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Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome Springtime! Happy Nowruz! Happy Holi! No matter how you celebrate the coming of spring, we look forward to this season of growth and renewal. π·
Join us this week for special events on neurodiversity, substance use, and mental health:
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Stanford's Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, international expert on health-related risk behavior in youth, offers Safety First and Mental Health: Empowering Teens to Prevent and Reduce Drug Use (March 27).
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How can you find a college that's right for your child? Lynn O'Shaughnessy, college financial expert, presents The College Solution: Winning Strategies for Finding the Right School at the Right Price (March 28).
NEW! Worried about opioids and fentanyl? Sunil Bhopale, MD, and Rex Huang, MD, Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, join us for Fentanyl/Opioid Safety and Education: Insights from Practicing Physicians (April 2).
NEW! What should families know about personal finance? Tim Ranzetta, co-founder of nonprofit Next Gen Personal Finance, join us fo Next Gen Personal Finance: Building Financial Literacy for Your Family (April 3).
NEW! How can you and your family create social change? Lesley-Ann Noel, PhD, Stanford d.school, will discuss her new book, Design Social Change: Take Action, Work toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo (April 5).
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Warm wishes,
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βThank you, Parent Venture, for all the parent ed webinars. Your speakers are so insightful and informative -- I come away learning something new every time!β
β Karen Cheng, Parent
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Upcoming 2023 - 2024 Events | | |
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Changing Perspectives: Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity
Sam Drazin, Executive Director, Changing Perspectives
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
5:30pm β 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Safety First and Mental Health: Empowering Teens to Prevent and Reduce Drug Use
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, REACH Lab, Stanford Medicine
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
5:30pm β 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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The College Solution: Winning Strategies for Finding The Right School at the Right Price
Lynn O'Shaughnessy, College Financial Expert, Higher Ed Journalist
Thursday, March 28, 2024
5:30pm β 6:45pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Fentanyl/Opioid Safety and Education: Insights from Practicing Physicians
Sunil Bhopale, MD, Kaiser Permanente
Rex Huang, MD, Kaiser Permanente
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
5:30pm β 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Next Gen Personal Finance: Building Financial Literacy for Your Family
Tim Ranzetta, Co-Founder, Next Gen Personal Finance
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
5:30pm β 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Design Social Change: Take Action, Work Toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo (Stanford d.school)
Lesley-Ann Noel, PhD, Stanford d.school
Friday, April 5, 2024
12:00pm β 1:00pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained
This Is So Awkward, by pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson and puberty expert Vanessa Knoll Bennett, is the ultimate guide for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the roller coaster of puberty.
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Overscheduling kidsβ lives causes depression and anxiety, study finds
When is enrichment too much? New research shows that the "last hour" of homework and activities didnβt raise a studentβs test scores and lowered a childβs non-cognitive behaviors.
ο»Ώβ KQED Mind/Shift
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Grumpy gran is global Fortnite gaming sensation
Cath Bowie, a 75-year-old Scottish grandmother, has become a videogaming sensation after teaming up with one of the world's most famous Fortnite players.
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Make Possibilities Happen: How to Transform Ideas Into Reality (Stanford d.school)
Grace Hawthorne, MFA, MBA, is an adjunct professor at the Stanford d.school and author of the new book, Make Possibilities Happen.
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