Parents Place Workshop: Parenting your Neurodivergent Child - Strength-Based Strategies at Home & in School

Do you have a neurodivergent student or child who is underperforming  in school? Let’s help them get their light back! A happy and engaged  student is one who will take on challenges. In this positivity-focused  workshop, we will emphasize the many reasons neurodiverse students have  to celebrate their unique brain wiring. We will identify strategies for  building confidence, self-esteem, and self-efficacy by providing  opportunities for individuals to show and grow their strengths, learning  ways to tease apart the conceptual content goals from the challenges in  expression, and integrating strength-based strategies into everyday  life. There will be time for participants to ask questions specific to  their child.

About the presenter:

Abby Kirigin is  a mom to three gifted, creative, and neurodiverse children. She is  currently a Doctoral student of Cognitive Diversity in Education at the  Bridges Graduate School, as well as the Administrative and Advancement  Director for Touchstone Learning, an elementary school in the Bay Area  for dyslexic and 2E students, and a partner at REEL Palo Alto, a Bay  Area teacher and parent advocacy group for twice exceptionality.  Additionally, Abby serves on the Board of Trustees at Woodland School, a  Pre-K through 8th grade private school. She holds a Master's degree in  Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon and an undergraduate  degree from NYU in Computer Science & Philosophy. Abby previously  co-founded a venture backed startup, and has worked as an Interaction  Designer for startups, large companies, and the US government.

Fee: $45

These workshops will NOT be recorded.