and Emotion" program is to show how music can be used to help work through difficult situations, show the importance of your emotions, and help build relationships.

Behavior management can be a very challenging aspect of the work we do. Often times, there are factors we are unaware of and unable to control that contribute to challenging behaviors. In this course, we will discuss some of the basic principles in behavior management as well as explore some alternative methods to encourage more positive behavior in program spaces.

This session is for anyone who has to do any sort of academic planning and struggles to make it engaging and to keep kids interested. We will use the concepts of TBRI (an attachment-based approach to behaviors derived from a trauma history) to create connection but create that connection using curriculum and academic content. This will start to give you the ideas and skills needed to nurture academic success while creating connection which will decrease the negative behaviors. You will leave this session with ideas you can immediately return to your program and use.