Events & Classes

We are committed to serving as a resource and partner in promoting the well-being of children and families through evidence-based programs, workshops and courses. Many of our workshops are six or eight weeks long, and are offered once per quarter.

Courses and Workshops

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Tuesday, April 4 | 6:00pm - 8:30pm | Carol A Jakus, MA, MSW, LICSW

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a scientifically supported program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. to reduce stress and increase well-being. It is thriving worldwide. Attitudes of kindness, acceptance, and patience provide a foundation for the practices of sustained focus, self-regulation, and self-exploration. A greater sense of balance, choice, and freedom is cultivated.

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Courses and Workshops

Mindful Self-Compassion

Wednesday, April 19 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Dannielle Whiley, Joel Grow, Ph.D.

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), an empirically-supported 8-week course, combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion to enhance our capacity for emotional well-being. MSC practices strengthen our ability to meet life’s difficulties with more wisdom, kindness, and spaciousness, allowing us to relate wholeheartedly to others and be more authentically ourselves.

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Free Public Lectures

Whole Child Development: Navigating Trauma, Building Resilience, Optimizing Healing and Well-Being

Thursday, May 11 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Denese Shervington, MD

Children live in families. Families live in communities. A community’s vibrancy is impacted by societal laws and cultural beliefs. This presentation will utilize the Social Ecological Model to explore the impact of interpersonal, community, institutional, and societal factors on individual level behaviors in minoritized children, especially those living in poverty and experiencing racial oppression. A Healing Justice framework which expands upon current evidence-based models of screening and treatment to include ancestral and indigenous practice-based evidence and wisdom will be offered as a method of transformational healing for minoritized children and their families.

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Professional Events

Whole Child Development: Navigating Trauma, Building Resilience, Optimizing Healing and Well Being: Part 2

Saturday, May 13 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | Denese Shervington, MD

In this workshop participants will learn about / review the complex and intersectional ways in which interpersonal, community, and historical traumas impact healthy attachment and psychosocial developmental trajectories for children, with a focus on incarcerated minoritized youth. The resultant neurobiological dysregulation and resultant increase in vulnerability to mental and physical health disorders will be explored. Participants will further explore how to apply principles of healing justice, inclusive of contemplative science and ancestral wisdom when working with youth.

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