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Event Details

Finding Your Voice as a Parent Webinar

Sponsoring Organization: Stamford JCC and Law Office of Lawrence Berliner
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST
This is a no cost event

Finding Your Voice as a Parent Webinar: Supporting Parents of Special Needs Children – Navigating the Journey

Date: Wednesday December 10th 2025 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. EST. This webinar is on Zoom (online/virtual event).

Co-hosted online with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT).

Register here on Zoom: https://bit.ly/5976E2

Note: This is the webinar that was previously rescheduled from October 22nd. The new date is December 10th.

Speakers:

Attorney Lawrence Berliner, Connecticut Special Education Law Attorney

Jane Faherty, Stamford JCC JumpStart Program Executive Director & Special Education Advocate

Dr. Terry D’Elisa, Psychologist, PsyD., New Canaan CT

Dr. Terry D’Elisa completes neuropsychological evaluations and provides therapeutic support to children, teens, and adults and coaching for parents to assist them in managing challenging behaviors and improving parent/child and coparenting relationships. She specializes in helping children and adults with a variety of diagnoses including ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and Executive Function.

Dr. D’Elisa hosts a 7-week program titled, “Calm and Collected” for parenting a child with Executive Function and ADHD.

In our conversation with Dr. D’Elisa, we will explore:

• Helping parents tell their story: the story we tell makes a difference

• Pressures parents face with their children and how to cope

• Helping parents process the struggles and stress

• Anxiety parents face in meeting the challenges of school and home

• Managing personal and interpersonal challenges

• Q & A

This webinar is free and open to the public.

Questions? Please contact Rachel Berliner, Public Relations Assistant at [email protected]

More information: https://www.stamfordjcc.org/events/2025/12/10/inclusion/finding-your-voice-as-a-parent-webinar/

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