Mental Health Support & Speakers for Boston Metro Communities
Virtual sessions the first Thursday of each month in 2025, with guest speakers, through the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community. This is a peer-run community in the Metro Boston Area for people who have been...
Parenting Neurodivergent Children Support Groups
Virtual Support Groups, through December 2026, with the Parent Helping Parents of Watertown, MA. Supporting parents with children whose brains process, learn, or behave differently. This support group is open to anyone parenting a neurodivergent...
Navigating Transition Workshop Series
Online Series, the first Tuesday of each month, with the Federation for Children with Special Needs in Massachusetts. Join the FCSN on the first Tuesday of each month from 6-7 to hear from experts on...
Learn Floortime & Support Your Child’s Development
Webinar Series, March 11th – May 27th, 2026, with Acton/Boxborough Community Education. In this DIR/Floortime™ workshop, parents will learn DIR® techniques that focuses on the child-parent (or caregiver) relationship as the heart of learning and...
Pre-Planning for Family Mental Health Crisis
Webinar, March 17th, 2026, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts. Free for Parent and Caregivers. PPAL’s Statewide meetings are meant ONLY for parents/caregivers/family members/family partners of children with behavioral health needs. When signing up, please indicate in your email that you are a parent or a family member of a child with behavioral health needs.
* Pre-Planning for a Mental Health Crisis: The Road to Readiness
* Planning ahead for a mental health emergency can help make a difficult situation less stressful. PPAL provides a step-by-step guide with tools, resources and strategies in order to help families be well-prepared for a mental health crisis involving their children.
RSVPS required for the Zoom link to (866)815-8122 or training@ppal.net.
Being The Calm Within The Storm. Understanding Your Child’s Emotions and Behaviors
Webinar, March 18th, 2026, with the Epilepsy Foundation of New England. The presenters will be Neuropsychologists Dr. Britt Emerton Carlson and Dr. Agnes Chung from MassGeneral Brigham. They will explain how both emotions and behaviors...
The Mental Health IEP
Webinar, March 23rd, 2026, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts Free PPAL workshops are meant for parents, caregivers, family members, individuals, family partners, and/or peer leaders with experience supporting children with emotional, behavioral,...
NAMI New Hampshire Mental Health Conference
Virtual Event, March 25th & 26th, 2026. Participants come from communities all around New Hampshire and are interested in learning more about mental illness. This includes broadening their understanding of ways to support each other,...
Transition Planning & the IEP
Webinar, March 25th, 2026, with the Federation for Children with Special Needs of Massachusetts. Explore transition planning within the IEP process, focusing on how schools, families, and students work together to prepare for life after...
Post Secondary Resource Fair For Students Who Learn Differently
Prides Crossing, MA, (North Shore), March 26th, 2026. Free and open to the public. Meet representatives from college and university admissions and student support services, gap year programs, technical schools, and other non-traditional options. No...
Post Secondary College Fair for Students Who Learn Differently
Pride’s Crossing, MA, March 26th, 2026, 6- 8 p.m., with Landmark School. Free and open to the public. Meet representatives from college and university admissions and student support services, gap year programs, technical schools, and...
Meeting the Moment -A Community Conversation & Resource Fair
UMass Lowell, with virtual options, March 27th, 2026. Hosted by Mass Abilities and the Massachusetts Commission On The Status Of Persons With Disabilities. The event will also provide an opportunity to connect with local organizations,...
Safety at Home & in the Community
Webinar, April 2nd, 2026, with the NortheastArc in Family Resource Center in Danvers. Guest speaker Nicole Simon, Senior Behavioral Consultant, Lurie Center for Autism, is a behavior analyst that utlizes the applied behavior analysis (ABA)...
Bureau of Special Education Appeals “Mediation & Facilitation”
Webinar, April 7th, 2026, with the Massachusetts Bureau of Special Education Appeals. In an effort to ensure that they are meeting the needs of families and school districts in Massachusetts, the Mediators at the Massachusetts’...
Trauma & Embodiment Annual Conference
Virtual Conference, April 10th – 12th, 2026,with the Justice Resource Institute in Needham, MA. The Center for Trauma and Embodiment’s annual conference – learn and share innovations in trauma healing that center the body. This...
Special-Needs Schools Conference & Vendor Expo
Westborough, MA, April 4th, 2025, with the The Massachusetts Association of Approved Special Education Schools. This is a professional conference for networking and informational purposes, not intended for students and families. MAAPS is the association...
Special Education & the IEP Process Q&A: English and Spanish
Webinar, April 14th, 2026, with Advocates of Framingham and the Massachusetts’ Department of Developmental Services. Sesion de preguntas y respuestas con Beth Doyle, la Gerente de Programas de Educacion dentro del DDS. Ella contestara todas...
Autism & the Microbiome (Gut/Brain Link)
Webinar, April 15th, 2026, with the Lurie Center in Lexington, MA. The Coffee Convo presentation series is presented by the Lurie Center for Autism. Coffee Convo presentations are offered monthly. All events are conducted virtually,...
Preparing for the New Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Regulations Around Time Out Practices
Webinar, April 17th, 2026, with the Disability Law Center of Massachusetts. This webinar focuses on providing information to schools about the tools available to them with the new DESE regulations. Information will be provided in...
Eating Disorders Conference in Framingham
Framingham, MA, April 30th & May 1st, 2026, with the Multi Service Eating Disorders Association. he 2026 MEDA Conference will cover the most recent knowledge and research, and the most cutting-edge approaches in the eating...
Disability Transition-to-Adult Resource Fair: Malden
Malden High School, Malden, MA, April 30th, 2026, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Hosted by the Malden and Medford Offices of Special Education. Free and open to the public. This is a regional fair and all...
The New England Association for Play Therapy Conference
Nashua, NH, May 1st & 2nd, 2026, with the The New England Association for Play Therapy, Inc. The New England Association for Play Therapy, Inc is a branch of the Association for Play Therapy that...
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Research Centers of Excellence Virtual Conference
Webinar, May 6th, 2026, with the MGH Center of Excellence for Psychosocial and Systemic Research Mass General Brigham and iSPARC UMass Chan Medical School. This year’s theme is “Building Solutions and Breaking Barriers: Advancing Behavioral...
Mental Health First Aid Training in Topfield
Topsfield, MA, May 7th & 8th, 2026, with the Tri-Town Council. Learn how to support the young people in your life. Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to...
PPAL’s 14th Annual Children’s Mental Health Conference
Online event, May 15th 2026, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts. Gather virtually to recognize the importance of lived experience, watch award the Children’s Mental Health Community Awards, and attend morning and afternoon...
The Epilepsy Foundation New England Teen Advocacy Program
Sturbridge, MA, October 2 – 4, 2026. The Epilepsy Foundation New England Teen Advocacy Program is a unique weekend designed to help teens build confidence, connect with others who understand their experience, and learn how...
