Interactive Workshops

School Age

About

School-age children do best when they feel safe, capable, and connected. At this stage, they’re developing emotional awareness, independence, and habits that stick. These workshops offer practical strategies to improve behavior, build resilience, support learning and strengthen parent-child relationships—so families feel more supported at home, and kids are better prepared to thrive at school and beyond.

Interactive Workshops

Positive Discipline for Peace At Home
Discipline is most effective when it's both firm and kind. This workshop equips parents with practical tools to set clear, respectful limits—without yelling or shaming—so children learn responsibility in a supportive environment. Parents will learn consistent, evidence based strategies that not only improve behavior but also strengthen the parent-child connection.
Be Your Child's Emotions Coach: Everyday Emotions to Red Flags
Big feelings can create big challenges—especially for school-age kids who are still learning how to cope. This workshop teaches parents how to respond with empathy, model healthy emotional habits, and help children build self-awareness and resilience. They’ll gain tools to reduce family conflict, recognize emotional red flags and strengthen their child’s confidence and connection.
Sugar, Screens, and Routines: Find the Right Balance for Your Family
When bedtime turns into a battle, screens feel like a lifeline, and mealtimes are a mess, it's easy to feel defeated. This workshop helps parents reset routines, establish healthy habits, and create more calm and cooperation at home.
Build an Extraordinary Relationship with Your Child through Daily Conversation
Between school stress, expanding tech use, and growing independence, staying connected with children can be a challenge for parents. This workshop explores how playful conversations and intentional connection can protect a child’s mental health and emotional well-being. Parents will learn how to strengthen their bond through everyday moments that build trust and joy.
Who owns the problem? Teach Problem Solving and Strengthen Resilience
It’s painful for parents to watch their child struggle—but always stepping in can backfire. This workshop helps parents know when to guide and when to let go. Parents will learn essential steps in coaching children to find solutions, so kids can grow into capable, resilient problem-solvers. Workshop participants also gain strategies to strengthen resilience as kids develop.
Playtime with Your Kids: Move More, Build Connections, Stress Less
Play is powerful—it relieves stress, improves focus, and helps families bond. This workshop explores how movement-based play supports children’s physical and mental health while creating joyful opportunities for connection. Workshop participants will leave with simple ideas to get their family active and emotionally attuned.
Mealtimes: End the Power Struggles
Regular family meals are associated with better school performance, fewer behavior problems and less substance use. However when meals turn into a power struggle, it’s not just about food—it’s about control, connection, and stress. This workshop helps parents reduce the pressure and bring more peace and connection to those important family meals.
Money and Kids: Raise Financially Responsible Children
Teaching kids about money can feel overwhelming, but financial literacy is a skill they’ll use for life. This workshop helps parents talk to kids about money in age-appropriate ways—from allowance and saving to long-term habits that build responsibility and independence.
Sleep Solutions for Your School Age Child
Struggles at bedtime can disrupt children’s sleep, behavior, mood and learning. This workshop helps parents understand what’s typical for school-age sleep, and offers evidence-based, practical tools to reduce resistance, ease worries, and help everyone get more rest.
Help Your Child Make Friends: When to Lean In and When to Let Go
It can be heartbreaking for a parent to watch their child struggle socially. This workshop helps parents understand what’s behind friendship challenges and offers ways to build empathy, confidence, and connection—from the inside out.
Raise Happy Children: Parenting for Optimism and Resilience
Research tells us that “things” don’t really make us happy. While temperament is inborn, parents can actually help children increase optimism (positive outlook and hopefulness) and resilience (ability to effectively bounce back from challenges). These traits are strongly connected to well-being and success. Learn everyday strategies to build happiness from the inside out—for the whole family.
Routines, Chores and Family meetings: Get a little more organized and have more fun!
This workshop offers practical tools—like family meetings and clear routines—to reduce nagging, reduce conflict, build responsibility, and make everyday life smoother, more connected and fun!
A Cultural Perspective on Positive Discipline and Secure Attachment
Discipline styles often reflect parents’ own upbringing and cultural norms. This workshop offers space to explore how those experiences shape the way we parent. Participants will gain strategies to integrate science-backed discipline and relationship building strategies that strengthen security, trust, and cooperation without harm.
Less Parent-Child Conflict, More Solutions
Arguments between parents and kids are normal—but they don’t have to be so painful. This workshop gives caregivers tools to reduce conflict, improve communication, and work through tough moments as a team.
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.
Help Your Child Make Friends: When to Lean In and When to Let Go
Friendships are essential to kids' well-being—but when they struggle socially, it’s hard not to jump in. This workshop helps parents support social development without overstepping. They will learn when to coach, when to comfort, and when to let their child figure it out.
Building Bonds: Guiding Positive Sibling Relationships
Sibling conflict is normal—but when it dominates the household, it creates stress for everyone. This workshop offers parents practical ways to reduce rivalry, promote connection and support their children to become lifelong allies.

Meet your Instructors

Ruth Freeman

Mental Health, School Age, Relationships,

LCSW

Amy Alamar

School, Teens, Relationships,

EdD

Aaron Weintraub

Autism, Anxiety, ADHD,

MS, Curriculum Advisor
Peace at Home