Karen McDowell is an educator with over 25 years experience working with the adolescent and young adult population. She is an assistant faculty member of Profectum Foundation and strives to implement a comprehensive developmental curriculum into both her classroom environment and therapy work. As a Lead Teacher and Young Adult Program Coordinator at Celebrate the Children school for 13 years, she has contributed to innovative curriculum and strategies with the unique needs of individuals in mind while promoting opportunities for growth and development in both group and individual settings. Karen facilitates a weekly young adult group for several years with intensive focus on social and emotional strengths and challenges. Areas of interest and study include executive functioning, visual spatial processing, emotional regulation, and problem solving and she has provided workshops around the country on these developmental areas. Karen strives to provide programs that entice thinking, collaborative problem solving, effective communication, and positive coping strategies to support success, independence, meaningful and fulfilling experiences, and happiness within the demands of the 21st century.
Karen McDowell, Crystal Farr
What is the difference between facilitating “discovery” and “teaching” in the classroom? This workshop will look at how through asking the right questions and providing specific kinds of experiences, educators can assess a child’s foundational capacities that support the comprehension of academic content. In order for children to internalize concepts, they must make them their own. Providing opportunities for the “discovery” of the “meaning” of concepts allows even the most diverse learners to develop true comprehension and knowledge. Participants will learn how capitalizing on experience facilitates the student’s ability to reach the next stage of development. High impact lessons inclusive of emotional components ensure that the child’s affect and interests are captured and tapped into, thus supporting deeper connections and understanding of targeted concepts. This ensures the full comprehension of concepts, makes meaningful connections to previously experienced ideas while strengthening the ability to build upon experiences in future lessons. The role of the teacher is focused on shared learning and problem solving opportunities and is inquiry driven toward common goals. This seminar will include video examples of how “discovery” is facilitated in the classroom.
What is the difference between facilitating “discovery” and “teaching” in the classroom? This workshop will look at how through asking the right questions and providing specific kinds of experiences, educators can assess a child’s foundational capacities that support the comprehension of academic content. In order for children to internalize concepts, they must make them their own. Providing opportunities for the “discovery” of the “meaning” of concepts allows even the most diverse learners to develop true comprehension and knowledge. Participants will learn how capitalizing on experience facilitates the student’s ability to reach the next stage of development. High impact lessons inclusive of emotional components ensure that the child’s affect and interests are captured and tapped into, thus supporting deeper connections and understanding of targeted concepts. This ensures the full comprehension of concepts, makes meaningful connections to previously experienced ideas while strengthening the ability to build upon experiences in future lessons. The role of the teacher is focused on shared learning and problem solving opportunities and is inquiry driven toward common goals. This seminar will include video examples of how “discovery” is facilitated in the classroom.
Although all providers in this directory have completed one or more of Profectum’s certificate training courses on the DIR-FCD model, the providers listed in this directory are independent contractors. Providers are not agents nor are they employees and nor are they under the control of Profectum Foundation. Providers are solely responsible for the quality of the services you receive.
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