ABC Nannies & Domestics, Inc., with the support of the multi-talented Cindy Wilkinson, is excited to be the Denver sponsor of NNTD! This exciting educational event will bring together nannies from across the Denver/Boulder Metro area for a professional development seminar like no other. We've lined up a half day packed with training relevant to you and the children/families you care for—sessions that are sure to sharpen your skills and present great new ideas on how to excel in your profession!

8:45 AM –Check-in
9:00 AM – Welcome/Introductions
9:10 AM – Taxes for Professional Nannies: Why It’s a Good Idea for You and Your Employers to Be Legal
9:30 AM - Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders (PPD): How Nannies Can Recognize, Understand, and Support the Mother and Family Going Through It
10:30 AM – Beyond the Basics: Advanced Love & Logic Techniques for Professional Nannies
12:00 PM – Shake Your Booty! Getting Your Charges Fit Through Music and Movement
12:30 PM - Lunch buffet provided by Maggiano's

In addition to 4 great sessions we will also have welcome bags, great raffle prizes, and an amazing lunch provided by ABC Nannies for only $20.00! Nannies present will also receive a certificate indicating your participation in National Nanny Training Day-Denver which can be added to your professional portfolios. In addition, all nannies who attend will be enrolled in a drawing for a full-ride trip to Nannypalooza 2012—the prize package includes registration, hotel, transportation*, all meals & gift basket! All nannies and childcare professionals are welcome to attend, so please help us spread the word!  Space is limited so please so RSVP via evite or by calling our office at 303-321-3866 as soon as possible.
 

More about NNTD-Denver:

Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders (PPD): How Nannies Can Recognize, Understand, and Support the Mother/Family Going Through It with Mary Schroeter

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders effect millions of women each year, some reports show up to 20% of women will experience some sort of depression during pregnancy and afterwards.  In this packed session specifically designed for nannies working in private homes, we will identify what PMAD’s are and what they are not, how to recognize signs and symptoms in the moms, how to support a mom who is experiencing this, including what to say, what not to say, etc. and last but not least how to support the partner and children who are also in the mix. 

Mary Schroeter is a social worker, therapist for Sweet Beginnings in Littleton, Colorado State Coordinator for Postpartum Support International and a mom of three children, ages 11, 9 and 8. She obtained her MSW in 1999, worked in child protection with Adams County Dept. of Social Services and then had her first child. She experienced Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders after the births of two of her three children. Since that time, she has been writing a memoir about her experiences, and has devoted her life to increasing awareness, providing education and de-bunking the myths about the mood changes that affect most women in the perinatal period. Mary provides individual counseling and offers support groups for women and new parents.

Beyond the Basics: Advanced Love & Logic Techniques for Professional Nannies        with Pauline Denning and Bobbie Heit

Presenting as a team, who has come highly recommended by the Love & Logic Institute, we are excited to welcome Pauline Denning and Bobbie Heit to NNTD-Denver! As our nannies know, offering children choices can be powerful, but the process is full of pitfalls too. Bobbie and Pauline will offer advice on how to foolproof this powerful Love and Logic strategy as well as some L&L magic to help kids solve their own problems, resolve conflict and make friends.

Pauline and Bobbie have been using Love & Logic for the last 27 years with their own children, their grand children, and their students.  Their passion for this method of behavior management prompted them to be gin speaking together over 5 years ago and they've been sharing their wisdom with groups big and small ever since.  Pauline and her late husband Ron raised four children. Pauline is the proud grandmother of six.  Now retired, she was a teacher, assistant principal and librarian for thirty years in Loveland, Colorado. Bobbie Heit and her husband Joe have four great kids who are all married and are their most precious and proud works of their life.  In addition to being an active grandmother of seven, Bobbie enjoyed a long career as a teacher in the Denver area. She has taught first graders through seniors in public, parochial and charter schools.  Bobbie and Pauline have facilitated Love and Logic classes in a variety of settings, ranging from church and Mothers of Preschoolers (MPOS) groups to teacher trainings in public and private schools. They credit Love and Logic with much of their success in creating positive and loving relationships with their own children and with their students and helping all of them to become confident, successful and independent adults.

Participants will learn some great activities to get their charges off the couch, away from their game boy, and up and moving!! We will integrate movement with both music and art, promoting fitness while also fostering creativity. This is a hands-on workshop in which participants will learn how to create their own clogging board and then try some dancing moves themselves, while also experimenting with the Jackson Pollack technique of painting. There will be lots of hand-outs shared with additional resources for great CDS, informative websites, and more cool activities for kids.

Cindy Wilkinson has a BA degree in Sociology and Early Childhood Education from the University of Nebraska/Kearney and additional training from St. Nicholas Montessori Training Centre (correspondence course). In Colorado, she holds a Director’s Certification and has worked as a teacher, assistant director of a pre-school, and as the Master Teacher at the Metropolitan State College of Denver Child Development Center. Her nanny experience spans over 33 years and consists of live-in, live-out, shared, and vacation nanny positions. She has also taught music with numerous pre-schools, elementary schools, and arts organizations. In 2001, she created Jumpin’ With Cindy where she markets her children’s CDs, workshops, children’s music classes, and performances. In 2009, she created her Jumpin’ With Cindy Music Blog to share the latest info on arts education with parents, nannies, and educators. Her most recent arts experience includes serving on the faculty of the Denver Center Performing Arts (12 years), past faculty of the Swallow Hill Music School (10 yrs), and assisting with the development of the “little bears” music program with the Blue Bear School of Music in San Francisco. She has presented at INA, Nannypalooza, University of Nebraska/Kearney Nanny Day, Colorado AEYC, New England AEYC, ABC Nannies Nanny Conference, and Geo Kids Teacher Training in Menlo Park, CA. She also was honored by Helping Hands in Greenwich, CT with their Service Award in 1992 and by the International Nanny Association with their Nanny of the Year Award in 1998.