Briana Bennitt is a STARS trainer for the Washington Department of Early Learning, and both a Parent-Tot Co-Teacher and Family Coach at Simplicity Learning in Bellevue. In November 2017, she brought a four-hour continuing education training to our entire staff on the topic of “Adverse Childhood Experiences Study,” information that is important for all teachers, care providers, and parents to understand. On Thursday, February 8th 2018, she will be joining us to present a Parent Education Class that will be an “Introduction to Simplicity Parenting.” This session will cover:

• Warm, firm, calm, and connected parenting
• Reducing stress, increasing consistency and predictability
• Assessing schedules and routines, environment, and filtering out adult stress
• Viewing behavior issues as indicators that something isn’t working for the child
• Positive discipline

STARS is the acronym for State Training And Registry System. STARS is a Washington State mandated training program for child care providers. STARS is a career development system designed to improve child care through basic and ongoing training for child care providers.

This event is open to LMEC families, the general public, and FREE! RSVP is required for all attendees.

Please RSVP to Ginak@livingmontessori.com

About Briana Bennitt

Briana is an early childhood development educator at Simplicity Learning, working in their Bellevue office, in clients’ homes, and in schools to support a wide variety of teaching styles and family structures, community building, collaborative parenting, respect for diversity of belief, mindfulness to children’s ages and stages, and peaceful home life. She is a certified Simplicity Parenting family coach, a certified Positive Discipline parent educator, a Washington State Department of Early Learning STARS trainer, and one of her favorite roles is leading weekly Parent-Tot Playgroups.

Briana is a former NAC validator for the Association of Early Learning Leaders, Waldorf school executive director, licensed child care center director, and research analyst with experience in small business management and nonprofit governance. In the past, she also worked as a certified driver training school instructor with the Washington Department of Licensing, which deepened her appreciation and understanding of learning styles, parent-child dynamics, and teenagers – significantly! Her own children are now ages ten to twenty-two years old and have attended public school, private (Waldorf, Montessori), homeschooling programs, Bellevue College, and Whitman College.