Lesson Category: School Age

Kids thrive on structure, but it doesn’t have to feel rigid. Learn how to create simple, effective family rules and routines that make life smoother and reduce power struggles. You’ll also learn how to adjust expectations as your child grows and changes.

After this quick video, you will be able to...

• Set up family rules that encourage cooperation.
• Create routines that make daily life easier.
• Adjust rules as your child grows and changes.

Research has shown that once youth understand how their brain works and what they can do to optimize brain health, their social emotional health and motivation to learn increases. In this session, parents and educators can learn about the relationship between executive functions and emotional regulation, and how that affects academics in addition to stress and well-being.

Educators play a vital role in shaping not only students’ academic success but also their emotional resilience. In today’s fast-paced and high-pressure environments, both students and teachers experience significant stress. The good news? Stress, when managed effectively, can actually be beneficial to brain health. This session is designed to equip educators with practical, science-backed strategies to manage their own stress while also supporting students in cultivating healthy coping mechanisms.

Getting your child to brush their teeth is hard! This class will introduce tips and tricks to help make it less of a daily struggle for you and your child.  Designed for parents of children ages 1-5. 

Human beings are built to reflect each other’s emotions. When children display intense feelings and behaviors, our brains naturally reflect those. We start to feel stressed, angry, fearful, or overwhelmed, just like our kids. The most helpful thing we can do is to develop a brain calming practice and make it part of our daily routine.

Parents and educators may not realize that the messages you are sending about your own confidence and well-being affect the youth you raise. Learn more about the connection between self-esteem and growth mindset. Make a plan to change your feedback language and self-talk on behalf of yourself and your children or students.

Gifted students are more likely to hold a “fixed mindset,” which may hold them back from trying new things or reaching their full potential. They may believe they should only do things at which they are excellent. The way families and educators give feedback can reinforce a frame of mind that supports those limiting beliefs or the confidence to try new experiences. Learn about the language you can use to support courage and independence in your gifted student. You will also gain skills in coaching your child back to confidence after a failure.  

Conversation is a pathway to developing and sustaining a healthy and trusting relationship with your child. The deepest conversations that build strong connections happen when you can release your expectations and agenda. This allows you to listen deeply and enjoy your child during the exciting school age years.

No matter the age of your child, you've probably experienced some difficulty that's led to an argument. Whether the conflict lasts a moment or a month, it can leave both you and your child feeling hurt or frustrated or both. Learn how to work with your child to find solutions to conflict, which will strengthen your relationship.

 Students, parents, and educators are facing dramatically increased academic loss and a widening of the achievement gap. How can we address the loss and build understanding? Evidence suggests that we start with building empathy. Compassion will help us embrace the academic challenge as a community. In this class we will look at the effects of school absences due to health, behavior, and current events. We will also introduce and review effective strategies to build a strong academic foundation.