The 6th Annual Waltham Public Schools Parenting Awareness Conference will be held on Saturday, March 8th at Kennedy Middle School. Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. and the day begins with a Keynote Address by Brendan Mahan from ADHD Essentials. His topic is: “Parenting as Leadership (Being a Leader instead of a Boss).
The first set of sessions are from 9:05 - 10:35 and are scheduled to include the following presenters:
Susan Maxwell, LICSW, Program Manager of Child Therapy Services & Sean Hoxie, LMHC, Clinical Therapist for Children and Adolescents @ Newton Wellesley Hospital
Courtney Begley, Youth and Young Adult Mental Wellness Program Coordinator @ Families for Depression Awareness
Jennifer-Ann Caruso, Waltham Public Schools Kindergarten Teacher from Northeast Elementary School
Emily Torres-Cullinane, Chief of Community Engagement Division @ Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Dr Mary Jo Rendon, Waltham High School Assistant Principal and Soledad Valencia, WPS Attendance Liaison.
The second set of sessions are from 11:15 - 12:45 and are scheduled to include the following topics presenters:
Brendan Mahan, our Keynote Speaker
Courtney Begley, Youth and Young Adult Mental Wellness Program Coordinator @ Families for Depression Awareness
Emily Torres-Cullinane, Chief of Community Engagement Division @ Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (Spanish Session)
Elizabeth Garreau, Clinical Director, Nicole Diaz de Cardona, In Home Clinician, and Louis Duquette Holmes, Counselor from Wayside Youth and Family Support Network
Jessica Herwick, Waltham Fields Community Farms
Medjine Lucien, Career Exploration & Training Program Coordinator, Waltham Partnership for Youth
Parents can also visit many local organizations who will have information tables at the event. Confirmed organizations: Baker Center, ALPHA Agency BELPAC, Boys & Girls Club, Calmer Con, Representative from Congresswoman Katherine Clark’s Office, DCF/Foster Care, Families for Depression Awareness, MetroWest Nutrition and Therapy, National Grid, Opportunities for Inclusion - Adult Family Care, WPS/OPS table/Health Information, OUT Metrowest, Outreach Attorney General’s Office, REACH Domestic Violence, Waltham Family School, Waltham Fields Community Farm, Waltham Land Trust, Waltham Partnership for Youth, Waltham Special Education Parent Advisory Council, Wayside
Our day concludes at 12:45 with lunch and door prizes donated by area businesses and includes restaurant gift cards, gift baskets and children’s games.
Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and ASL interpreters will be available and child care - for school aged children - will also be available.
For more information, please contact Dr. Nadene Stein at 781-314-5428 or
nadenestein@walthampublicschools.org.
Registration can be found here at Parenting Awareness Conference Registration Link
