Course Category: Teens & Young Adults

Live Class

CVS Back to School Success: Healthy Habits and Helpful Communication

August 18, 2022 2:15 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Aaron Weintraub,MS, Chief Product Officer

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert-led live class exclusively for CVS Colleagues. This class will not be recorded. Class handouts will be available once the class is complete.

  • Does your child seem unmotivated, stressed, or just bored when it comes to school?
  • Are you stuck in the role of homework police?
  • Wondering what will really help? 

This quick session will highlight some tips for a positive back-to-school transition and some everyday practices that will strengthen your child’s motivation, confidence, and wellbeing. These approaches will also help protect your child’s mental health as the new school year begins

Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
cooperation emotions independence rules/routines school
Live Class

Skillsoft Exclusive: Summer Solutions: Stress Isn’t the Problem – It’s Your Reaction to It

August 16, 2022 2:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert-led live class exclusively for Skillsoft. A recording of the class with handouts will be available once the class is complete.

Maybe you call it stress, maybe you call it anxiety. But we all know that many of us are worn out from just surviving and looking for ways to thrive. Let’s talk.     

First, a quick biology lesson. When stress overwhelms your coping capacity, your body goes into “fight or flight” mode, and your body’s response (feeling activated) is intended to feel unpleasant (anxiety) enough to drive you to take action to resolve the situation in as short a time as possible.

However, work and family situations can seem like they cannot be resolved. We are chronically “fired up.” This leads to our bodies stimulating even more of a physiological response to regain control and we become “hyperactivated” (or angry) at ourselves or others or both. Sound familiar?   

Summer is a great time to evaluate your personal and family practices in order to make some much-needed changes to how you respond to stress.

This class will prepare you to:

  • Recognize the impact of sustained stress on you and your family
  • Identify specific sources of stress in your family life and apply strategies to address those
  • Identify and apply practical strategies to reduce family stress
Ages
Parenting Essentials PreNatal Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
Live Class

LGTBQ+ What to Say to Your Child and How to Say it to Communicate Love and Acceptance (MIT)

October 17, 2022 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Acey Neel,MA, LPC

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert-led live class exclusively for MIT. A recording of the class with handouts will be available once the class is complete.

  • Does the idea of talking with your child about sexual orientation feel difficult or even a little scary?
  • Are you confused about the changing ways that many in our society see these issues?
  • Feeling the need for some guidance about how to support your child?

The issues of sexual orientation can be daunting for both kids and parents. Your child will look to you for guidance about how to feel and act. This class will help you prepare for an open, ongoing dialogue with your child or teen that is candid, authentic and supportive. Participants in this class will be able to:

  • Recognize key issues and biases related to sexual orientation for your child and for yourself
  • Apply listening and talking strategies that help your child feel safe enough to express their true thoughts and feelings
  • Apply approaches that will support your child’s positive thoughts and feelings about themself
Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
LGBTQ+
LinkedIn Live

LinkedIn Live – The Kids are Not Alright: 7 Steps to Make Your Home Their Safe Place

July 28, 2022 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Experts

Ruth Freeman,LCSW Tanika Eaves,PhD, LCSW, IMH-E®

Challenges & Solutions

Join us on LinkedIn for this expert-led panel discussion

What can parents do that will really help to protect kids’ mental health? Make home a safe place. A really safe place. You might be thinking, What? Of course our home is a safe place. Think again. Every day brings something new to worry over and the blurry lines between work and home can make it hard to leave your stress at the door. The good news is that the skills you need to manage the anxiety of work, home, and the world are the same.

Please join Peace at Home Parenting Founder Ruth Freeman, LCSW and Tanika Eaves, PhD, to hear and discuss seven principles for creating a safe, peaceful home which are built on decades of research focused on parent-child relationships and outcomes for kids.

Ages
Parenting Essentials PreNatal Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication emotions mental health
Live Class

Yum! Brands Exclusive Anxious Children: What Really Helps?

December 13, 2022 1:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Aaron Weintraub,MS, Chief Product Officer

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert-led live class exclusively for Yum! Brands. A recording of the class with handouts will be available once the class is complete.

Does any of this sound like your child? 

  • Clinging, crying and/or tantrums when you separate 
  • Excessive shyness, avoiding social situations 
  • Constant worry 
  • Avoiding situations or places because of fears 
  • Complaints of frequent stomach aches or headaches 
  • Sudden and frequent panic attacks 

Your child may be struggling with anxiety. And you may feel frustrated and helpless. You are not alone. One in three children will experience an anxiety disorder before adulthood. Unless treated, many will grow up to be anxious adults. This class will help you better understand the nature of anxiety, refrain from reinforcing your child’s distress by accommodating behaviors, and apply simple strategies to handle day to day challenges. 

Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
emotions mental health
Live Class

Yum! Brands Exclusive Conversations that Build Character

September 27, 2022 1:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Aaron Weintraub,MS, Chief Product Officer

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert-led live class exclusively for Yum! Brands. A recording of the class with handouts will be available once the class is complete.

Do you feel overwhelmed by the task of helping your child to be the best version of themselves when the online social landscape of tools and etiquette keeps shifting and changing? This interactive class will address the use and over-use of technology used for homework, leisure, socializing and the challenges it presents to families. Learn practical strategies parents and children can use to truly embrace this new digital frontier without fear and within reason. Included will be strategies to: 

● Teach your children digital citizenship 

● Develop an open conversation for the unpredictable 

● Help your child develop a strong moral filter 

● Support your child’s social life online and off

Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication cooperation teen safety
Live Class

Yum! Brands Exclusive Summer Solutions: Stress Isn’t the Problem – It’s Your Reaction to It

August 23, 2022 1:00 pm EDT/EST

Experts

Ruth Freeman,LCSW Aaron Weintraub,MS, Chief Product Officer

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert-led live class exclusively for Yum! Brands. A recording of the class with handouts will be available once the class is complete.

Maybe you call it stress, maybe you call it anxiety. But we all know that many of us are worn out from just surviving and looking for ways to thrive. Let’s talk.     

First, a quick biology lesson. When stress overwhelms your coping capacity, your body goes into “fight or flight” mode, and your body’s response (feeling activated) is intended to feel unpleasant (anxiety) enough to drive you to take action to resolve the situation in as short a time as possible.

However, work and family situations can seem like they cannot be resolved. We are chronically “fired up.” This leads to our bodies stimulating even more of a physiological response to regain control and we become “hyperactivated” (or angry) at ourselves or others or both. Sound familiar?   

Summer is a great time to evaluate your personal and family practices in order to make some much-needed changes to how you respond to stress.

This class will prepare you to:

  • Recognize the impact of sustained stress on you and your family
  • Identify specific sources of stress in your family life and apply strategies to address those
  • Identify and apply practical strategies to reduce family stress
Ages
Parenting Essentials PreNatal Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication rules/routines school
Recorded Class

Handling Hot Topics with Your Kids and Colleagues

August 04, 2022 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Experts

Ruth Freeman,LCSW Tanika Eaves,PhD, LCSW, IMH-E®

Challenges & Solutions

Previously hosted live class. Access the recording and handouts by clicking on the Course Lesson below.

The weather isn’t the only thing heating up this summer. Productivity may be impacted by the powerful responses you are feeling about school shootings, Supreme Court decisions, January 6th hearings, and other issues affecting both work and home life.  

While the blurry lines between work and home can make it hard to leave stress at the door. The good news is that the skills working parents need to manage the anxiety of work, home, and the world are the same. This class will prepare you to:

  • Recognize and manage personal triggers that can be emotionally overwhelming at home and work
  • Support your children to understand and process information they will hear online and from friends
  • Communicate in ways that invite your kids and colleagues to listen with care and express themselves effectively.
Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication cooperation
Live Class

Yum Exclusive class – Less Stress, More Joy Around the Holidays

November 15, 2022 1:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

Join us for this expert-led live class exclusively for Yum! Brands. A recording of the class with handouts will be available once the class is complete.

Are you sometimes frustrated with the material focus of the holiday season?

Does it seem impossible to create a truly happy holiday this year?

Wondering what you can do differently?  

Learn what research tells us kids really want that money can’t buy. Consider what will really create happy and meaningful holidays during a time filled with health concerns and loss. Reflect on your own behavior over the holiday season and consider family rituals that enrich holiday connections.  

Participants will be able to:

  • Recognize what children really care about with regard to holidays
  • Identify the ways your own childhood experiences may impact your holidays today
  • Apply methods to work with your family to create genuinely meaningful celebrations
Ages
Parenting Essentials PreNatal Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication cooperation emotions rules/routines
Recorded Class

Safe Space to Talk, Listen and Get Support: About the Supreme Court Decision on Roe vs Wade

June 28, 2022 1:00 pm EDT/EST

Experts

Ruth Freeman,LCSW Tanika Eaves,PhD, LCSW, IMH-E®

Challenges & Solutions

This class was not recorded. It was delivered on Ketchum’s platform.

Today, a government in which women have never had an equal voice reached deep into the most private corners of a woman’s life to tell her the choice over what she does with her body is no longer her own…Right now, there are people all over the U.S. who are recommitting to the work ahead. To ensure that women’s voices are respected in a clinic or doctor’s office, we must also ensure that they are heard at all levels of society—in their homes and workplaces, in capitols and C-suites. That’s how we create a future where decisions are made by women, not for them. – Melinda French Gates

You may feel numb, overwhelmed, confused, frightened. You may feel a combination of these or a whole range of other emotions during this turbulent moment in our country. Peace At Home Parenting Solutions founder, Ruth E. Freeman, LCSW and Fairfield University professor, Tanika Eaves, PhD, LCSW, will help us find ways do the following:

  1. Recognize that the threat of the government controlling women’s bodies and right to choose may trigger profound emotions and, in some cases, traumatic memories in our minds or bodies. And that we deserve support to handle those overwhelming experiences. 
  1. Keep in the forefront of our discussions the fact that unwanted children suffer deeply as do their parents. For some people the very fact of having children is a trigger to trauma memories that happen in our minds and/or bodies and affect everyone around us. 
  1. Remember that we will all benefit from safe spaces to talk with our families, among friends, in communities and at work about this decision. It is important to plan together and take mindful action steps to create those safe spaces. Healing takes place most effectively in relationship with others, even though our trauma sometimes whispers that this is not so.
Ages
Parenting Essentials PreNatal Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
safety support