Mental Health During COVID-19
June 8, 2021
This past year has brought up so many emotions in our children… anxiety, fear, and frustration, to name a few. Hospital visits among children for this very reason are at a frightening, all-time high.
The Individualized Education Plan (IEP) During COVID-19
March 16, 2021
Navigating special education during the pandemic has been challenging for everyone. As we continue the transition to in-person learning, this Lunch & Learn will focus on the Individualized Education Plan.
Helping Your Child Manage Stress through Creativity
March 16, 2021
Join our expert guest Erica Curtis, a Marriage and Family Therapist and board-certified Art Therapist who specializes in instruction and curriculum development at UCLArts & Healing (uclartsandhealing.org). Our theme is “Helping Your Child Manage Stress Through Creativity During Challenging Times.”
Summer Moves & Grooves
August 4, 2020
Explore how music therapy, adaptive movement, and playful language prompts can help you and your children play, learn, and thrive at home!
Inclusion Matters
June 26, 2020
As we look out today at our ever-growing divided world, we realize how powerful the mission of inclusion is for our children. Inclusion creates an invaluable opportunity to see beyond our differences, to begin to discover how many similarities we share.
Creating a Playful Learning Environment
June 11, 2020
Our partners from Too Small to Fail provide guidance in creating a playful home learning environment to support early childhood literacy for kids of ALL abilities.
Sand Play
May 30, 2020
Kids can spend hours playing with sand. As summer begins, it’s important to get kids outdoors. So, give them sand to dig, pour, sift, scoop and use their imagination. Sand play provides a great sensory opportunity for tactile learning. And it’s fun!
Picnic & Play in your own Backyard
May 29, 2020
We have all been social distancing for months now, but children with disabilities experience this on a regular basis. So, as we start seeing friends again, we encourage you to include children with special needs. Being included will mean so much to them!
Wellness & Mindfulness
May 29, 2020
Join our experts from Breathe For Change and gain easy tips and tools to enhance your well-being and provide social and emotional learning strategies for your children of all abilities.
Moving Your Motor Skills
May 28, 2020
A child’s way of learning is in the form of play. It may look different with every child, but all children encounter the opportunity for motor and sensory development! Kids are often activating a bundle of skills just by using their sense of space and body.
