Christine Gordon

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bio	website	KidSpeakConsulting.com
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NOTE: I am no longer active on this site but my contact info is included here. Thanks.

Christine is a certified parent educator through Positive Discipline Association and is working towards becoming a lead trainer. She is also a certified facilitator of Gracious Space through the Center for Ethical Leadership.

Christine founded KidSpeak Consulting in response to her years working in after-school & community-based programs with youth from many different backgrounds. She discovered an epidemic of discouraged, disengaged young people that crossed all demographics. It is her mission and passion to equip others with the tools (and confidence!) needed to empower these young people with the self-respect, dignity, responsibility and integrity they deserve.

She has over 10 years experience working with children from all backgrounds and ages in a variety of settings. She has worked in youth programs, preschools, schools, and with families directly. She is passionate about youth development, food politics and community. In her free time she enjoys reading, exploring cities by bicycle, and spending time with family.

	1,777 reputation	bio	website	KidSpeakConsulting.com	visits	member for	7 months
110 badges		location	Seattle, WA		seen	Dec 6 '12 at 22:45

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Nov 30	revised	Media Examples of Kind, Connected, Present, Engaged etc Father? deleted 230 characters in body
Nov 30	comment	Media Examples of Kind, Connected, Present, Engaged etc Father? I had to login again just to tell you that when I shared your response with the Positive Discipline community (where the original question came from) Jane Nelsen herself, the creator/author of Positive Discipline, wrote me to ensure I told you what an inspiration this response is. Thank you!
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Nov 30	comment	How to avoid association of child's room with time-outs? @TorbenGundtofte-Bruun, I haven't read that one yet, but I've seen it recommended by other positive discipline parent educators I believe so my guess is it would align well with most of what I've been saying. I hope it is helpful to you.
Nov 30	comment	Should I supplement children's education at home? @DA01, there IS a 'how to socialize' class - that's what I teach. Albeit, it's not a separate class but woven into the fabric of the school/classroom in addition to actual experiential learning activities that reinforce a specific skill. I am on the board for www.SoundDiscipline.org, this is exactly what we do. Schools in the US actually don't often teach these skills and I am happy to provide more information on that to anyone who wants it. This isn't just 'my experience,' I research this stuff for a living.
Nov 30	answered	Should I supplement children's education at home?
Nov 30	comment	Should I supplement children's education at home? You can't passively teach social emotional development any more than you can academic development. It must be intentional and active through role play, modeling, instruction, room to explore, etc just like academics.
Nov 30	comment	Should I supplement children's education at home? I agree with @balanced mama on this one. Throwing your dog into the dog park isn't the same thing as socializing it. Likewise, the entirety of my work with schools and families is how to teach social-emotional skills. I am happy to provide the studies that show a HUGE problem in our schools is that they do not socialize our kids - the symptoms of which are poor school climate, bullying, substance abuse and other risky behaviors, class disruption, disengagement/apathy, our startling dropout rate and poor academic indicators. All of this is worse along race/class lines :(
Nov 30	answered	What should I do when my daughter's health is affected by the cats at my parents home when we visit?
Nov 30	comment	What do we do to minimize negative impact to our child when we (the parents) argue? Yes, this is HUGE!!!
Nov 30	comment	How do my wife and I stop our son from learning to swear from us? Conversely, I swear all the time in my personal life, but certainly not at work with my students. It is possible to choose when and where.
Nov 30	comment	How do we teach our 1 yr. old that “no” isn't a game? I read that babies hear the last word of a sentence most clearly so when you say "no touch" they hear touch. This is an important way they learn language and is apparently why English babies learn nouns but other babies learn verbs first. Depending on which typically come last in the sentence. Perhaps just "no, hands off or something. Anyway I just learned this and found it very interesting!
Nov 30	revised	How do we teach our 1 yr. old that “no” isn't a game? added 44 characters in body
Nov 30	comment	How should we prepare for a parent-teacher consultation in preschool? Having worked in a preschool, I think it's totally appropriate for you to show up unannounced (tho don't let your kid see you as it makes less helpful) and observe your kid and the teachers. Our rooms had big windows into all the rooms for this purpose (they were above the heads of the kids tho so they weren't a distraction to them)
Nov 30	comment	What should I do when my daughter's health is affected by the cats at my parents home when we visit? Can you ask your dad what is going on?
Nov 30	revised	How to avoid association of child's room with time-outs? added 462 characters in body
Nov 30	answered	How do I put my child in time-out when we're in public?
Nov 29	comment	My six year old is afraid of the shower. How do I help her transition? somehow I didn't think the cousins would be a good option, but figured it was worth saying for anyone else reading ;) And, keep in mind two summers ago is a LONG time for a someone who has only experienced six summers... Possibly worth a shot again? And, maybe with you holding her, instead of a swim instructor, you might get better results? And, I'm sorry you feel crappy about this, but in the long list of things that could be worse... I think it's not a big deal :)