The PAT is pleased to sponsor an engaging series of presentations for parents and families in the 2008-09 academic year. Please mark your calendars for the following expert talks:
Date: 7:00 p.m. Monday October 27
Speaker: Roni Cohen-Sandler
Topic: The Inner Lives of Teens
Dr. Cohen-Sandler will talk about the inner lives of teenagers, offering insights and strategies to decrease their stress, boost their resilience, and facilitate their success in and out of the classroom. A clinical psychologist and consultant, Dr. Cohen-Sandler specializes in the issues of parenting adolescents, mother-daughter relationships, and learning disorders. Her books include Trust Me, Mom, Everyone Else Is Going; I’m Not Mad, I Just Hate You; and Stressed Out Girls. Cohen-Sandler will speak to the faculty in the afternoon.
Date: 7:00 p.m. Wednesday March 11
Speaker: Elizabeth Bailey
Topic: Money at Home and in the School Yard
Elizabeth Bailey is a family therapist and a member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s project on Money, Values and Family Life. Her talk will explore the role of money in creating peer pressure among children, the tyranny of brand names, and classmates who show off.
Date: 9:00 a.m. Thursday February 19
Coffee Hour for Pre and Lower School parents
Speaker: Jane Katch
Topic: They Don’t Like Me: Play, Boys and Girls
Jane Katch will explore all kinds of play, including children’s violent fantasies and aggressive behavior, as well as the ways boys and girls experiment with power in school and some approaches for creating a community that defies bullying. Katch is the author of Under Dead Man’s Skin: Discovering the Meaning of Children’s Violent Play and They Don’t Like Me: Lessons on Bullying and Teasing from a Preschool Classroom.