Kansas City PBS' Sesame Street in Communities Conference

Join us for our Sesame Street in Communities Workshop: C is for Compassion and Communication on Oct. 12, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. This workshop is for adults only! Attendees can earn three clock hours and enjoy a free breakfast!

Our opening session will feature Dr. Rosemarie T. Truglio - SVP, Curriculum & Content, Sesame Workshop. Dr. Truglio's session is titled R is for Resilience: Sesame Street’s Commitment to Supporting Young Children’s Emotional Wellbeing.

The session will provide an overview of Sesame's Emotional Well-Being Educational Framework, which was created to address the current mental health crisis exacerbated by the pandemic. Dr. Truglio will share resources and demonstrate mindfulness strategies for educators to model to help build children’s emotional well-being skills. The presentation will include videos and links to resources on Sesame Workshop's website, sesame.org.

Additional session titles include:

Compassion for Your Class of Characters!

Compassion, Communication, and Conversation: How to Accelerate Socialization Among COVID-19 ECE Students

Creating Connections and Belonging

C is for Communication!

PDF session titles and descriptions.

Host or Publisher Kansas City PBS Education Team