Educational Workshops for Parents

Dr. Jill Saxon, BCBA-D, and her colleague, Dr. Sarah Bilancia, PhD, lead two educational workshop series for parents throughout the year. Join us for "Parenting Young Children with Anxiety-Related Behaviors, Big Feelings, and Worries" and "An Educational Workshop for Parents on SPACE."

An Educational Workshop for Parents on SPACE

SUPPORTIVE PARENTING FOR ANXIOUS CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS

A four-week online workshop for parents and caregivers of preschool and elementary school-aged children with anxiety, fears and phobias, OCD-type behaviors, and related behavioral concerns.

Summer 2024

This interactive, small-group online workshop draws on evidence-based methods by Dr. Eli Lebowitz with the Yale Child Study Center to empower parents with practical strategies to help children decrease anxiety and increase resiliency.

• Understand children's anxiety and how parents tend to respond
• Focus on how parents can help children better handle their anxiety and OCD
• Explore parental support to boost kids' confidence in their ability to cope with distress
• Learn how to create a plan that can help reduce anxiety and related behaviors

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Parenting Young Children with Anxiety-Related Behaviors, Big Feelings, and Worries:

HOW CAN WE RESPOND WHEN WE FEEL STUCK IN THE MUCK?

​A six-week online workshop for parents wishing to learn how to respond flexibly to the difficult situations that arise when parenting a child with anxiety-related behaviors, big feelings, and worries.

​Fall 2024

Parenting with Awareness and Intention
When our kids are experiencing anxiety-related behaviors, big feelings, or worries, they may get stuck in some pretty yucky thoughts and emotions. Parents can find themselves in touch moments with these kids, and our own uncomfortable thoughts and feelings can get us stuck right in the muck with them.

This workshop series offers parents training in flexibility responding to the difficult situations that arise when parenting a child with anxiety-related behaviors, big feelings, and worries. Participants will learn tools derived from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to respond to their children in mindful and meaningful ways. These tools will enable parents to engage in more behaviors that match the kind of parent they want to be, even when uncomfortable thoughts and feelings show up.

During each session, participants will be invited to participate in experiential exercises to demonstrate the power of these new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings. Throughout the workshop, parents will gain a deeper understanding of how anxiety and other big feelings can show up in young kids, how emotions function for them, and how flexible parenting can provide meaningful support for children.

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