Understanding Emotions
Understanding Emotions, Stress, and the Brain: Self-Regulation Strategies to Help You and Your Family, Organized by CHADD Northern Virginia/DC Chapter Our featured lecture, "Understanding Emotions, Stress and the Brain: Self Regulations Strategies to Help You and Your Family", will be given by our guest speaker, Sarah Wayland, from Guiding Exceptional Parents in Maryland. Please RSVP. […]
Effective Communication
Effective Communication for Better Outcomes for Your Child. Featuring Dr. Sarah Wayland 6:30 pm at the PTO meeting for CMIT-North Elementary School, Laurel, MD. Time: 6:30pm Date: Monday, April 8th, 2019 Location: CMIT-North Elementary School
2019 Diamonds in the Rough Conference
The 9th Annual Diamonds in the Rough Conference will place a special focus on the skills and supports students need to successfully launch at each educational stage. For parents raising a child with special educational needs, even small changes can feel big. Growing in confidence and hope, thinking farther out, and developing plans for a […]
Book Club: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Join us for a book club discussing the book: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky Monday April 22nd, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9:00 pm Offices of Better Together Family Therapy, Kensington MD (map it) Go here to register! Book summary: Why do we do the things we do? […]
Book Club – Differently Wired by Debbie Reber
Join us for a book club discussing the book: Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World by Debbie Reber Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9:00 pm Offices of Guiding Exceptional Parents, Riverdale Park, MD (map it) REGISTRATION IS CLOSED - We are filled to capacity! Special Guest: Debbie Reber will […]
Fall 2019 – Parent Child Journey – Raising Your Challenging Child
The 10-session Parent Child Journey: Raising Your Challenging Child program is designed to help parents identify the source of their child’s challenging behavior and learn what they can do about it. During each session, parents discuss proactive strategies for raising children with difficult temperaments and developmental differences. The emphasis is on customizing the strategy to fit each child’s unique profile. Different children. Different approaches.
Parent Academy Series – Fall 2019
Learn how to help your kids with disabilities! Come learn about language development, behavior management, and navigating the IEP process from the experts - Debrah Martin, Tiffany Phoenix, Kimberly Brown Lucas and Sarah Wayland.
Parenting Autism Summit
We’re bringing together 28 of the world’s autism and parenting experts to share the most effective symptom management and parenting strategies for kids with less-obvious autism (or Asperger’s) and their parents. If you want to improve life for your child with autism, and improve life for yourself as a parent of a child with autism, this is an event you can’t afford to miss.
