Many perspectives - one goal

Working well with parents takes trust, attentiveness and clear communication. Participants will learn practical ways to invite parents into the process, build a partnership-based relationship and strengthen their involvement in what is being done for the child. Together we will look at what helps parents and specialists become a real team, and what can get in the way. The workshop is an opportunity to exchange experience and look for solutions that work in everyday practice.

How can contact with nature spark a child's curiosity, independence and creative thinking? The workshop looks at the natural environment as a space full of educational and therapeutic possibilities. Drawing on the Reggio Emilia approach and the Dalton Plan, it shows how to create situations in which a child can investigate, experiment, make choices and express experience in many different ways. Participants will take away ideas for activities built on observation, natural materials and active discovery of the world.

Conversations with parents can be demanding, especially when opinions differ, emotions run high or difficult decisions about the child are on the table. Participants will examine communication grounded in kindness, respect and assertiveness, and will practice solution-focused conversations. A key part of the session is listening attentively, phrasing clear messages, setting boundaries and taking care of yourself in the relationship with a parent. Participants receive practical tools, including suggested phrasings and guidance organized into 21 steps that can be used in everyday work in preschools and schools. The workshop is intended for heads of institutions, teachers and specialists who work with parents of preschool and early school-age children.

Supporting a young child's development effectively does not always call for complex exercises or specialist equipment. Participants will learn what to watch for in neurodevelopmental care at successive stages of development, and how to fold simple actions supporting movement, posture and the basal senses into everyday play and caregiving. The session presents practical solutions inspired by the NDT-Bobath approach, sensory integration and motor rehabilitation. Participants will get to know sensorimotor play along with simple aids and toys that can be used directly in work with a child. The workshop shows that small, well-chosen actions can bring a child real developmental benefit.

Sensory processes shape how a child moves, holds attention, forms relationships and takes part in everyday activities. Participants will look at sensory integration in functional terms - not as something confined to the therapy room, but as part of play, movement, contact with others and daily routines. In a practical, experience-based way they will learn strategies that support regulation, attention and a child's active participation. They will also take away simple activities for use in therapeutic, educational and group settings.

Supporting a child effectively also begins with attentiveness to your own needs, emotions and boundaries. The workshop is an invitation to pause, recover a sense of inner balance and try simple practices that help with tension and everyday overload. Participants will learn ways of developing kindness toward themselves, conscious breathing and greater presence in the relationship with a child. The session is practical and reflective, and the exercises can be used at home, in a preschool, a school or a counselling center. Caring for yourself does not mean withdrawing from the relationship - on the contrary, it helps you be in it more calmly, more attentively and more authentically.