Upcoming Events

Dancing with Pandemic Anxiety: How Parents and Educators Can Support Kids

Resilience in an Uncertain Time: Supporting Students and Families During the Pandemic and Beyond
Dr. Rappaport will give two talks for the Lincoln-Sudbury schools – one for parents on 5/26 and one for educators on 6/9.
During the pandemic, parents and adults who work with children and families have risen to the challenge of finding new ways to connect, offering practical strategies for coping and thriving, and providing comfort and consistency – all while trying to care for themselves and others. Dr. Rappaport will share practical concepts and tools that participants can use to continue this work: maintaining connections, finding contributory activities, communicating in age-appropriate ways, validating questions and worries, balancing structure and rigidity, and supporting those with a history of trauma and challenging home lives. Her suggestions will be based on her many years of clinical experience and experience translating psychiatric concepts into easy actionable steps for educators and families. She will also discuss how taking care of ourselves and building our own resilience allows us to better continue to support children and families and allows us to boost our, and their, capacity to endure and perhaps even thrive during uncertain and challenging times.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe strategies for connecting with and supporting children, including those with trauma histories and those who are neurodiverse, during the pandemic
- List strategies for building long-term resilience
- Describe techniques for addressing children’s worries and anxieties and communicating in age-appropriate ways

Resilience in an Uncertain Time: Supporting Students and Families During the Pandemic and Beyond
During the pandemic, adults who work with children and families have risen to the challenge of finding new ways to connect, offering practical strategies for coping and thriving, and providing comfort and consistency – all while trying to care for themselves and their own families. Dr. Rappaport will share practical concepts and tools that participants can use to continue this work: maintaining connections, finding contributory activities, communicating in age-appropriate ways, validating questions and worries, balancing structure and rigidity, and supporting those with a history of trauma and challenging home lives. Her suggestions will be based on her many years of clinical experience and experience translating psychiatric concepts into easy actionable steps for educators and families. She will also discuss how taking care of ourselves and building our own resilience allows us to better continue to support children and families and allows us to boost our, and their, capacity to endure and perhaps even thrive during uncertain and challenging times.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe strategies for connecting with and supporting students, including those with trauma histories and those who are neurodiverse, during the pandemic
- List strategies for building long-term resilience
- Describe techniques for addressing children’s worries and anxieties and communicating in age-appropriate ways
Previous Events

Strengthen Your District Crisis Preparedness With a Safety Assessment Team
141 Mansion Dr., East Walpole MA
TEC is partnering with Dr. Nancy Rappaport to offer a year long Professional Development opportunity designed to leverage your in-district capacity to keep potential violence from becoming real by establishing a Safety Assessment Team and implementing a formal framework of threat assessment and intervention.
Your team will learn from expert speakers, collaborate with teams from districts across our regional learning community and work together to design and implement a comprehensive Safety Assessment protocol for your district.

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
Town and Country San Diego, Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA
Two-day interactive workshop:
The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students- Part 1
and
The Behavior Code: Focus on Case Studies, Communication, and Resilience- Part 2

Is This Student Safe to Return? A Comprehensive School Safety Assessment Approach
Quebec City Convention Center, 1000 Boulevard René-Lévesque E, Ville de Québec, QC G1A 1B4, Canada

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching Challenging Children Without Burnout
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY

Compassion, Burnout, and Empathic Fatigue: Building Resilience in Our Patients and Ourselves
Maine Medical Center, Portland ME

How to Navigate Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors in School
Boston, MA

Teen Depression: What Families and Schools Can Do for Reluctant Teens

Regeneration
42nd St., New York, NY

Regeneration
42nd St., New York, NY

Regeneration
42nd St., New York, NY

Regeneration
42nd St., New York, NY

Regeneration
42nd St., New York, NY

Regeneration
Cambridge, MA

Is this Student Safe at School: A Safety Assessment Model
Boston, MA

Regeneration
Warren, VT