01.TEACHING
Teaching Contributions
Curriculum design, community education facilitation, and service contributions in Early Childhood Education and community-based practice.
02.CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Curriculum development
Programs and resources I have designed, developed, or co-authored for community-based and post-secondary ECE contexts.
Mom and Kids Too Parenting Program
Jean Tweed Centre for Women and Their Families
Redesigned, updated, and manualized a six-module parenting curriculum covering attachment theory, social and emotional development, discipline, child safety, and nutrition. The program is delivered to mothers navigating addiction recovery, housing instability, and complex family circumstances. Applies Universal Design for Learning principles throughout to ensure accessibility across varied literacy levels, languages, and learning histories.
Art Therapy Curriculum for High-Risk Youth
Jean Tweed Centre for Women and Their Families
Co-developed and manualized an original upstream prevention curriculum for youth aged 12–16 in collaboration with a registered art therapist, following formal training in expressive arts therapy. Designed to support emotional regulation, self-expression, and relational safety before young people might require more intensive mental health and substance use support.
Trauma-Informed Practice Workbook
Jean Tweed Centre for Women and Their Families
Co-authored a practice resource for anyone dedicated to the wellbeing of children, developed with seven co-authors at the Jean Tweed Centre. The workbook is used in ECE programs at George Brown College and Humber College and is currently being adopted at Sheridan College. Available at jeantweed.com.
03.PRESENTATIONS
Presentations & community education
Research presentations, staff education, and community-based learning sessions.
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Trauma-Informed Care: Perspectives of Early Childhood Educators
Poster Presentation · 3rd Annual FAHCS Research Symposium · Brampton, ON · April 2026
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Trauma-Informed Care: Perspectives of Early Childhood Educators
Staff Presentation · Jean Tweed Centre for Women and Their Families · Toronto, ON · May 2026
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Making Sense of the Brain
Community Education · Co-delivered at The June Callwood Centre for Young Women and The Jean Tweed Centre · Toronto, ON · June 2024
04.SERVICE
Service & contributions
- April 2026
Poster Presenter
3rd Annual FAHCS Research Symposium, Brampton, ON
Presented original qualitative research findings on Early Childhood Educators' preparedness to implement trauma-informed care in Southern Ontario.
- 2026
Teaching Exemplar
Sheridan College
Capstone presentation slides selected by Sheridan faculty as a teaching exemplar for their student cohort.
- 2021
Co-Author
Trauma-Informed Practice Workbook, Jean Tweed Centre
Co-authored practice resource used in ECE programs at George Brown College and Humber College and currently being adopted at Sheridan College.