This workshop focuses on five areas of parent-child relationships that are key to children’s success in school and in other areas of life.
In this workshop, participants will:
- Understand that parent-child relationships are key to students’ success.
- Learn about five keys to strong relationships with their children.
- Share with each other ideas for strengthening their relationships with their children.
- Commit to doing one thing to strengthening their relationship with their own children.
Presenter Beverly Braxton is an educational leader who throughout her 29 years at the WVCSD worked at all levels of the educational system: classroom teacher, school/district committees, professional development and PTA officer. Beverly helped pioneer the District’s Partners in Education (PIE) program, which promotes multi-age instruction, project-based learning and parent-teacher partnerships. She is the recipient of numerous teaching and community awards, and since her retirement in 2010, has continued to work — as an education consultant, adjunct professor, and parent educator. In 2014 she founded Family Central, a non-profit parenting support network for the Warwick community.