Denisha is joined by one of her co-researchers, Dr. Brianne Kramer, to discuss their recently published article on Moral Injury in Teachers.
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Andrea and Kisha discuss Andrea’s journey from a two-year-old childcare teacher to a Maryland State-approved trainer with a focus on educator self-care.
As an educator with over 15 years of classroom experience, Andrea focuses on establishing strong connections with students and adults alike. She creates inviting environments where children are accepted as they are, and parents are met without judgment. Committed to developmentally appropriate practice, Andrea focuses on social-emotional skill-building through open-ended art and sensory invitations. Andrea has a heart for any who feel “othered.” In her trainings, she strives to inspire educators to do the same.
Denisha talks with hosts of the Liberated Learning Podcast, Kisa Marx and Mike Huber.
Kisha Reid and Madeleine discuss the impact of freedom on human development. Madeline shares about her journey home schooling from the jungle to the forest. She gives practical tools for parents to offer play and nature to their children.
Madeleine is a former teacher at Discovery Natural Learning Center. She is a play and movement enthusiast who unschools her two young children and currently hosts forest play homeschool groups. When not holding space for play, she is an active birth worker. She approaches each of these roles with a desire for humans to find liberation in remaining connected to their inner authority and authentic nature.
Denisha talks with Dr. Katie Sloan about her article on resisting fascism in early childhood education and care.
Kisha Reid talks with Alison Bomba about her work as an experienced child and adolescent psychologist. She focuses on Nature Play as a tool to support her work.
Dr. Alison Bomba is a psychologist, author, speaker, consultant, and community volunteer. She owns and operates a specialty private practice in Downtown Frederick, providing grief therapy as well as exposure-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder in children, teens, and young adults.
Denisha talks with Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) Co-Directors Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari and Marina Marcou-O’Malley about the fight for universal child care in New York.
Kisha welcomes Renata Bowers and discusses the many aspects of her early childhood advocacy work. From Authoring children’s books that promote positive self-image, autonomy, and freedom to her direct work with children and families.
Co-Founder of Frieda B., LLC and author of the national-award-winning Frieda B. series of picture books, Renata Bowers created the fictional children’s character Frieda B. to encourage children to dream big and believe they, too, are free to be their own one-of-a-kind, very important story.
Denisha talks with Rixa Evershed and Aidn White about applying ECEC values Equity, Truth, and Care to global challenges.
Kisha and Nikki discuss her book, Brain-Based Early Learning Activities, and her journey from home-based childcare provider to Author and Director of Red Leaf Press and Think Small Institute.
Nikki Darling-Kuria is an early childhood education expert and oversees Think Small Institute and Red Leaf Press.