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Conversations with the CARE Team

Conversations with the CARE Team are designed to provide caregivers/parents with an opportunity to build skills that will help improve everyday practices, which ultimately will result in healthier caregiver-student relationships, stronger social-emotional skills and improved school engagement. We will engage by defining a topic and explaining why it is important. We will elevate by talking about the tools you will need to practice a new skill. We hope to empower you by providing practical activities to boost your skills.

We invite caregivers/parents to view a pre-recorded presentation, then join counselors live for Q&A.

List of Topics:

October: Improving Communication with Your Student

November: Cultivating a Sense of Community During School Closure

December: Building a Sense of Connectedness

January: Promoting Growth Mindset

February: Kindness- Diversity and Inclusion

March: Gratitude

Gratitude

View the pre-recorded presentation.
Attend one of the live Q&A Sessions.

March 24, 2021: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

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Gratitude

Acts of gratitude are linked to higher levels of happiness, self-esteem, and better sleep. It is also linked to lower levels of aggression, depression, and stress. Learn more about the benefits of gratitude and how to encourage students to show it.

View the video prior to the workshop and come to the live Zoom session with your questions!

Previous 2020-2021 Virtual Workshops

February- Kindness- Diversity and Inclusion

Kindness- Diversity and Inclusion

Build skills to help strengthen your ability appreciate and celebrate diversity, promote inclusion, and practice anti-racism.

View the video prior to the workshop and come to the live Zoom session with your questions!

January- Growth Mindset

Build skills to help strengthen your ability to think and communicate in a way that motivates you and others to continue to grow. This will be a fun-filled experience to learn about growth mindset through guided discussion and games! We will engage by defining growth mindset and explaining why it is important. We will elevate by talking about the skills you will need to promote growth mindset. We hope to empower you by providing practical activities to boost your skills.

View the video prior to the workshop and come to the live Zoom session with your questions!

December- Connection

Build skills to help improve your emotional connection with family and others. We will engage by defining connection and explaining it is important. We will elevate by talking about the skills you will need to build connection, and we hope to empower you by providing activities you may participate in to build your connections. We will include in our discussion general ideas and tips specific to our time during the current pandemic.

This workshop coincides with a pre-recorded presentation that we created with the Dana Counselors. Caregivers/Parents are asked to view the presentation and then attend one of the live Q&A sessions offered on December 8th, 5:00pm- 6:00pm and November 17th, 2:00pm - 3:00pm.

November- Community

Build skills to help improve your sense of community and social capital. We will engage by defining community and social capital and explaining why they are important. We will elevate by talking about the skills you will need to build community and social capital, and we hope to empower you by providing activities you may participate in to build your sense of community and social capital. We will include in our discussion general ideas and tips specific to our time during the current pandemic.

This workshop coincides with a pre-recorded presentation that we created with the Dana Counselors. Caregivers/Parents are asked to view the presentation and then attend one of the live Q&A sessions offered on November 17th, 4:00pm- 5:00pm and November 19th, 11:00am -12:00pm.

October- Communication

Build skills to help improve parent/caregiver communication skills. We’d like to Engage by exploring what communication is- how it’s defined, why it’s important, and the different types of communication. We’d like to Elevate by sharing skills for effective communication. We hope that when you’re done, you feel Empowered to communicate effectively, work through challenging situations, and utilize ideas for practicing and improving your communication.

This workshop coincides with a pre-recorded presentation that we created with the Dana Counselors. Caregivers/Parents are asked to view the presentation and then attend one of the live Q&A sessions offered on October 16th, 10:00- 11:00am and October 28th, 4-5pm.