Parenting with Vision

Healthy Coping Strategies: Middle School, High School, and Beyond

We all want to help prepare our children to take on the world, but how to give them the tools to cope well with life challenges is not always clear. Learn ways to foster healthy coping skills in you and your older child. Learn how to recognize, and work to prevent, the “short-cut,” unhealthy coping strategies you or your child may be tempted to use. Finally, learn how to tell if your child needs more help and get information about some resources available if more help is needed.

Presenter
Dr. Theresa Tsuchiya, PsyD, LP
Clinical Psychologist
Relate Counseling Center

Recognizing and Responding to Substance Use and Mental Health Concerns

Working with adolescents is difficult.  We often ask our young people, “How are you?” and get the typical response, “I am fine.”  However, based on tone, body language, or instinct, we suspect otherwise.  Hormones, peer relationships and pressures, busy schedules, and school can create a vulnerability for teens to develop mental health and/or substance use difficulties.  Caregivers and schools currently find themselves desperate for guidance and support to help their students and families.  This dynamic presentation will help you begin to identify when an adolescent is not fine and ways to intervene.

Presenter
Cindy Doth, MA LADC LPCC
Outreach Manager for Youth and Schools
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Supporting Children with Anxiety

In this training we will explore the neurological and physiological components of anxiety in elementary-aged children. We will briefly review symptoms of anxiety and then dive into the research on the neurobiology of anxiety. We'll also learn about the role that brain development, cognitions, exercise, and nutrition play in childhood anxiety. Caregivers will gain an understanding of what is happening in their child's body and will learn comprehensive tools for responding to and supporting children struggling with anxiety.

Presenter
Claire Lowe, MA 
School Services Therapist
Relate Counseling Center

American as Curry Pie

For Aamera, growing up as an immigrant in the United States was a balancing act between her Indian Muslim heritage and her American surroundings. Her world consisted of one country inside the four walls of her family’s home and another country outside those walls. Curried peas and hot dogs, Catholic school uniforms and colorful saris, Urdu and English all blended and bounced off one another to shape Aamera’s identity. Told with honesty and humor, American as Curry Pie is one woman’s story about immigration, assimilation, and discovering what it means to be an American.

Date: April 14, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Wayzata High School Auditorium 1
Register: wayzataschools.info/american-curry-pie

American as Curry Pie received its World Premiere at the History Theater. The play was also produced at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul, the Women Playwrights’ International Conference in Mumbai, India, and has toured to schools and conferences across the state. It was named Top Ten Play of the Year by the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 2011.

Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Content advisory: there is a short scene about two children who have different views about whether or not Santa is real.

Run time: 90 minutes followed by a 30-minute post-play discussion.