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SUMMARY:Kids On The Brink: Raising Emotionally Healthy Youth
DESCRIPTION:In this event\, Donna Jackson Nakazawa will combine cutting-edge science\, real student voices\, and practical tools to help adults better support today’s youth.\nDonna will cover:\n– The latest research on female brain development\n– The unprecedented challenges facing teens today and why so many are in crisis\n– How these factors impact youth mental health\n– Why social stress\, in particular\, is the most damaging type of stress for kids\n– How regulating ourselves helps our kids regulate their emotions \nParticipants will gain:\n– Actionable strategies parents\, families\, and organizations can utilize to better support our youth\n– 12 science-based steps for talking with youth in neuroprotective ways and building healthier parent-child connection \nDonna will also share highlights from her national Post-It Note Project\, featuring insights from thousands of middle and high school students about what they wish their parents and other adults understood—and did—differently. \nThis event will be moderated by Christy Keating from The Heartful Parent Collective.
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SUMMARY:Birds & Bees For Parents: Supporting Your Middle and High Schooler with Amy Lang\, M.A.
DESCRIPTION:Birds & Bees For Parents: Supporting Your Middle and High Schooler \nAmy Lang will talk to us about supporting middle and high schoolers when it comes to relationships and sexuality. This talk is appropriate for caregivers of BOTH neurotypical and neurodivergent kids. \nYou’ll learn:\n– What they need to know to be smart about sexuality\n– How to talk about consent and healthy relationships\n– Tips to push through their pushback \nAbout Amy Lang\, M.A.\nAmy Lang\, M.A.\, is a Seattle local\, sexuality and parent educator and a sexual abuse prevention specialist of 16 years. She’s helped thousands of parents around the world have the birds and bees talks with more confidence and ease. She also holds a certification in neurodiversity and sexuality and helps parents of neurodivergent kids—and the professionals who support them—communicate openly about sexuality and relationships. Amy lives in Seattle\, WA\, with her spouse\, Kerry\, and they’re the proud parents of a delightful\, fully launched son. Learn more about her work at BirdsAndBeesAndKids.com and http://BBKPros.com. \nAbout PNW Parent Education\nPNW Parent Education is a local nonprofit that partners with experts and local community organizations to offer high-quality\, free educational events that help parents navigate the ever-changing challenges and concerns of raising kids in elementary school and beyond. Working from its Latin roots as a verb\, we use parent to include everyone involved in shaping and raising our children. With the guidance of parenting experts\, many of our educational events are designed to allow for group discussion so that parents are able to share best practices as well as gain clarity and tools on a variety of parenting topics.
URL:https://www.visitballard.com/event/birds-bees-for-parents-supporting-your-middle-and-high-schooler-with-amy-lang-m-a/
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