This interactive professional development session explores wellness in the child care community, emphasizing how educator well-being and supportive workplace conditions contribute to responsive care for children and positive relationships with families. Participants will identify personal stress signals and workplace stressors, practice brief regulation strategies that maintain safe supervision, and explore professional boundaries and clear communication when requesting support. Through reflection, partner practice, and case studies, participants will examine team and leadership practices that support wellness and apply co-regulation strategies to everyday classroom routines. Participants will develop a wellness action plan that includes a personal strategy, a program-level improvement, and a timeline for reviewing progress.
