Empathy & Compassion

Workshop: Cultivating Empathy in Children

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We all want the children we care for to be empathetic but as teachers and families, can we in some way make them be empathetic? This workshop discusses the value of empathy and how to cultivate the conditions to help empathy grow in our homes and classrooms.

 

Please join us for this workshop on April 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the witf Public Media Center at 4801 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111. This event is open to teachers and families. It is free for families that do not need teaching certificate/credit hours. The registration fee for teachers is $10.

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