WELCOME! You have landed at the Institute for Gentle Teaching, a worldwide community of professionals who practice and facilitate principles and practices of Gentle Teaching with a broad range of applications. We are an international group of CONNECTORS, sharing ideas, dialogue, and collaborative developments with one another, creating solutions and resources. We are dedicated to demonstrating non-violence, always moving in the direction of Gentle Teaching that builds relationships and navigates the heart, cultivating, and integrating the principles, practice and promise of Gentle Teaching. Thanks for visiting. We hope that you will get to know us and our work with Gentle Teaching, Please have a look around at some of the resources that are here to support individuals and their families, caregivers, teachers, and other professionals in creating solutions with a framework of Gentle Teaching.  Let's create connections! Our work is to advance equality and justice of the heart, in mutuality and non-judgment, using Our Tools (hands, eyes, words, presence) for teaching others social-emotional awareness with the four pillars of Gentle Teaching: how to feel safe, how to feel loved, how to feel and be loving, and how to become engaged, cultivating companionship and a sense of community for quality of life. … Read More