Parenting in Motion was a virtual summit featuring many Michiana-area professionals and resources held October 27-29, 2020. The summit was the idea of local Psychologist Dr. Margaret Jessop, who developed the event with the help of Mindful U and SJC Cares. Dr. Jessop’s aim was to gather local experts to support those raising children and youth during the Covid-era, and to underscore the therapeutic and physiological benefits of physical movement in combatting stress and anxiety and enhancing mental wellness for people of all ages.
More information on Parenting in Motion’s developers can be found at https://margaretjessoppsyd.com/ and www.mindfuluyoga.com.
Each PiM session is approximately 30 minutes long and available below for you to view at your convenience. These videos are approved for alternative education credits for foster parents in the state of Indiana. To receive credit, please print this form, complete one form for each video viewed, and submit to the foster parent licensing agency.
To view the Summit Packet click here
To view the recording, click the title of each presentation.
Tap Through It: EMDR Resources at Home
Donna Voor, LCSW
What is EMDR
Workshop participants will learn tools to process emotional experiences using components of EMDR
How to use the brain’s innate healing ability to resolve symptoms and emotional pain
ABC of Stress and Mindful MEDS for Mental Health
Dr. Margaret Jessop, PsyD
How stress moves through the body
Mindful MEDS that help digest stress
How helping our community, helps us too
COVID Couples Communication: IMAGO Style
Elly Wynia, LCSW
Attuned Listening
Reflective Responding
Deepened Emotional Intimacy
Yoga & Mindfulness for Families
Mindful U, LLC
Growth Mindset for Young Minds
Alison Levey
Growth mindsets are critical to building confident learners who are not afraid to make mistakes. A tangible toolkit is one way to help them understand the concept of growth mindset and integrate the behaviors into their day to day lives.
Odds and Ends of the Anxiety Umbrella
Angela Henry, LCSW
Understanding some of the atypical challenges of the anxiety umbrella
The role of collaboration
How guilt and shame affect anxiety
Creating your Pandemic Soundtrack: Easing Stress through Music & Movement
Jetta Cruse
Music and Movement have the ability to connect us to Emotions
Intention applied to music and motion create a useful, transformation tool, that we can easily access when we are stressed and grieving
Healing in Motion: Energizing your Body from the Inside Out
Cassie Seal
Flipping the switch on stress, how to use it to energize rather than deplete
Compassion fatigue and overwhelm, what they really mean
As parents we often want to give our children the very things we desperately wanted as children. Let’s talk about how and why our pure intentions sometimes backfires and how we can use our past to heal the future.
Colleen Spano
What happens to our brains when stressed vs. what happens to our brains when we do yoga
Why yoga is good for people of all abilities
How to use yoga to help your whole family feel peaceful and connected
Tales of Getting Un-stuck: Incorporating Movement to Propel Children through Daily Activities
Eileen Kalman
Kids sometimes gets stuck in non-functional patterns and behaviors that interfere with getting things done. Movement can be used to calm, to excite, and propel them through better days.
Sleep: The New Skill Set & Our Social Dilemma
MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW
Self-Care is: NESTS (Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep, Technology Management and Stress)
Seventy-Three percent of adolescents do not get enough sleep therefore we need to help them learn how to do this foundational piece of Self-Care.
Five things to do to sleep better
Defining Adolescence and why the Teen Brain loves Social Media
Introducing a process that helps teens better manage social media
Teen & Parent partnering so teens feel more empowered by having the skill set of managing their phones
Where the Wild Things Are… They’re in You!
Suzanne Courtney, PsyD
The function of anger and oppositionality.
How to remain an ally to your child while teaching regulatory skills.
Processing through Art: Stress Relief, Mindfulness, and Positive Affirmations
Dalila Huerta
Learn how to use art to process your emotions (for adults and children!). Process art focuses on the the experience of making art, rather than the finished product. This presentation will show three examples of art-making as a method of stress relief, mindfulness activity, and tool for positive affirmation.
Moving from Surviving to Thriving
Nicole Williams
In the moment and sustainable techniques that:
Increases the ability to handle challenging persons and situations
Increases wellness by decreasing anxiety, fatigue, burnout, frustration and sleeplessness
It Doesn’t have to be this Hard… Neuroscience & Responding to COVID
Nancy Michael, PhD
It’s okay to feel stressed
All strategies presented make sense in the context of neuroscience
The easiest path forward is to show up for each other
Help you Child Stay in the Right Zone!
Ben Domonkos
Learn why your child might not be able to express the reason they are frustrated
Learn about the right language to use when your child is frustrated
Learn tools to help children get back into the GREEN Zone
Derrick Perry
The Changing Adolescent Brain and the COVID Challenges
Margaret Jessop, PsyD
Why mental health issues can develop in adolescents.
Why adolescents move towards peers and away from parents.
Why they take more risks and how to help them do it safely.