OSU's Contemplative Studies Initiative in partnership with the Hundere Endowed Chair in Religion and Culture present the Contemplative Practices for the Greater Good Series. A special thanks to the Corvallis Public Library and OSU's Family Resource Center for co-sponsoring this talk.
Creating Compassionate Kids
A Talk with OSU's Dr. Shauna Tominey
Held via Zoom on Wednesday March 10th 8:30-9:30pm PST
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The past year has been like no other. With a global pandemic, heightened attention to social justice, political divides, and natural disasters-children are on an emotional rollercoaster (and parents are, too)! Join Dr. Shauna Tominey to discuss strategies for managing children's emotions and stress as we help to make sense of the world around them.
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Shauna Tominey, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Parenting Education Specialist at Oregon State University. In her current role, she serves as the Principal Investigator for the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative, an initiative to provide high-quality parenting education to families. Previously, Shauna served as the Director of Early Childhood Programming and Teacher Education at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
As a former early childhood teacher and family service professional, Shauna blends practical experience with research to develop and test programs aimed at promoting social-emotional skills for children and adults. She is a co-developer of "Red Light, Purple Light," a preschool self-regulation intervention and "RULER for Early Childhood," an emotional intelligence program for young children, parents, and educators.
Shauna serves as a speaker for local and national audiences on social-emotional skills (e.g., emotional intelligence, self-regulation, compassion). Over the past five years, she has conducted more than 100 workshops for educators and families and has been an invited speaker for numerous conferences, including the Growing Great Communities Conference (West Hartford, CT), the Young Child Expo (NYC), the Washington Association for the Education of Young Children Conference (Lynnwood, WA), the Kansas Division of Early Childhood Conference (Wichita, KS), the Oregon Parenting Educators Conference (Corvallis, OR), the Annual Birth to Three Institute (Washington, D.C.), and others.
Shauna is the author of the book, “Creating Compassionate Kids: Essential Conversations to Have with Young Children.” She also co-authored “Stop, Think, Act: Integrating Self-Regulation in the Early Childhood Classroom” with Megan McClelland and “45 Strategies that Support Young Dual Language Learners" with Elisabeth C. O'Bryon.