Webinar, May 11th, 2021 – 10 AM, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts. PPal Parent Network Socials Statewide meetings are meant only for parents/caregivers/family members/family partners of children with behavioral health needs.
* TOPIC: Many of our children are experiencing distress and showing it in new or different ways. Is it OCD? Is it self-harm? Is it something else? What are we to do?
* Hear Dr. Nadja Lopez Reilly discuss:
- What might anxiety (and anxiety-related behaviors) look like in children and adolescents at this point in the pandemic?
- What does this mean for understanding and managing internal dysregulation? What can we do if behaviors seem dangerous?
- How can parents/caregivers help a child regulate distress in the moment? What does this look like across the age span?
- How can adults help with coregulation?
- What happens if we lose our cool when things are challenging?
- What’s repair work and how does it fit into this?
About the speaker: * Dr. Lopez Reilly is the Associate Director of the Freedman Center for Child and Family Development and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of School Psychology at William James College. Her primary clinical and research interests focus on treatment of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, school climate and social emotional learning, culturally responsive treatment and teaching, and systems change. * She has written multiple publications to support student mental health, including the book Anxiety and Depression in the Classroom: A Guide to Promoting Self-Regulation in Young Students.
* When signing up, please indicate in your email that you are a parent or a family member of a child with behavioral health needs.
RSVP for the Zoom link to https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ehvm91joc2b0eaad&oseq=&c=59514330-4233-11e3-9b3c-782bcb740129&ch=73a0fda0-61a8-11e7-bc35-d4ae52754db0 OR RSVP to the Statewide Planning Team, Parent/Professional Advocacy League, (866)815-8122 or statewide@ppal.net
