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Dear Parents and Caregivers, 


Hello, springtime! Winter may not be quite over, but we welcome sunshine, spring blossoms, budding leaves, and chirping birds that signal the start of spring.


This week! Collective cultures (e.g., Latino and East Asian) can benefit relationships and protect health. Join Belinda Campos, PhD, Chicano/Latino Studies, UC Irvine, for Resilience and Risk: How Culture Shapes Close Relationships and Health (March 28, Online).


Thursday! To transform inclusive education, we need to find the value in diversity. Shelley Moore, PhD, founder of Five Moore Minutes, presents Transforming Inclusion Education: The Presumption of Competence (March 29, Online).


NEW! When should parents be concerned about disordered eating? Join Avery Carter Walker, PsyD, Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders Clinic, Stanford Children's Health, for Eating Disorders and Body Image: What Should Parents Know? (April 6).


NEW! How can parents reframe the high school years and help their teens find joy? Irena Smith, PhD, college admissions expert, will discuss her forthcoming book, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays (April 13).


NEW! The Parent Venture is proud to partner with the Parent Advisory Board of the Stanford Autism Center for In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, a conversation with Emmy award-winning filmmakers John Donvan and Caren Zucker (April 19).


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Upcoming 2022 - 2023 Events

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Resilience and Risk: How Culture Shapes Close Relationships and Health


This week! Belinda Campos, PhD, Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI, will show how cultures that prioritize others before the self (e.g., Latino and East Asian) can benefit relationships and protect health.


Tuesday, March 28, 2023

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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Transforming Inclusion Education: The Presumption of Competence


Thursday! Shelley Moore, PhD, author, speaker, and founder of Five Moore Minutes, will describe how all kids can benefit from inclusive educational practices that serve children with disabilities. 


Wednesday, March 29, 2023

5:00pm – 6:00pm PT

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Eating Disorders and Body Image: What Should Parents Know?


NEW! Avery Carter Walker, PsyD, postdoctoral fellow at the Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders Clinic, Stanford Children's Health, will address eating disorders and body image in youth.


Thursday, April 6, 2023

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays


NEW! In her forthcoming book, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays, college admissions expert Irena Smith identifies ways parents can reframe the high school years and help their teens find joy in learning and growth.


Thursday, April 13, 2023

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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In A Different Key: The Story of Autism with Emmy Award-Winning Filmmakers Caren Zucker and John Donvan


NEW! The Parent Advisory Board of the Stanford Autism Center presents In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, a conversation with filmmakers Caren Zucker and John Donvan. Registrants will have access to a live streaming of the award-wining film.


Wednesday, April 19, 2023

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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