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Thank you for joining us today! Use the links below to join a session.
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Please return to the General Meeting Room between each session. We will be raffling off some fun prizes!
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Description |
Facilitator (Organizer) Co-Presenter |
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1:00 – 1:10 |
Introduction |
Terri Novacek, Element Education Executive Director
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Session 1 1:10 – 1:30 |
(All Ages) |
A simple tool for calming, infusing energy, and healing is as close as your breath! Join us in this session to learn and practice breathing techniques you can use any time for peace, clarity, and refreshment. Ahhhh! |
Catherine Drown
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(Teen/Adult) |
Become a more effective communicator using Intelligent Communication concepts based on science. |
Deborah Rubin
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Guiding Your Kids to Strong Friendships
(Teen/Adult) |
Friendships amongst teens are never easy but adding in two+ years of a global pandemic and we have a problem on our hands. Nothing is more important than the connections your kids build; they shape who they become. But how do you help them navigate the complexities of social interactions, so they have a strong foundation? |
Scott Schimmel |
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(Adult) |
Why do kids get mad at mom and blame her? This session will help families develop healthy habits that rely on remembering who you uniquely are. The focus will be on pause, take a deep breath, ask yourself what I need to do in this moment. |
Alexis Johns, PhD
Cognitive Psychology
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1:30 – 1:40 |
Raffle! |
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Session 2 1:40 – 2:00 |
Finding Sanity with Self-Determined Learners (Teen/Adult) |
Imagine your children waking each morning with a plan for the day that they carry out themselves. They hum along in their daily work driven by curiosity and fueled by discovery. They tackle the “boring stuff” with patience and overcome challenges with optimism. Learn strategies for developing self-determined learners. |
Terri Novacek |
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Olivewood Gardens - Making the Happy Rice Recipe (All Ages) |
Ellyse will demonstrate how to make Olivewood Gardens famous Happy Rice recipe using seasonal vegetables and how to incorporate leftovers of all sorts. She will touch on regrowing your spring vegetables and zero waste cooking. |
Ellyse Briand
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Out and About: Getting Outdoors for Health and Happiness
(All Ages) |
Join EF, coach, and dad of three boys, Steve Ardis, for a discussion on the physical, mental, and social benefits of getting children outdoors. This will include a discussion of the changes that have occurred to children during the pandemic due to a lack of physical exertion, and how to address these changes. Mental Health. |
Steve Ardis
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2:00 – 2:10 |
Raffle! |
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Session 3 2:10 – 2:30 |
Ways Fieldtrips Can Strengthen your Child’s Education (All Ages) |
Many students are visual learners, and a field trip lets them touch, feel and listen to what they're learning about, which helps them build on book knowledge & classroom instruction, gain a better understanding of topics, build cultural understanding and tolerance, and expose them to worlds outside their own. |
Traci Lockman
Tracy Goettsch |
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The Self-Determined Chef-Knowledge for College Students (Teen/Adult) |
In this segment we will be exploring the importance of learning healthy eating and cooking habits. These healthy eating and cooking habits can benefit our families now as well as ourselves, individually, in the future as we transition from middle school and high school to college and beyond. |
Ryan Sousa |
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Feel Better, Do Better: The Art of Encouragement (Teen/Adult) |
Rudolf Dreikurs, M.D. said, “A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.” This applies to adults as well! Learn how to encourage your children and yourself in this interactive presentation. |
Lois Ingber
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2:30 – 2:45 |
Conclusion and Final Raffle |
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