
For questions, contact tamara@mockingbirdeducation.net or 469-261-3557
Workshop Logistics
Date: September 25-27
Atlanta, Georgia
Workshop DESCRIPTION
8 Strategies to Integrate Mental Wellness into the Adult Basic Education Classroom
Recent societal challenges have triggered a well-documented decline in mental health. We know that when students master mental well-being, they thrive in academics and employment and become better learners, employees, and citizens. In this workshop, you will learn strategies for integrating mental wellness into the ABE classroom. Explore strategies for integrating wellness, prevention, and coping and learn how to integrate these tools into the ABE classroom to promote mental health and prioritize prevention and wellness competencies in the ABE classroom.
Registration
No registration required. This is a private client event.
Workshop Questions
Get ready for an interactive and engaging learning experience! No talking heads! No boring lectures!
Our workshops are immersive multi-sensory experiences. Expect to be emotionally, physically, and mentally engaged. We will move, talk, and engage with facilitator, content, and peers. Wear comfortable shoes, and bring an open mind and a joyful smile.
Tamara Thompson
Tamara is an award winning educator with over 20 years teaching experience. She is a former Teacher of the Year Award Recipient for Austin Area Alternative Schools, a Michael Jordan Foundation’s Innovation Grant Award recipient, and a Southern Poverty Law’s Teaching for Tolerance Grant Award recipient. She was a YBUSA Teacher Fellows in 2010 and was awarded a Research Doctoral Fellows at the University of North Texas in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2010. She is CEO and Founder of Mockingbird Education.
Tamara lives in Dallas, Texas. When not at Mockingbird, she can be found in her garden yelling at weeds, or on a boat begging fish to bite. Her children and husband hope she grows up one day to learn how to cook, sit still and watch a movie, and find her keys.
- To facilitate a joyful LEARNER EXPERIENCE not just teach content.
- To be a GUIDE, not a source of knowledge.
- To continually communicate the WHY.
- To MODEL and DEMONSTRATE what we teach.
- To EARN credibility through WHAT and HOW we teach.
- To manage learner vulnerability and social dynamics with
- TRANSPARENCY and HONESTY.
- To be a PARTICIPATING MEMBER of the learning community.
- To model and demonstrate INTEREST, ENTHUSIASM, and EXCITEMENT.
Yes. Certificate is available upon request.
CEU Hours are based on workshop length.

Objectives
- EXPLORE Methodology strategies.
- EXAMINE research, rationale and application.
- EXPERIENCE the Methodology in motion.
