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Past Programs

Thu Nov, 7 2024 @ noon-1:30 and 7-8:30pm CST

Ron Lieber

The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make

Tue Oct, 29 2024 @ noon and 7pm CST

Melinda Wenner Moyer

How to Raise Teens You Want to Spend Time With: Science-based Strategies for Responsible, Respectful Kids

Mon Oct, 28 2024 @ 6-8pm CST

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In-Person GREAT READ at College of DuPage — "Gods of Jade and Shadow"

Tue Oct, 22 2024 @ noon and 7pm CST

Dr. Laura Koehler

HYBRID EVENT -- Teen Anxiety and School Anxiety: Dealing with Resistance and Refusal

Thu Oct, 17 2024 @ noon and 7pm CST

Dr. John Duffy

HYBRID EVENT -- Supporting Our Teens in Challenging Times: The Power of Hope

Thu Oct, 10 2024 @ 7-8:30pm CST

Lissete Ochoa and Lizette Ramirez

B-PAC: Planificar el éxito en el instituto y más allá: El proceso de solicitud de ingreso en la Universidad / Planning for Success in High School and Beyond: The College Application Process

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Tue Oct, 8 2024 @ noon and 7pm CST

Jeffrey Selingo

Who Gets In And Why: A Year Inside College Admissions -- UPDATED ZOOM LINKS

Wed Oct, 2 2024 @ noon and 7pm CST

Mariana Proske Gutierrez

B-PAC: Early Childhood Event -- Criar al niño pequeño a través de crisis, mala conducta y rabietas / Parenting the Young Child Through Meltdowns, Misbehavior and Tantrums

Tue Oct, 1 2024 @ 7pm CST

Dr. Pooja A. Patel

B-PAC: વીષય: “બાળકોને શારીરિક અને માનસિક રીતે મજબૂત બનાવવા માટે ના માતા પિતા ને માર્ગદર્શન / Parenting Pathways for Healthy Students

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Mon Sep, 30 2024 @ noon and 7pm CST

Dr. Edward Hallowell

Driven to Distraction: The New Science to Shift from Deficits to Strengths – ADHD & More

Tue Sep, 24 2024 @ noon and 7pm CST

Dr. Andrew Solomon

Far From the Tree: The Many Ways of Unconditional Love and Acceptance

Thu Sep, 19 2024 @ 7-8:30pm CST

Chris Herren, former NBA player

HYBRID EVENT -- Prevention Starts With All: The Chris Herren Story -- 7 p.m. ONLY

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Praise should not deal with personality attributes, but with EFFORT and achievements.

Carol Dweck

March 2015

Don't think of introversion or quiet as something that needs to be cured. The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk.

Susan Cain

Jan. 2024

Acts of kindness, counting your blessings and weekly gratitude acts will increase moments of happiness. If you want to make yourself happy try to make others happy first.

Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky

Feb. 2024

The most powerful therapy is human love. Connectedness to other people (who are present, nurturing, supportive) is key to buffering today's stressors and healing from past trauma.

Bruce Perry MD

Oct. 2023

Research shows that teens with empathetic parents actually have lower levels of systemic inflammation – a biological marker of emotional stress.

Dr. Lisa Damour

Sept. 2023

We need to recognize that some behaviors reflect a SKILL weakness rather than a lack of motivation. Receiving three pieces of positive feedback for each corrective remark can produce positive change all by itself.

Dr. Richard Guare

Aug. 2023

Lectures don't work. Listen more than you talk, and give kids choice. They crave autonomy.

Dr. Ferney Ramirez

April 2024

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