Laurie Santos is a Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman Residential College at Yale University. Dr. Santos hosts the popular podcast, “The Happiness Lab.” Additionally, she is the director of the Comparative Cognition Laboratory and the Canine Cognition Center at Yale. She received her A.B. in Psychology and Biology from Harvard University in 1997...

We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children.”  — Marc Brackett. The mental well-being of young people and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why and he knows what we can do.  In his 25 years as an “emotion scientist,” he has developed a...

The pandemic has upended the college search for many high-school students. And while some old rules of the admissions game no longer apply, teenagers are still competing on the same playing field. Drawing on research from two years spent inside the admissions process—including sitting beside application readers at three selective schools—this talk from Jeff Selingo...

New York Times best-selling author Lisa Damour, Ph.D. returns to the Glenbard Parent Series to examine the science of stress and anxiety and offer practical tools to best manage emotional overload. Her insights offer an approach that allows each of us to keep pressure manageable during these difficult times. This free event is open to...

Therapist Fiona Arthurs and social work interventionist Ava Blalark in a virtual event that explores both positive parenting and the social emotional health of young people. Fiona and Ava will discuss how caregivers can care for themselves, give to others, and create a positive, supportive, environment that allows children to grow into healthy adults. They...

Teach and practice social skills in the best way – through play! Janine Halloran shares the best play experiences for kids to learn and practice social skills in real places and situations. This rich resource includes reproducible, step-by-step plans for how to play, alternatives to each activity, and debriefing questions to reinforce learning. Janine Halloran...