Friends Programs 2006-2018
Friends of Wayland Youth Social Workers, Inc. (aka Friends of Wayland Youth & Family Services)
Programming
5/22/2018 But I See It This Way: How Bias Influences Our Interactions
10/18/2017 Engaging in Difficult conversations with Kids about Identity and Our Shared World
5/8/17 Do you or Your Teen Feel Stress and Anxiety? Rachel Rice, Five Rhythms Consulting
5/18/16 Finding Balance: It’s All About the Love; Dossie Kahn, Psy.D.
2/4/15 Helicopters, Snowplows, or What?!: Parenting to Help Our Children Build Resilience; Dori Hutchinson
4/3 & 4/10/13 Parent workshops on teaching children to meditate; Helen Rainoff
3/18/12 Wayland Wellness Summit
5/17/11 World Café model applied to exploration of themes raised in Race to Nowhere
5/11/11 Race to Nowhere showing for Middle School and High School faculty
5/9/11 Race to Nowhere showing for general public
3/3/11 Race to Nowhere showing for general public, special outreach to parents of 8th graders
6/3/10 Parent-to-Parent: Transitions (focus on pre-K to K, K to 1, 5 to 6, and 8 to 9)
2/25/10 Living and Communicating with Middle Schoolers; Mark Kline, Psy.D (HRS); co-sponsor: Middle School PTO
2/11/10 Holding On, Letting Go: Social Development in the Elementary Years; Rob Evans, Ed.D (HRS); cosponsor: Elementary PTO’s
4/1/09 Nurturing Our Children’s Success and Health in a Challenging and Competitive World; Dossie Kahn, Psy.D. (WYFS); co-sponsor: Middle School PTO
3/16/09 Helping Children Manage Stress; Rob Evans, Ed.D (HRS); co-sponsor: Elementary PTO’s
1/20/09 Mind/Body Techniques for Protecting Yourself from the Negative Effects of Stress; Rana Chudnofsky, M.Ed. (Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine, MGH)
10/21/08 How Stress and Heredity Affect Your Wellbeing – And What You Can Do About It; Andrew Nierenberg, MD (Harvard Medical School)
5/7/08 Preparing Teens for Independence: Keeping Safe and Healthy During the College Years; William DeJong, Ph.D. and Laurie Davidson, M.A.
1/9 & 1/16/08 Raising Healthy Kids in an Oversexualized, Online, In-Your-Face World; Sharon Maxwell, Ph.D.
12/3/07 Positive Approaches to Managing Stress in the Family; Rob Evans, Ed.D, (HRS)
2/6/07 Talking with Kids about Sex; Sharon Maxwell, Ph.D.
11/29/06 Who Am I and Who Do I Want to Be? Peers, Pressure, and Depression in Girls; Lisa Machoian, Ed.