TAIP supports early childhood educators through training, networking, and publicity.

Tanya Batt presenting “Storytelling in the Preschool Classroom” at the TAIP 2018 Fall Annual Conference at Summerhill International Preschool.

As a member-funded association in Tokyo since 2005, we have sponsored a wide range of workshops for teachers.

In addition to schools, we welcome businesses and individual members in our community and have grown to include schools outside of Tokyo through our "Satellite Membership" program.

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Upcoming Workshop

Earthquake Preparedness Workshop

Presented By: WaNavi Japan

Presenter Link: Text Link

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Eligibility:

This free workshop is limited to TAIP Member Schools, Organizations, and Individual Members.

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UpCOMING

TAIP Online Workshop

Presented By: Felicity Crawford

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023

Time: 9:30 - 11:00 am (via Zoom)

Eligibility:

This free workshop is limited to TAIP Member Schools, Organizations, and Individual Members.

Registration:

Registration is now closed.

Social Emotional Learning: Strategies for Preventing, Pinpointing, and Helping Young Children Develop Self-Regulatory Skills

When children misbehave, we punish them. But why don’t we teach?

“Misbehavior” is indicative of skills that a child has yet to develop. To prevent or intervene to address dysregulated behavior requires our effort, as adults, to understand why specific behaviors are occurring in the first place.

This workshop will offer attendees a specific approach to understanding why children’s behaviors manifest in the ways that they do, plus you learn several strategies for helping children to develop self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills that are necessary for school, work, and life success. Children who can develop strong social emotional skills are better able to cope with everyday academic and social challenges.

About Felicity Crawford

Felicity Crawford, Ed.D., is a clinical associate professor of special education, and director of a new transdisciplinary master’s program, Education for Equity and Social Justice and a graduate certificate program, Education for Equity and Democracy, at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University.

She has taught for many years in preK-12 institutions and has spent the last 23 years as a teacher educator. Through BU-Wheelock’s affiliations with international institutions she has sustained her engagement with educators in countries such as Singapore and Barbados.

Her research interests include addressing inequity in urban special education and other contemporary manifestations of inequity in education. Dr. Crawford is the AY 2023 recipient of BU-Wheelock’s Gordon Marshall Fellowship for teaching.

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