Our program emerged 20+ years ago in response to call for guidance in supporting children's cooperation
Why Guiding Cooperation?
After years of pandemic life and related pandemic trauma, children, families and professional are experiencing stress. Guiding Cooperation relies on research from social emotional learning, educational neuroscience and mental health to support parents and professionals with trauma informed, brain based tools and frameworks to guide cooperation.
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Social Emotional Learning Needs After Covid-19
MENTAL HEALTH IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Educators need tools to support their students during this emergency. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children’s Hospital Association confirmed that the state of child mental health and well-bring has reached the level of emergency.
Trusted By Top Schools, Parent Groups and Pediatricians
Wellspring Educational Services offers biannual Positive Parenthood courses to their parents.
Positive Parenthood provides gentle, relationship based support to members of the Bay Area's largest mother's group, The Mamahood.
East Bay Assesment's Dr. Elea Bernou regularly sends clients to Positive Parenthood.
A leader in the field of social emotional learning, Soul Shoppe partners with us to offer parenting courses to their constituents.
Trusted by top concierge pediatricians like Dr. Nazia Sheriff, we work with families who need extra support.
Trusted by groups like Autism Community Network that support families raising kids on the spectrum.
Testimonials
I have seen really big changes in my students and classroom when I use the Guiding Cooperation approach. I have enjoyed the content and the constant reminder of the basics of what our students and staff and teachers are dealing with. Having a safe forum to focus on the emotional struggles has been great. Helping the relationships and emotional well-being changes the energy and learning in the room.
-Margaret, Special Education Educator, AUHSD
Doing Guiding Cooperation as a team so we all learn together and focus on using these same principles is really helpful. I really like the emphasis on the positivity and describing behaviors and efforts in a positive way and altering our language can really make a big difference with our students.
-Natalie, Speech Pathologist, AUHSD