Course Tag: communication

Recorded Workshop

Handling Hot Topics with Your Kids and Colleagues

October 10, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Tanika Eaves Tanika Eaves,PhD, LCSW, IMH-E®

Challenges & Solutions

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

What’s a hot topic? Issues that are complex, create uncertainty about the future,  trigger past losses or traumas and result in tension in the family or in the workplace.  

Colleagues may be discussing politics or controversial topics in the workplace. Your kids may be asking hard questions about the issues. You may be struggling with maintaining a calm, positive perspective on the job and as a family member. You are not alone. 

Join us for this virtual live workshop to learn proven tools and strategies to calmly and effectively navigate tough conversations and stressful situations, at work, at home with your kids and colleagues.

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.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted and review the handouts. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence.
  • If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • For additional support, check out the Quick Video Solutions Library, Parenting Principles for Progress not Perfection.  Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes 
Ages
All, Parent Wellbeing School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication cooperation summer
Recorded Workshop

Back to School Success: Inspire Motivation

August 06, 2024 8:00 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Amy Alamar Amy Alamar,EdD

Challenges & Solutions

Come together as a family to have a positive influence on school success this year by setting expectations and  creating good habits and routines. Add in feedback, problem solving skills and positive communication for your children’s best year yet.  Join us to learn and discuss tools to support your child’s learning and motivation that quickly produce positive results. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • Find related solutions in our Inspire School Success for Elementary Students Library – check out the class titles, School Success: Inspire Motivation and Engagement and Understand Executive Functions, Emotions, and Self-Regulation
Ages
School Age
Tags
communication motivation Rules/ Routines school
Recorded Workshop

Help Your Young Child Feel Safe and Secure

July 24, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Expert JoAnn Robinson JoAnn Robinson,PhD

Challenges & Solutions

Children look to their parents and caregivers for signals of whether their world is safe or dangerous. Join this live, interactive workshop to gain essential strategies to support your child’s feelings of optimism and security. 

Signaling safety to our children is an essential principle of peace at home. It is important to recognize the nature of your own anxious responses and have tools to manage those.  Children need family life to remain pleasurable and playful even in uncertain times. When you understand how to signal to your child that they are safe, you are better able to protect their mental health.  Research shows that a child who feels safe with their parents and caregivers will grow and develop positively, and naturally use social-emotional strategies to solve problems.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com
  • Find related solutions in our Toddler Routines, Transitions, Emotions & More library – check out the classes titled Kids Listen Best when Parents are Playful and Routines that Support Toddlers to Eat Play Sleep.
Ages
Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication emotions safe safety
Interactive Workshops

Support Your Neurodiverse Child

Experts

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW Peace at Home Parenting Expert Tanika Eaves Tanika Eaves,PhD, LCSW, IMH-E® Peace at Home Parenting Expert Amy Alamar Amy Alamar,EdD Peace at Home Parenting Expert Aaron Weintraub Aaron Weintraub,MS, Curriculum Advisor

Challenges & Solutions

Parenting a neurodivergent child—whether they’ve been diagnosed with autism, ADHD, or another learning difference—can be deeply rewarding and uniquely challenging. Traditional discipline strategies may fall short, and navigating services like special education can feel overwhelming. These workshops help families reduce conflict, increase cooperation, and build stronger relationships based on empathy, structure, and flexibility. When parents feel supported, children thrive—and home becomes a place of growth, not just survival.

Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication Health/Wellness independence mental health rules/routines
Recorded Workshop

Communicate with Your Teen: Avoid The Emotional Rollercoaster with Connection

April 30, 2024 8:00 pm EDT/EST
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Experts

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Amy Alamar Amy Alamar,EdD Peace At Home Parenting Expert Marc Lehman Marc Lehman,LMFT

Challenges & Solutions

  • Are you sometimes overwhelmed by your teen’s feelings?
  • Does your teen have trouble verbalizing their emotions?
  • Does connecting with your teen often feel difficult?

Supporting your teen to be safe and confident while staying connected is no easy task. Add on hormones, attitude, personality, technology, and post pandemic challenges — welcome to the tween and teen years! This interactive digital workshop will include a conversation about parenting the independent, emerging adult while still nurturing the playful child within. 

We will talk specifically about building relationships during this very unpredictable time. You will have the opportunity to explore making stronger connections through conversation and confrontation in the context of real-life situations. You’ll be able to recognize roadblocks to communication, apply approaches that strengthen your relationship and help teens become effective problem solvers as they go out into the world.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • For additional support, check out the Quick Video Solutions Library,  Teen Age Library- Support, Inspire and Connect. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes including Positive Connections for More Cooperation for Teens , Use Everyday Conversations to Nurture Character
Ages
Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication connection emotions
Recorded Workshop

LGBTQ+ Basics for Parents: Affirm and Protect Your Child – an Emory Exclusive Workshop

June 18, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST
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Experts

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Acey Neel Acey Neel,MA, LPC Peace at Home Parenting Expert Colleen K Vesely Colleen K. Vesely,Ph.D.

Challenges & Solutions

  • Does the idea of talking with your child about sexual orientation and gender identity feel difficult or even a little scary? 
  • Do you wonder how to raise a child to be open to those issues in themselves and an ally to others? 
  • Are you concerned that your child won’t be safe or accepted? 

Whether your child identifies as LGBTQ+ or you just want to help your kids be more aware and accepting of the range of identities around them, this session is for you. 

Clear communication, strong connection, acceptance, and love go a long way in all relationships. Join us for an honest, informative and safe space conversation on this complex topic facilitated by two Peace At Home specialists who are parents as well as professionals in the fields of mental health and family science. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted. Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • For additional support, check out the Quick Video Solutions Library, LGBTQ and Gender Essentials Library. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes including LGBTQ+: What Do All Those Letters Mean? and How to Help Your LGBTQ+ Child Thrive.
Ages
Teens & Young Adults
Tags
Affirming communication Gender Identity LGBTQ+ Sexuality
Recorded Workshop

Everyday Connection to Support Your Kids’ Mental Health

May 07, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST
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Experts

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW Peace at Home Parenting Expert Aaron Weintraub Aaron Weintraub,MS, Curriculum Advisor

Challenges & Solutions

The parent-child relationship is the most powerful mental health intervention known to humankind.  – Bessel van der Kolk, MD 

Learning loss, undeveloped social-emotional skills, soaring anxiety, depression and self-harm are among the many issues our children are facing. Post-pandemic parenting is not for the faint of heart. While you are struggling to maintain your own wellbeing, meet work demands and care for your family, your kids are dealing with challenges that are more intense than we have ever imagined. Where do you start and what really matters?

The good and bad news is that your everyday interactions with your child have a powerful influence on their emotional wellbeing. But what kinds of interactions really make a difference? And why do they matter?

This workshop will highlight the nature of stress as it relates to your children, the impact of family conflict, and the power of everyday connection and joy. Without recognizing that certain behaviors tell a story about your child’s unmet needs or the mismatch between our expectations and our kids’ capacities, it’s easy to miss important signs and symptoms. Sometimes we even make things worse in our efforts to remedy the problems. Let’s do this together. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • For additional support, check out the Quick Video Solutions Library, Parenting Principles for Progress not Perfection Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes including  The kids are Not Alright: 7 Steps to Make Your Home Their Safe Place, Be Your Child’s Calm Center: Techniques to Calm the Brain.
Ages
All, Mental Health Prenatal & Infant School Age School Educator Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication cooperation emotions Health/Wellness mental health
Recorded Workshop

Technology and the Alpha Generation: Start the Conversation and End the Power Struggles

April 03, 2024 8:00 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Amy Alamar Amy Alamar,EdD

Challenges & Solutions

We’ve moved beyond the screen time power struggle. Meet Generation Alpha, the first group of kids who entered the world surrounded by technology. 

Alphas are the children of millennials born from 2010 onwards and are the most tech-savvy generation the world has ever seen. While millennial parents have been learning how to use the latest phones and tablets since their teen years, the oldest Alphas started using these devices before they could talk. 

Alphas will communicate faster than their parents in a global, tech-driven environment. Alphas will grow up to do jobs that don’t yet exist. While digital skills will be important, they will need emotional intelligence and social confidence as well as other skills to succeed in both work and personal relationships. 

At the same time, the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory Report indicates that nearly all teens use social media and we cannot conclude it is safe with regard to their mental health. And over half of parents say their kids are “addicted” and, even among young children, craving for screen time is rapidly accelerating. 

Workshop participants will gain practical strategies that both parents and children can use to truly embrace this digital frontier without fear and within reason. Parents can’t learn faster or better than Gen Alpha when it comes to technology – but we can learn with them. Join Peace At Home experts and other parents to consider the issues and define strategies that tackle this challenge with calm, clarity and even optimism. Let’s do this together. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • For additional support, check out the Quick Video Solutions Library, Connection = Cooperation Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes including Be Your Child’s Calm Center: How Your Emotions Affect Your Child’s Behavior , Positive Connections for More Cooperation 
Ages
School Age
Tags
communication screen time social media technology
Recorded Workshop

Who Owns the Problem? Hint, It’s Not You. How To Teach Problem Solving and Resilience

May 15, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Founder and Expert Ruth Freeman Ruth Freeman,LCSW

Challenges & Solutions

  • Do you find yourself trying to solve your child’s problems?
  • Do you sometimes get into conflict about problems that aren’t really yours to solve?
  • Do you wish your child would be more effective at dealing with challenges? 

When you recognize who “owns” a problem, you can determine who is responsible for solving it. Once you know which problems are yours to solve and which problems are your child’s responsibility to solve, life gets a lot easier.

We often fall into conflicts when we try to solve our kids’ problems. And most importantly, when teens perceive that they are problem solvers, they are less likely to use substances, less likely to harm themselves or others and they are all around more competent. When you teach your child problem solving skills, you are strengthening their emotional intelligence. This asset will help them succeed in relationships, at work and in most endeavors now and in the future. 

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. 
  • If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • Check out the Resource Page and Quick Video Solutions Library. Peace at Home Starts Here. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes.
Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults
Tags
communication Connections emotions
Recorded Workshop

ADHD: 7 Steps to More Cooperation and Less Conflict (MIT)

May 06, 2024 12:00 pm EDT/EST
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Expert

Peace at Home Parenting Expert Aaron Weintraub Aaron Weintraub,MS, Curriculum Advisor

Challenges & Solutions

Parenting a child with ADHD can be difficult at times, but you don’t have to face these challenges alone. Join us to discuss strategies to increase cooperation and decrease conflict with your child. In this virtual workshop, we will discuss the characteristics that define ADHD and how it can lead to behavioral issues. Join Peace At Home expert, Aaron Weintraub, MS, to explore environments and situations which may escalate these behaviors. We’ll identify practical strategies that you can use to improve cooperation and your connection with your child.

  • Click the button above to watch the recording of this workshop previously hosted.  Come learn proven, effective solutions that quickly produce positive results giving you more clarity and confidence. If you are looking for more support email our Parent Guides at Solutions@Peaceathomeparenting.com.
  • For additional support, check out the Quick Video Solutions Library, ADHD and Autism: Help Your Child Thrive. Explore the Video Solutions and Handouts for all the classes including  Positive Discipline for Children with ADHD: Understand Your Child’s Brain,  Help Your Child with Autism to Make Friends.
Ages
School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
adhd autism communication cooperation discipline emotions Neurodiversity (ADHD/ASD)