Parenting & Family

6-7pm on December 15 This First 5 Yolo class will help child care providers learn strategies to minimize the spread of COVID-19. First 5 will be providing technology, which is a tablet with internet data, and a $50 gift card from Amazon. Don't miss this opportunity to attend and learn. Please share the attached flyer in Spanish with child care providers!

Nurturing Resilience & Joy in/among Young BIPOC Children, Part 1. Focus on Parents & Caregivers on 11/16 5:30pm on November 16 Join EmbraceRace for this webinar: US society is too often unkind to Black and Indigenous children and children of color (BIPOC children), raising the risk that these children learn to be unkind to themselves and each other. If we are to raise a generation of BIPOC children who fully recognize their own humanity, and that of their peers within and across...

In the face of this uncertainty, ZERO TO THREE’s latest policy report, Building for the Future: Strong Policies for Babies and Families After COVID-19 , weaves together the landscape for babies and families as revealed in the State of Babies Yearbook , as well as research on how they have been faring during the pandemic and economic upheaval, while highlighting the policy gaps that left families of color and with low income particularly vulnerable.

Managing Distance Learning at Home Webinar for Parents This is a Zoom Call for parents to learn some tricks for Managing Distance Learning At Home. We will talk about how to manage your children with their distance learning while caring for younger kids and/or trying to get your own work done. Please share the attached flyer with parents! The link for the call from MOSIAC Children's Museum on November 19th at 6:30pm is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87678548820 . Caring for Young Children While...

* Help Me Grow FREE Virtual Developmental Screening event for families with children 0-5 This virtual event will take place Thursday, December 10th between 3pm-5pm on Zoom. We will have online screening tools. staff available to assist, and real-time answers to child development questions. Registration is required and we recommend you register ahead of time so we can schedule a staff member to assist you in your own private virtual “room”. Families can register at this link...

Supporting Families through Best Practice: An Overview of the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support on 11/4 11:30am-12:45pm on November 4 This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support . These Standards have created a common language across different kinds of Family Strengthening and Family Support programs and are used as a tool for planning, providing, and assessing quality practice. Relationship...

· Tips for Virtually Engaging Parents and Caregivers Parents and other caregivers of adolescents play a key role in supporting young people and helping them navigate adolescence as they transition toward adulthood. This is particularly important during times of stress and change, such as the current public health pandemic that has upended the regular routines of adolescents and families. This tip sheet provides you with strategies you can use to reach out to parents virtually and provide...

· Nurturing the Amazing Teen Brain The way children’s brains grow during adolescence has lasting effects on their health and well-being later on in life. Brain science offers important insight into how and why adolescents may act the way they do. And it helps guide parents on ways to support teens’ growing development. · When Do Teens Feel Loved by Their Parents? In their drive for independence, teenagers can seem to reject parents. A new study suggests that the key to making them feel loved...

· The State of the LGBTQ Community in 2020: A National Public Opinion Study : A comprehensive new study from the Center for American Progress found that more than 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ Americans faced discrimination of some kind in the past year, including more than 3 in 5 transgender Americans. Find other survey findings here. · GLSEN released findings from its biennial 2019 National School Climate Survey , examining the school experiences of LGBTQ+ students nationally, and offers a broad...

WarmLine was founded by and is staffed by parents who share the common experience of parenting a child with developmental delays or disabilities. WarmLine offers virtual events for families and parents as well as Special Education Workshops. Online registration is required for all WarmLine activities and workshops. For assistance, call WarmLine at 916-455-9500.

The Science Behind Your Child’s Tantrums: And how to nip them in the bud before they start Parenting videos in English and Spanish from Positive Parenting SPACE: Helping Kids with Anxiety : Psychologist, Eli Lebowitz and his colleagues developed a method for training parents to support anxious children known as SPACE: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. In a study of 124 children and their parents, Yale researchers examined whether the SPACE intervention was effective in...

Being the Change: 3 Tips for Changemakers on 10/22 10am on October 22 Now more than ever, many of us are feeling the call to be a part of the sweeping change in our world while at the same time being affected by the stressful circumstances. There are many types of changemakers and ways to bring about change. Join Kamakshi Hart, MA, creator of Origins newest course, "The Changemaker: It Starts With You", and Andi Fetzner, PsyD, co-founder of Origins Training & Consulting for a one-hour...