family education events
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The San Mateo Union High School District and all of its schools host numerous family education events throughout the year. From college planning to teenage mental health, from how to help your teen navigate their four years of high school to how to address substance abuse, we have family education events on important relevant teen topics. And very importantly, they are often free to very low cost.
We hope you join us for as many of these family events as possible.
Upcoming / Recorded Events
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Cyberbullying and Social Media
Sameer Hinduja, PhD, is recognized internationally for his groundbreaking work on cyberbullying and safe social media use. In this presentation, he will examine cyberbullying and unwise social media use, and offer practical strategies for identification, prevention, and response.
Resilience and Risk: How Culture Shapes Close Relationships and Health
- Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
- Belinda Campos, PhD, Professor, Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, UC Irvine
- Register
- Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
- Free admission.
Relationships can bring happiness and protect health. In this talk, Belinda Campos, PhD, Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies at UC Irvine, will discuss how cultures that prioritize others before the self (e.g., Latino and East Asian) can be beneficial for relationships and protective of health.
This event is sponsored by generous donors from the Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the San Mateo County Office of Education, in partnership with The Parent Venture.
Transforming Inclusive Education: The Presumption of Competence- Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 5 – 6 p.m.
- Shelley Moore, PhD, Inclusion and Equity Advocate, Founder, Five Moore Minutes
- Register
- Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
- Free admission.
Inclusive education shows us that ALL kids need support and can benefit from educational practices that serve children with (visible and invisible) disabilities. To transform inclusive education, we need to change our aim and find the value in diversity.
Dr. Shelley Moore, founder of Five Moore Minutes, is a highly sought-after teacher, researcher, speaker and storyteller. Her TED talk, Transforming Inclusive Education, has garnered over 340K views.
This special presentation is sponsored by the Redwood City School District and SEPTAR (Special Education PTA Redwood City), in partnership with The Parent Venture.
Event Recordings
What Do you Say? Talking with Kids to Build Stress Tolerance and Motivation
If you're a parent, you've likely had conversations when you thought, "How did that go so badly?" The good news is that effective communication can be cultivated, learned, and taught. William Stixrud, PhD, and Ned Johnson have 60 years combined experience talking to kids one-on-one, and the most common question they get when speaking to parents and educators is: What do you say?
In their new book, What Do You Say?, Stixrud and Johnson show how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, beginning with the basic principles of listening and speaking. They share new ways to handle thorny topics like boundaries around technology, anxiety, sleep and the brain, motivation, and family problem-solving.
William Stixrud, PhD, is a clinical neuropsychologist and a faculty member at Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University Medical School. He is on the board of the David Lynch Foundation.
Community Resiliency Model Training
The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® is a mental health training for parents, caregivers, and community members to support families and their wider social network. The primary focus of this skills-based program is to re-set the natural balance of the nervous system in order to bring the body, mind, and spirit back into greater balance.
CRM® Trainers:
Mary McGrath, Executive Director of Safe and Supportive Schools, SMCOE
Molly Henricks, Coordinator of School Safety and Risk Prevention, SMCOE
Shana Karashima, Coordinator of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, SUHSD
This two-part workshop (Part 1 and Part 2) focuses on the six CRM wellness skills, as well as the neuroscience behind the model. CRM is sponsored by the San Mateo County Office of Education and Sequoia Union High School District, in partnership with The Parent Venture.
How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns
What does nonbinary really mean? What is gender nonconforming? And isn't they a plural pronoun? Stuart Getty, a real-life, they-using genderqueer writer, unpacks all your burning questions in a fun, visual way.
The Neuroscience of Addiction with Dr. Anna Lembke, Stanford University
Anna Lembke, MD, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine, appeared in the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. This webinar takes a hard look at the impact of social media, video games, and technology on our brains.
Family Talk: Vaping Webinar
A live panel of presenters from SMFCSD and SMUHSD will be hosting the discussion. All of the presenters work in the field of Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) and work with youth directly.
Topics included:
What are vapes and what do they contain?
What are the health risks?
Why do teens use them?
How can you help a young person who is using nicotine?
Mira la grabación Foro Virtual De Familias Latinas: Regreso a la escuela
Temas incluidos:
Las cuatro Pilares para Reapertura de Escuelas
Cuestionario de Salud y Toma de Temperatura
Pruebas
Modelo educativo
Otros temas de importancia
Additional Recordings
The Parent Venture Webinar Recordings can be found in their video library. Recordings from other presenters can be found below.
Parenting Adolescents in the Time of Covid
A discussion on navigating relationships with teenagers in current times.Presenter: Katherine K. Peterson, Ph.D., Licensed Educational Psychologist
Rooted in compassion for parents during these bizarre and challenging times, Licensed Educational Psychologist Dr. Katherine Peterson will review practical tips for engaging and connecting with your teenager, offering resources for families to connect with one another and share their collective wisdom.
Watch the February 24, 2021 recording.
Student Success in Distance Learning
Parent Education Series Video Library
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Subscribe to the Parent Education Series YouTube Channel to access their library of parent education workshop recordings.
Parent Support Groups
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Children's Health Council Presents Parent Support GroupsThe Children's Health Council provides life changing services for learning differences and mental health for children, teens and young adults.Learn more about their Parent Support Groups, which include:
- Learning Differences Parent Support Group
- Anxiety Parent Support Group
- ADHD Parent Support Group