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Smart City Kids’ online workshops are open to the public. We are also available to conduct private workshops to corporations, non-profit organizations, parent groups, religious organizations, and schools!

Workshops We Offer:

Nursery

Nursery school admissions and other early childhood development workshops for parents
Identifying and Working with Special Needs Children
Early Childhood Development for Parents
Executive Function Skills for Parents
Kindergarten & Lower School

Kindergarten

Demystifying the Kindergarten Admissions Process for NYC Parents

Middle School

Purposeful Learning in Middle School Childhood/Early Adolescence

High School

Setting the Tone for High School: Developing Independence in Early Adolescence

College Admission

How to Take Advantage of High School with an Eye Towards College

If your school or company would be interested in offering one of these workshops, please call Smart City Kids at: (212) 249-4066 or email us at: info@smartcitykids.com

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Coming next! Please click on the below flyers for our upcoming workshop with Kathryn Ressa, Speech-Language Pathologist and Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Specialist.

For more information, you may also call Smart City Kids at:

T: (212) 249-4066

or email us at:

E: info@smartcitykids.com

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Smart City Kids (SCK) is a hub for families who seek guidance on admissions at every stage of their child’s educational journey, from nursery through 12th grade, special educational services, and college advising. Since its founding in 2001, SCK has successfully led families through the complexities of applying to schools with sensitivity and attentiveness to personal needs

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This workshop will explain self-regulation and how to foster calming responses across multiple settings. We will discuss the sensory system and how dysregulation may impact participation in a child's natural settings and relationships. Kathryn Ressa MS CCC-SLP TSSLD, speech-language pathologist and pediatric feeding specialist, and Danielle MacCourtney MS OTR/L ATP, occupational therapist will make sure caregivers leave with concrete strategies, supportive language and understanding of co-regulation to optimize your child’s independence within their routines. This session is for parents of children ages 3 - 10 years old.

Socio-Emotional Learning & The Zones of Regulation

During early speech and language development, children learn skills that are important to the development of literacy. Kathryn Ressa MS CCC-SLP TSSLD, speech-language pathologist and pediatric feeding specialist, and Becky Simon, the Director of Admissions and Education Coordinator at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School, will discuss how oral language, phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabet knowledge promote emergent literacy goals.

This virtual workshop is appropriate for parents of children up to age 5.

Facilitating Early Literacy

Play is a child’s natural language and is the best way for children to learn and communicate. Through play, children discover how to engage, problem solve, self-regulate, make decisions, and collaborate. Hear from Kathryn Ressa MS CCC-SLP TSSLD, speech-language pathologist and pediatric feeding specialist, about how to help your child develop strong play skills.
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Power of Play: Using Play to Foster Language Development

Is your child moving up from Elementary School and making the leap to Middle School? In this workshop, Middle School Division Head, Michelle Cristella from Friends Seminary, and Executive Function expert from Smart City Kids, Dr. Jane Gertler, discuss how to support children in this significant transition. You will learn about the academic and extracurricular expectations in Middle School and how to set your learner up for success!

The Leap from Elementary to Middle School!

The Leap from Nursery to Kindergarten

Please join us in this dynamic workshop hosted by Dr. Evan Flamenbaum who teaches us why adequate executive functioning is critical to learning. Geared toward parents of middle and high school students, on the relationship between executive functioning and mental health, parents of any age student are sure to benefit from Dr. Flamenbaum's expertise. He explores the following topics:

- The relationship between common mental health disorders and various aspects of executive functioning.
- Specific evidence-based techniques to improve such cognitive processes as processing speed and executive functioning.
- High utility interventions to reduce procrastination and improve time management.
- How cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can integrate metacognitive skill development into treatment.

Executive Function & Mental Health - Sept 20, 2022

Start your school year off right! Join us in our dynamic workshop which is intended to inform parents with children of all ages on the relationship between mental health and executive functioning—without effective remediation of executive functioning, mental health treatment is less effective.

How are you supporting your child in their development of executive function this year?

Laying the Foundations

Executive Function and Mental Health Workshop (hosted by Blackrock

Join admissions leaders from universities in Spain, Canada, and the UK as we discuss the benefits of studying outside the United States and how to prepare for the fall admissions process!

International Universities Admissions Panel

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