Interactive Workshops

School Success

Student Independence

About

Every child deserves to feel capable and confident at school. These workshops help parents build the home-school connection, support emotional well-being, and create routines that strengthen academic success. From navigating special education, tackling transitions, or just trying to end the nightly homework battle, attendees gain practical tools that reduce stress and help children thrive—starting at home.

Interactive Workshops

School Success: Inspire Motivation and Engagement
Unmotivated, stressed or bored with school? This workshop helps parents reduce homework battles, build positive routines, and reignite curiosity. They’ll learn how to support learning at home and partner with teachers to create a plan that works for their child.
School Refusal: What’s Important to Know
When kids resist school, it's often rooted in anxiety—not defiance. This workshop helps parents recognize the signs of school refusal, understand what’s behind it, and create a plan for rebuilding trust and routine.
My Child is Struggling in School: How Can I Help?
If your child is having trouble with academics, behavior, or social skills, you're not alone—and you’re not powerless. This workshop helps parents understand what's going on and how to collaborate with their child’s teacher or school team to assess needs and get meaningful support.
Academic Loss: What Really Helps?
Academic setbacks are real—but so is recovery. This workshop helps parents shift from fear to empathy, offering strategies that address learning loss while building motivation, emotional safety, and a sense of community.
Connecting Home and School: How You Can Help Your Student Succeed
When parents and schools work together, students succeed. In this workshop parents learn how to build positive communication with teachers, support academic goals at home, and create a strong bridge between the classroom and the living room.
Executive Function Challenges in Teens: How it Impacts Academics and How You Can Help
Teens missing deadlines, forgetting assignments, or struggling to stay organized and focused can be a sign of challenges with executive function—not laziness or lack of motivation. This workshop teaches parents what executive function really means, how it affects a teen’s daily life, and practical ways to support them.
Use Effective Feedback to Build Courage & Confidence
Many students have a “fixed mindset” which can make them afraid to fail or try new things. This mindset may hold them back from reaching their full potential. This workshop explores how an evidence-based form of feedback can encourage resilience, curiosity, and confidence—at home and in school even after setbacks.
Approaching the College Admissions Process
The college process can be an emotional roller coaster for both parents and teens. This workshop helps parents navigate the journey with calm and confidence—from planning conversations to applications to acceptance—and support their teen through it all.
Bullying: Relationships Matter
Whether a child is being left out, picked on, or acting aggressively, these experiences leave a lasting mark. This workshop focuses on what parents can do to build emotional safety and support healthy relationships.
Special Education: 504’s and IEPs – What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter?
When your child struggles in school, understanding your options is key. This workshop helps demystify the special education process and guides parents through the differences between 504 plans and IEPs—so they can advocate with confidence.
Get the Most from Your Child’s IEP Meeting: Prepare, Advocate and Find Support
IEP meetings can feel overwhelming—but they don’t have to be. This workshop gives parents the tools to prepare effectively, ask the right questions, and work as partners with the school team to support their child’s success.
Back To School: Tips and Tools for a Smooth Transition
Heading back to school after a relaxed summer can be tough. This workshop offers simple strategies to build routines, reduce anxiety, and start the school year with calm, connection, and confidence.
Inspire Independence & Sustain a Love of Learning in Toddlers & Preschoolers
A love of learning starts early—and parents play a big role. This workshop explores how to support curiosity, build independence, and foster positive habits that last far beyond the preschool years.
Get Ready for Childcare or Preschool: Ensure a Positive Transition
Starting preschool or daycare is a big step for both kids and caregivers. This workshop helps parents prepare emotionally and practically for this new chapter, with routines and strategies that ease the transition.
Get Ready for Kindergarten
The leap to kindergarten can feel overwhelming, but preparation can make all the difference. This workshop helps parents understand what their child needs, build supportive routines, and make the transition a more joyful, confident experience for everyone.
The Vital Link Between Sleep and Schoolwork for Children and Teens
Poor sleep leads to poor focus, frustration, and academic struggles. This workshop connects the dots between healthy sleep habits and school success—and helps parents create bedtime routines that work. Because no one learns well when they’re running on empty.

Meet your Instructors

Amy Alamar

School, Teens, Relationships,

EdD

Ruth Freeman

Mental Health, School Age, Relationships,

LCSW

Aaron Weintraub

Autism, Anxiety, ADHD,

MS, Curriculum Advisor

JoAnn Robinson

Infants, Potty Training, Taming Tantrums,

PhD

Cora Megan

Toddlers/Preschoolers, Early Discipline, Childcare,

MA
Peace at Home