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Respectful Care™ brings a unique blend of traditional knowledge and cutting edge research to children and their families and caregivers.
The wisdom of generations has been distilled into many popular pedagogies, and many techniques from the Montessori method, Steiner/Waldorf Education®, Pikler®/RIE® and the Reggio Emilia approach match up well with current research in the field of developmental neuroscience.
Respectful Care™ brings these worlds together to benefit families with straightforward, personalized consults for parents and in-depth professional development training for nannies and newborn care specialists.
What does Respectful Care™ mean?
Respectful Care™ is a trademarked term owned and used by Child Magic, LLC since 2017. Respectful Care™ refers to the Company’s unique perspective on human development, education and care throughout the lifespan. Respectful Care™ depends upon a complex understanding of multiple dimensions of respect in the caregiving relationship, and it consists of original, cutting-edge expertise which indexes popular classic educational and child care philosophies with current research in the neuroscience of human development in a context of constructivist teaching and learning, resulting in a unique and cohesive set of inter-related knowledge and practices that can be used intentionally by educators, professional caregivers, and parents.
Danielle McLellan-Bujnak is an experienced and highly qualified early childhood educator, consultant, and professional development instructor, with many years of experience guiding and caring for infants and children and their families in a wide variety of settings, including individual family homes, home schooling, day cares, preschools, and Montessori, Reggio-inspired and Waldorf-based early childhood programs.
In addition to her graduate work in Early Childhood Education (specializing in Infant & Toddler Mental Health and following the constructivist approach), Ms. McLellan-Bujnak has also committed herself to intensive in-person training from the American Academy of Pediatrics in Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and she has pursued formal training in Nonviolent Crisis Prevention & Intervention (CPI), Positive Behaviour Intervention (PBI), Nonviolent/Collaborative Communication, Orton-Gillingham (Multi-Sensory Education), RIE® Foundations for Professionals. She has long-standing familiarity with the Montessori and Waldorf approaches to early childhood. She is also a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) with specialized training for pediatric patients.
Ms. McLellan-Bujnak has completed a graduate-level certificate in early childhood, and achieved licensing by the state of California at the “Master Teacher” and “Site Supervisor” levels, permitting her to run a multi-classroom preschool or daycare for ages birth to 8 years, and to guide and mentor other teachers in best practices for these ages. After completing a graduate-level certificate in Early Childhood Education, Danielle is currently pursuing an MSc in Infant & Toddler Development following the Constructivist approach (inspired by Reggio Emilia).
What does she do, exactly?
Danielle McLellan-Bujnak is a Family Dynamics Specialist, bringing targeted and personalized support to families who are struggling with transitions, as well as the challenges of day-to-day family life.
Background:
Some are born with innate gifts that are cultivated through years of passionately devoted experience, and Danielle is one of these people. She was born with a clear vision of her life’s path: raising and nurturing children in a way that set them up for success in becoming happy, functional adults.
Her wealth of knowledge is unparalleled in this field. Her background in research and education allows her to provide cutting-edge support that leads children - and parents - to feel safe, heard, and deeply understood. In her three decades of experience in working with families, she has curated myriad bespoke solutions; time and again, she has been able to create a harmonious and productive household through the tools derived from her intuition, experience, and education.
Ms. McLellan-Bujnak sees that every child - and every parent - is a unique and unrepeatable human being, with unique needs and desires. Her superpower is regulation; she can understand the intricacies of an infant’s or child’s nervous system, and fine-tune the structures and actions of the household to create a space for that child to engage with the family in a positive way. Her ability to comprehend the inner dynamics of the minds of children is uncanny.
Raised by a mother who was trained by a mentee of Dr. Maria Montessori, Ms. McLellan-Bujnak's early years were infused with the wisdom and values of that school of thought, which she credits for the resilience and confidence she developed throughout the course of her childhood. In this open-ended style of learning, children are encouraged to learn for themselves, rather than for others. This particular style is based on meeting the needs of the individual, and the approach has been proven successful in building independence and creativity.
Innovative Methods:
Ms. McLellan-Bujnak developed the Respectful Approach to Human Development, Education & Care™ as a combination of her own highly authentic Montessori upbringing with elements from Steiner/Waldorf Education®, RIE® and the Reggio Emilia approach, indexing these early childhood practices with current research in the neuroscience of human development.
Danielle’s introductory Respectful Care™ course has guided over 100 caregiving professionals in their teaching and learning journeys, and the Advanced Course in Respectful Care™ (also for professional caregivers) is currently in its second cohort.
As a trusted advisor and consultant for parents, Ms. McLellan-Bujnak's specialized plans consider the family as a whole; she integrates the needs of everyone in the household to promote a peaceful sanctuary for all involved. Every experience with Danielle is tailored to the dynamics of the home, and her priority is complete comfort with the implementation of any new structure. She understands that the family is a unit, and that each unique personality must be taken into consideration to create balance.
What she brings to families:
by Danielle McLellan-Bujnak
ABC: Acknowledgement, Beliefs & Biases, Connection
DEF: Dialogue, Environment, Freedom
GHI: Good Enough, Hundred Languages, Image of the Child
JKL: Jingle, Kindness, Listening & Limits & Love
MNO: Motivation & Moral Decision-Making, Narration, Open-ended
PQR: Predictability, Questions, Respectful and Relationship-Based Care
STU: Supported Struggle, Teaching & Learning, Unfolding Development
VWX: Validating, Waiting, eXtending the Learning
YZ: "Yes" Space, Zone of Proximal Development
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