About Your Instructor – Adam Peterson

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Adam Peterson is an award-winning primary grades teacher, best-selling author and internationally recognized speaker. After spending more than a decade teaching in early learning classrooms, Adam now also uses his knowledge and talents to inspire, educate and motivate colleagues working in grades PreK-2 to apply more developmentally appropriate ways to manage their most challenging students. Adam is the author of the best-selling book, Teach, Play, Learn!, as well as the author of many children's books. He is also the author of Dealing With Challenging Behaviors Using Developmentally Appropriate Strategies (PreK-2), the extensive digital resource handbook you will receive at this dynamic one-day training. You will leave Adam's seminar with a wealth of developmentally appropriate techniques and strategies for addressing and managing challenging behaviors in your PreK-2 students.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"So many great ideas to use in classrooms. Seminar was developmentally appropriate, focused on building relationship, and the need for play. Thank you!"
– Brenda Dutton, Dean & IEP Coordinator

"Thank you, Adam, for sharing your great ideas and strategies with us. Really appreciate it. Showed us how to think outside the box and change rooted thinking and strategies to better meet the needs of our students and how they learn today."
– Christine Gouin, 2nd Grade Teacher

"Amazing. Especially loved the new songs I learned and games to play with kids."
– Madeleine Hurley, 1st Grade Teacher

"I really appreciated Adam's spirit, his love for fostering a love of learning in children, and the real-life experiences he shared with us. I truly enjoyed every moment of this PD and gained a lot resources to take back and share with other teachers at my school!"
– Taylor Epps, Kindergarten Teacher

"The day was filled with reminders and ideas and encouragement that are always appreciated and needed."
– Amy Ronczka-Casmay, K/1 Looping

"LOVED all your strategies and I'm excited to get back to work to implement them! I'm hoping to take your next training. Teach, play, learn! You rock!"
– Tasha Lauver, ECSE Teacher