Parent Education

Managing Parental Stress:

A Toolkit for Parents of Children with Special Needs

Date: March 20, 2014 

Place: Barron Park Elementary School MP Room, 800 Barron Ave., PA 94306 

Time: 7-9pm……Hospitality begins at 6:45pm 

The Goal: To assist parents in identifying sources of stress, understand their impact, and look at areas of support so that they can create a plan that will give them a better sense of balance.

Please Note: This event is  intended for an adult audience. 

About our Speaker: Dr. Marci Schwartz, LCSW, PhD has been working with families of children with special needs for over 20 years specializing in autism spectrum disorder.  Dr. Schwartz will address various disabling conditions and their impact on families.  Our speaker runs parent support groups and has a private practice in Los Gatos. She also runs Camp Altitude for kids with social-cognitive challenges at Menlo College in Atherton. 

Sponsored by the Community Advisory Committee for Special Education, Palo Alto School District. We are a volunteer group of parents in Palo Alto that provides advice to the district’s special education administrators and the board of education on matters pertaining to special education. We support parents through: parent education programs, special events, a website (http://cacpaloalto.org) and a yahoo discussion group. Our events are free.