Everything you need to know

to facilitate your child's successful transition to kindergarten

  • Requirements

    You'll learn what is required for a successful transition and how you can make it happen.

  • Skills to Teach

    You'll identify the skills to teach your child before kindergarten and how to teach them.

  • Collaboration

    Discover how to foster collaboration between yourself, your child's school and their support team.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Setting your child up for a successful transition to Kindergarten

    • Introduction Transition to Kindergarten

    • What is a successful transition and why is it so important?

    • Preschool vs Kindergarten: Understanding expectations

    • What does it all mean? 8 ways you can influence your child's transition to kindergarten

    • Recommendations for a successful transition to kindergarten.
  • 2

    Readiness skills to teach teach your child before Kindergarten

    • What skills can you teach and how to decide which to prioritize

    • How to make transitions smoother for your child

    • Using a Visual Schedules to

    • Using First Then Boards to motivate your child

    • Using Social Stories to teach your child appropriate behaviours while at school

    • How to teach your child to attend to various tasks

    • Teaching your child how to follow instructions

    • How to teach your child critical socials skills before kindergarten

    • Supporting your child in the areas of Communication Toileting and Challenging Behaviour

  • 3

    Leveraging your child's support team for a smoother transition

    • Working collaboratively and advocating for your child using the developmental transition model

    • How to register for kindergarten

    • How to advocate successfully for your child

    • Optimize your child's support system though collaboration

    • Utilize your child's support team by maximizing each person's scope of practice

    • Open critical lines of communication with your child's school
  • 4

    Feedback

    • Feedback & Suggestions

Instructor(s)

Behaviour Consultant

Bronwyn Meech, M. ADS, BCBA

Bronwyn has been working at LRCSS since 2015. She is focused on implementing behavioural strategies with children and youth in a variety of settings, such as in clinics, their homes, and community settings. Bronwyn is passionate about disseminating knowledge about behaviour analytic strategies to others, either staff or parents. For the past few years, Bronwyn has been focusing on working with adolescents to reduce a variety of challenging behaviours, to help individuals gain access to larger social networks, such as attending school or going on family outings.