2024-2025 GREENACRES PTA MEETINGS

How to Build Resilience and Confidence in Children

Please join us for our General PTA Meeting on Monday, September 30th.

Speaker: Dr. Joanna Robin

Location: Learning Commons

Time: 7:00PM

Please join us on Monday, September 30th at 7:00PM for our General PTA Meeting. Dr. Joanna Robin will give a presentation on "Letting Kids Fail: Building Resilience and Confidence in Children"

Come meet new friends, catch up with old ones and learn about the upcoming year! Light snacks will be served. Please click here to RSVP.

Dr. Robin's presentation will focus on:

• the crucial role of allowing children to experience failure in building resilience and confidence
• the benefits of failure for learning and growth, highlighting the importance of intentional mistakes and corrective feedback
• promoting a growth mindset by encouraging effort, seeking help, and reframing challenges as opportunities for growth is essential.

Before Dr. Robin's presentation, Ms. Sharon Hill will share a few thoughts with the parent community, followed by a quick PTA business meeting and vote.

Meet new friends, catch up with old ones, and learn about the upcoming year! Light snacks will be served.

We hope to see you there!

About Our Speaker

Joanna Robin, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist, is the founder and director of the Westchester Anxiety Treatment Psychological Services in White Plains, NY. As an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), she specializes in the treatment of anxiety, mood, and behavioral problems in children, adolescents, and adults.