What I Teach

Topics I Cover…

  • This foundational workshop unpacks what social and emotional development is in the early years- what it looks like and how to help promote development…. and why it matters. Educators leave with a clearer understanding of emotions (in the body, the brain and behavior), practical strategies for growing emotional and social skills in daily routines, and validation that the efforts they put in creating nurturing environments and relationship sets children up for success in life.

  • This workshop invites educators and childcare staff to turn the focus and care on themselves — because it is hard to foster social and emotional skills in others when we are still facing challenges with our own. Drawing on brain science and well-established EI frameworks, participants explore their own emotional patterns, build self-awareness and regulation skills, and discover strategies for boosting their own emotional intelligence, mental health and wellbeing- which ripples out to others.

  • Resilience isn't a personality trait some lucky people are born with — it's more like a muscle that anyone can strengthen with the right support. This workshop helps caring professionals understand resilience through a research lens, explore the individual and environmental factors that help us weather adversity, and develop a personal plan to build their own capacity to bounce back — while also learning how to nurture those same strengths in the children and families they work with.

  • Few moments in early childhood care are as emotionally loaded as the drop-off. This workshop helps educators understand what's really happening beneath the surface during separation — for children, parents, and themselves. Grounded in attachment theory and research on parental shame and guilt, participants leave with compassionate, practical strategies for building secure relationships with toddlers and supporting families through one of their most tender transitions.

  • Early childhood educators are often an important part of a family’s ‘village’ — a relationship that can reduce isolation, foster well-being and resilience, and help grow knowledge and skills that can set up family up for success. This workshop explores how to move from transactional check-ins to genuine connection with families, including how to support parents who are struggling, navigate cultural differences with curiosity, and create a community where parents feel seen and supported.

  • When a child melts down, so much is happening inside their developing brains and bodies that is unseen — and learning to see it gives us more options to respond in ways that can promote development. This workshop demystifies the neuroscience of emotional regulation, introduces practical co-regulation strategies, and helps educators (or parents) shift from managing behaviour to understanding it. Participants walk away better equipped to be the calm co-pilot that children need in moments of dysregulation and overwhelm.

  • We all know you can't pour from an empty cup! This workshop goes further than giving self-care advice. It explores the neuroscience behind why caring for ourselves is actually part of caring for others, offers practical long and short term strategies for maintaining capacity and well-being in a demanding profession, and creates space for educators to acknowledge their own emotional experiences without feeling guilty or judged. Because a well-supported adult is one of the most powerful resources a child can have!

  • When parents push back, disengage, or seem impossible to reach, shame and guilt are often the hidden forces at play, as research has shown that parents are more likely to feel shame and guilt than non-parents. This workshop explores the research on shame and guilt and what they look like in the context of parenthood, so anyone supporting parents can learn to recognize these emotions and respond in ways that invite connection rather than hinder it. Participants leave with practical communication strategies for turning moments of defensiveness into opportunities for connection, trust, and genuine partnership.

All workshops are available as half-day, full-day, or multi-session formats, online or in-person, and can be tailored to your team's context and goals. Custom workshops are also available on request.

My Approach

Drawing from over two decades of experience and doctoral research, I build my workshops with three essential ingredients:

  • Evidence-Based Insights: All my content, and the way I teach, is grounded in research, so you learn and experience what has been shown be research to really work.

  • Connected Learning: When we feel connected, our brains are more open to learning. Woven through my workshops are approaches and activities that build community and connection so we can all learn better, and see how to teach better.

  • Practical Wisdom: I bring theories and science to alive with stories, concrete examples, interactive exercises, and adaptable strategies you can use rightaway!

  • I have attended several of Angela’s workshops, and they are all very engaging and interactive. My colleagues and I always left the workshops feeling better, more calm and motivated than when we started it. Angela can engage the audience like no one else; she gets us moving, laughing, thinking and feeling. Her suggestions are often simple and easy to apply. Angela is also very responsive and prepared, and she checks in ahead to learn about her audience and tailors the workshop for a better fit. It has always been a very positive experience whenever I’m an attendee or a host to her workshop!"

    - Joanne Chen, Manager, Children and Parenting Programs and Youth Programs, MOSAIC, Vancouver

  • “This was one of those rare workshops where the entire conversation was useful and applicable. I could sit and soak up this information for days; I really appreciated how intentional the content was and how it was sequenced.”

    - Resistance to Resilience workshop participant

  • “I really appreciated the pace with which content was shared, and found it to be a great blend of participation and learning (it was easy to stay engaged for 3 hours). Dr. Low was very engaging to listen to.”

    - BC Council for Families Workshop participant

  • “I appreciated all the 3 trainings in the series. They all fit together to help me feel supported and to see new ways that I can use this information to support others. I like how each time you build in real time for me to see the subject matter in my own life before transitioning to how I can use it for others. It makes everything feel relevant, and it makes the idea of self-care and self-compassion tangible.”

    - Resilience workshop participant

What can we do together?

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