Family Education Webinars
The San Mateo Union High School District and all of its schools host numerous family education events throughout the year. From college planning to teenage mental health, from how to help your teen navigate their four years of high school to how to address substance abuse, we have family education events on important relevant teen topics. And very importantly, they are often free to very low cost.
We hope you join us for as many of these family events as possible.
Upcoming / Recorded Events
The below webinars are free to attend and offer simultaneous Spanish interpretation unless otherwise noted.
Happy, Confident & Strong: Helping Your Child Develop a Healthy Body
- Wednesday, January 22, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
- Andrea Archibald, PhD, psychologist
- Learn more and register
On Beautiful Conversations: How to Stay Connected to Your Adolescent Child
- Thursday, January 23, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
- Chris Balme, Educator, author, and school founder
- Learn more and register
Free Money for College? Facts and Myths About Scholarships and Grants
- Tuesday, January 28, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
- Mario Alberto De Anda, Director of Scholarships, Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Alice Kleeman, retired College Advisor, Menlo-Atherton High School
- Learn more and register
Understanding Eating Disorders: What Parents/Caregivers Need to Know
- Friday, January 31, 12 - 1 p.m.
- Kelly Bhatnagar, PhD, FAED, eating disorders expert and Immediate Past President of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
- Learn more and register
Executive Functioning: Navigating Key Transitions for Neurodivergent Youth
- Speaker: Dr. Nicole Ofiesh, cognitive behavioral scientist and former Executive Director of the Schwab Learning Center, Stanford/CHC
- Learn more and register
You Can Do Anything: Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 6 - 7 p.m.
- Speaker: George Anders, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Journalist and Public Speaker
- Learn more and register.
Helping Neurodivergent Kids Manage "All the Feels"
- Emily Kircher-Morris, Mental Health Professional and advocate for neurodiversity, Host of the The Neurodiversity Podcast
- Learn more and register
Event Recordings
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Parent Education Series Video Library
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Parent Support Groups
Children's Health Council Presents Parent Support Groups
The Children's Health Council provides life changing services for learning differences and mental health for children, teens and young adults.
Learn more about their Parent Support Groups, which include:
- Learning Differences Parent Support Group
- Anxiety Parent Support Group
- ADHD Parent Support Group