☃️ Happy Holidays! Immigration Grief; Become Your Child's Favorite Conversation Partner

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Happy Holidays! As the year winds to a close, we wish you all the joys of the season -- and time to enjoy them with your family. ❄️

In our final Parent Education Series events of 2023, we offer two Parent Forums:

1) Spanish: Michelle Remond, Community Liaison, RCSD, and Edwin Fernandez, LCSW, One Life Counseling Center, present El dolor de migrar y las fiestas navideñas (Immigration grief and the holiday season) (December 12)

2) English: Eran Magen, PhD, population health psychologist and founder of Parenting for Humans, offers How to Become Your Child's Favorite Conversation Partner. Perfect for winter break! (December 15)

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Upcoming 2023 - 2024 Events

Parent Forums

Foro de padres #32 (español) – El dolor de migrar y las fiestas navideñas

(Immigration grief and the holiday season)

Las fiestas navideñas y de fin de año son una ocasión de alegría y unión familiar, pero para muchos migrantes también son una época de dolor y nostalgia. Únase a Michelle Remond y Edwin Fernández, LCSW, en esta importante conversación.

Martes, 12 de diciembre de 2023

5:30pm - 6:30pm PT

Evento virtual (en vivo)

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Parent Forum #28 (English) - How to Become Your Child's Favorite Conversation Partner

We all want closer In this special Parent Forum (English), Eran Magen, PhD, offers tips on how to approach conversations with your child.

Friday, December 15, 2023

12:00pm – 1:00pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

Community Resources

Safety First - Halpern-Felsher REACH Lab, Stanford Medicine

Stanford’s REACH Lab is well known for its prevention education, including the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit and the Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Toolkit. Their new curriculum, Safety First, addresses fentanyl and opioids.

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Students these days feel like they’re constantly trailed by a kind of digital-era paparazzi. And that can make it hard for them to get used to solving their own problems (Devorah Heitner, PhD, Growing Up in Public).

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What Should You Know? Fentanyl Education and Harm Reduction Strategies

Kelsey Moon, director of the ASAT (Adolescent Substance Addiction Treatment) program at Adolescent Counseling Services, offers information about fentanyl and harm reduction strategies.

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