All workshops listed below are free to attend by the WCASD community. Click on the event title for individual flyers. For more information, contact Kate Coulter at kcoulter@wcasd.net or 484-266-1216. 

All of these sessions will be presented virtually through Zoom in partnership with West Chester Communities That Care. More information on these presentations can be found on the events page of the West Chester Communities That Care website.

Guiding Children through Stress

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Wednesday, November 8, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM via Zoom
Join us as we explore avenues for opening vulnerable communication with our children while staying true to our role as parents. We will dive more deeply into the topic of stress and we will learn: how stress impacts teens today to differentiate stress from anxiety when to seek professional help 

Defying Disappointment

To View the Recording, please email Loretta Cohen for the link

Tuesday, October 24, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM via Zoom
Dr. Bellace will discuss how great musicians, Olympic athletes, comedians, and others have harnessed their pain, loss, and failure to give rise to tremendous growth. Using humor and psychological research on coping skills, this virtual session helps participants to better understand the process of using disappointment as fuel to propel themselves forward.

Success and Less Stress with Boundary Setting

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Download and print Family Contract for Technology Use and Safety and Healthy Boundaries Checklist

Wednesday, September 27 at 6:30 pm via Zoom
For you, your kids, and your whole family's mental health, BOUNDARY SETTING is a critical piece of the parenting puzzle.

Talk Now. Know How.

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Thursday, March 16 at 8:30 pm via Zoom
 A conversation about raising resilient kids. Register to receive the Zoom link at wcctc.org/meet 

Helping Children Find Passion & Purpose for Better Emotional Health

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Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 pm via Zoom
Join Licensed Clinical Social Worker and professor of psychology, Janine Oliver, PhD. as we learn how to use everyday tasks and volunteerism as a launch pad for passion, purpose, and lifelong fulfillment. 

Relentless Stress

September 29, 2022 via Zoom 6:30pm 
Stress now seems part of every day life. Join Brian McGinley, LSW, with CCIU Training and Consultation as he discusses how to tear through the challenge of relentless stress. In this interactive session, adults learn to identify types of stress, recognize when it becomes harmful and how to best support children and adolescents through stressful situations. 

Everyday Emotion Health
March, 2022

Mood Food

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at 6:30 p.m.
View the Mood Food Program Recording

Summer, Alcohol, and Teens

Monday, April 19, 2021, at 6 p.m.
View the Summer, Alcohol, and Teens Recording

Technology and Mental Health: Explore the Connection

Thursday, May 20, 2021, at 6 p.m.
Registration Link: https://mobilizer4.wixsite.com/wcctc/event-details/technology-and-mental-health-explore-the-connection-1

It's Okay Not to Be Okay

Tuesday, September 29, 2021

View the It's Okay Not to Be Okay Recording

Technology and Emotional Health

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

View the Technology and Emotional Health Recording

HEALTHY COMMUNICATION

Carol DeMarco, WCASD Counselor
Connecting well with children and teens to build bonds that last and strengthen resiliency in youth.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 6:30 pm via Zoom

View the Healthy Communication Recording

Q.P.R. (Question, Persuade, Refer)

Tracy Berhinger, Chesco Dept of MH, CC Suicide Prevention Task Force
Hands on training to spot signs of suicide risk and, like CPR, practice effective responses

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 @ 6:30 pm at Spellman Education Center

Register now!www.wcctc.org/meet