The group meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month, with a combination of Zoom and in-person meetings. It's an opportunity to learn from guest speakers, share resources, and enjoy connecting with other parents raising a neurodiverse child.. All parents welcome!

Looking for Summer activities that provide engagement, skill-building, and fun for your child? In San Diego, we are fortunate to have a variety of summer camps, sports programs, art classes, and enrichment activities supporting autistic children and adults. To simplify the process for parents before camps fill up, NFAR has assembled a curated panel of Summer options available in our community and are vendors of the San Diego Regional Center.

The group meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month, with a combination of Zoom and in-person meetings. It's an opportunity to learn from guest speakers, share resources, and enjoy connecting with other parents of a neurodiverse child, teen or adult. All parents welcome!

Topic: How to Support Young People in Developing Emotional Regulation

The ability to manage and regulate our emotions is central for our emotional well-being. Not only is it critical for our own mental health, but it is an integral part of having successful relationships with other people. Emotional regulation impacts our ability to communicate effectively, build new connections, work through life stressors, build resilience over time, and helps us repair when conflict arises.

Young people are not born with the ability to regulate their emotions. They must be directly taught, supported, and be modeled on how to develop these skills. By understanding more about what's going on in the brain, we can directly apply this knowledge and related skills, in the moment. Learning these skills helps us to more effectively respond to big emotions and helps us teach young people how to manage their feelings.

Guest Speaker: Claire Muller, LMFT, Respect Family Therapy & Consulting

Claire graduated with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from San Diego State University. During her graduate training, Claire worked under Dr. Courtney Olinger and continued to work together in community mental health for 3 years while supporting those experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, neurodiversity, Autism, and youth in the LGBTQ+ community. Claire's training continued in community mental health over the past 5 years, where she gained experience working with individuals, ages 5-60, and families experiencing a variety of concerns. Claire has worked in a variety of roles including providing therapy, mentoring and supervising other providers, and gaining a better understanding of  behavioral health care systems. Claire works from a Narrative and person-centered approach and utilizes EMDR, mindfulness, and cognitive based work in her practice. To learn more.

 

HOW TO JOIN THE VIRTUAL MEETING:

• Please RSVP by no later than Feb 21 by 4:00 pm on Eventbrite
• On meeting day, we will send those that have RSVP'd an email with a link to join the meeting on Zoom. (Email sent by 10:00 am for early RSVPs and another at 5:00 pm.)
• Join the meeting on Zoom at 6:30 pm. The guest speaker will start shortly.
• All interested family members welcome!