In this issue:
Takeaway from B-PAC/GPS program about healthy family relationships
Recently, B-PAC (Glenbard Bilingual Parent Advisory Council) and the GPS Parent Series presented an in-person seminar in Spanish titled “Strategies to Help Healthy Families and Teens Thrive” by Dr. Ferney Ramirez Hernández at Glenbard North.
Glenbard Assistant Director for Student Services, English Learners and District Equity Susanna Melón shared the following takeaway:
“Dr. Ramirez Hernández provided families with a great presentation on how emotions in students’ teenage years are more powerful than at any other time in their lives and how their intense feelings can be reflected in the students’ behavior at school. He offered practical research-based advice and provided tips to parents on how to be good role models for their children and how to be able to manage their children’s emotions effectively. This is done by navigating through their emotions and by focusing on and highlighting what they’re good at and encouraging involvement in extracurricular activities. There were great and thorough discussions about how parental involvement plays a great role in their teenagers’ lives. All families were provided with a signed copy of Dr. Ferney’s new book titled ‘The Four Learning Strategies That Will Make You a Better Person’. This wonderful seminar was highly attended by Spanish-speaking families from across all schools in the Glenbard district.”
GPS Parent Series event to explain igniting motivation in children
Glenbard Teaching and Learning Coordinator Michael Fumagalli is reading “Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less” by Ellen Braaten. The author comes to GPS Parent Series for two Zoom webinars about awakening internal motivation in t(w)eens on Jan. 9 at noon and 7 p.m.
Please share information about GPS with friends and relatives, and be sure to follow GPS on social media. Visit the upcoming events page on the GPS website for Zoom links to this event and to view other scheduled programs.
GPS speaker to present shift in thinking about trauma, resilience and self-love
The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present What Happened to You; A Shift from “What is Wrong with You?” with Bruce Perry, MD at noon and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, via Zoom. Go to the GPS Parent Series website for information and the links to these webinars.
Please share information about these events with friends and relatives.
To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events or submit a question in advance, contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at [email protected] or 630-942-7668.
When thinking about one’s own behaviors and emotions, or those of others, it’s easy to place blame and wonder what’s wrong. Renowned brain and trauma expert Perry offers a groundbreaking shift from asking “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” This reflective and profound shift in approaching emotions and trauma creates powerful insights that can help young people and adults recalibrate their response to circumstances and relationships.
A person’s earliest experiences don’t define their future, but they make up a part of who we are. By examining them, we can find strength and resolve to create a brighter future for ourselves and our families. Understanding the past opens the door to resilience and healing and increases connection, self-worth and happiness. Perry will explore how and why the brain learns to bond with others and empathize. He will also discuss how we can protect children from threats to their capacity to love themselves and others.
Perry is the principal of the Neurosequential Network and a professor in the departments of psychiatry at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of “The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog,” a bestseller based on his work with maltreated children, and “Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered.” Perry’s most recent bestseller was co-authored with Oprah Winfrey: “What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing.”
Continuing professional development units are available for this program.
GPS is generously sponsored by the Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Cebrin Goodman Center, Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department, Duly Health and Care, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, KidsMatter, Endeavor Health, Community Consolidated School District 93 Birth to 5 Coalition, DuPage Regional Office of Education, and Webb-Hutter Family Fund of DuPage Foundation.
GPS program to feature journaling for increased healing and decreased worry
The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host Donna Jackson Nakazawa in a program titled The Adverse Childhood Experiences Guided Journal: A Workshop for Parents at noon and 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, via Zoom. Go to the GPS Parent Series website for information and the links to these webinars.
Please share information about these events with friends and relatives.
To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events or submit a question in advance, contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at [email protected] or 630-942-7668.
The trauma of the past can’t be undone, but people can take charge of how it affects them in the present and remove its hold over their future. Nakazawa returns to GPS to introduce using the power of journaling to heal, release worry and access inner calm.
Putting thoughts to paper can help identify and adopt new ways of responding to stress and allow the brain to re-wire one’s emotional responses. People can create a new narrative of their life — one that breaks free from deeply ingrained or self-destructive thoughts and behaviors.
Using thoughtful guided writing strategies, Nakazawa will help attendees learn to live authentically, create new habits of self-talk and move away from self-criticism and gain a sense of gratitude for who they are.
Continuing professional development units are available for this program.
Nakazawa is an award-winning science journalist, author of seven books, and an internationally recognized speaker whose work explores the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion. Her recent book, “Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media,” was named one of the year’s best books by The Washington Post. Her latest work is “The Adverse Childhood Experiences Guided Journal: Neuroscience-Based Writing Practices to Rewire Your Brain from Trauma.”
GPS is generously sponsored by the Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Cebrin Goodman Center, Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department, Duly Health and Care, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, KidsMatter, Endeavor Health, Community Consolidated School District 93 Birth to 5 Coalition, DuPage Regional Office of Education, and Webb-Hutter Family Fund of DuPage Foundation.
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