Submit Drawings by Friday, April 10 at 5:00 pm
With kids shut inside due to the current pandemic, we have put together a special Paint It BlueClaws art contest to help drive those creative flames!

Tips for calming anxiety during a difficult time.

DAILY FACEBOOK LIVE with child psychologists, Monday – Friday 10am and 4:30pm

[email protected], a series of free guided meditations from some of our favorite mindfulness teachers. Tune in on Facebook  every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3 p.m. ET for live guided meditations

The Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) VIRTUAL support group teaches a skill-based approach to building better communication with loved ones who have any kind of addiction.

Every Monday & Thursday, 6:30-7:30 pm
Virtual support group sessions for family members supporting a loved one with substance abuse disorder.

During this pandemic, Special Dragons Karate is not meeting with our children with special needs directly. View virtual special needs karate lessons via Facebook. We meet online every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 6:00 pm.

Tuesdays at 12 pm & Wednesdays at 7 pm
Register for an online support group. NAMI Family Support Group is a 60-minute support group for adult friends and family members (18+) of people with mental health conditions. Participants gain support from peers who understand their experience and gain insight into others’ challenges and successes.

A gentle yoga sequence led by a certified yoga instructor that will improve breathing patters and release stored tension in the body. Postures will be performed in a seated position, kneeling and reclined, there will be no standing sequences. We will have Chair Yoga on 4/21 as an alternative for those with mobility concerns.

Virtual Caregiver Support Group
Support groups provide an opportunity for caregivers, families and friends to learn more about dementias like Alzheimer’s disease, share their feelings and concerns, and support each other in coping with the effects of the disease.
Tue, Apr 7, 1 pm, Free
 

Join us for 30 minutes of stretching and relaxation with Virtual Yoga for the whole family. You don’t need any past experience or any special equipment.

Special Needs Attorney Hillary D. Freeman, Esq. and Bobbie Gallagher, BCBA-D, will present a free zoom teleconference with a Q&A addressing how to access special education from your home in the midst of this health crisis as well as behavioral strategies to help your child access his or her education when sitting in front of a computer is difficult.

Come and Let's Talk: Family Listening Session

Please join us for some great online music classes with Mr. Jim of Key of Awesome Music! Mr. Jim will be doing some silly vocal warm-ups and we can all participate with singing and even participating with some simple percussion play. We will be focusing on songs about friendship and what the lyrics mean to us all.

Let’s share what resources are available and discuss how we at NJ Connect for Recovery can help.

This webinar will include a presentation on coping with COVID-19 anxiety followed by a question and answer session.  In an effort to give all families a chance to participate, we have a limited registration.

During this presentation, we will be looking at tools to arm professionals with practical ways to coach parents suddenly finding themselves home schooling their kids in this new reality.

Join Disability Rights NJ Staff Attorneys, Robert Robinson and Andrea Parente, and Mike Marotta, DRNJ Assistive Technology Expert, as they provide important information about addressing special education concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

AARP will host a weekly live Coronavirus Information Tele-Town Hall on Thursdays at 1 p.m. ET.   Join each week.   Miss a week?  You can listen to the recorded audio streams from their website.   Also available En español  

Parenting is a tough job, parenting teenagers is somehow even harder. Throw in the added elements of a global pandemic and subsequent quarantine, and what we have here, folks, is a natural disaster of epic proportions...

***This webinar is being held FREE of charge***
Each class will feature a certified trainer and a model participant to demonstrate each exercise. We will focus on improving muscle building, full-body flexibility, balance, motor skills, and mobility through these fun exercises.

Join course instructors Jordan Quaglia and Charlotte Rotterdam for a free webinar exploring COVID-19 through the lens of compassion training, sharing key insights from both the practice and science of compassion.

Join POAC and Mr. Scott the Music Man for a half hour of music, movement, fun, and your garden variety silliness. Let's kick off the weekend the right way. It's all live at 2:30 on Fridays on POAC's Facebook page.

Parent-to-Parent Exchange Meeting Facilitator Doreen Moran, a parent and a professional in the field of disabilities, will moderate these meetings.  Discussions focus on transition services, coordinating adult services and the joys and challenges of the teenage years.    See the 2020 meeting schedule.

Supporting youth with autism and other developmental disabilities can be tough during this difficult time. Please join our BCBA for information about how to answer your children's questions about the Coronavirus. We will be focusing on information that is easy to understand and will provide visuals to use with your children.

This is an opportunity to rediscover yourself and to access the qualities and strengths you possess deep inside. Sit back, take a moment to become aware of the surroundings you are in, the sensations in your body, the thoughts in your mind and the feelings in your heart.

These timely and informative meetings will focus on navigating issues related to adults 18 years and

Community feedback and discussion on trauma and services available.

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances, we hope you are finding ways to plug into compassion, kindness, and care during these challenging days. 

Saturday Mornings LIVE ONLINE. The 8-week Online MBSR, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course for stress reduction and health teaches the method pioneered by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness in an online format meets weekly for 2.5 hours beginning APRIL 18 online and includes recordings, materials, orientation and daylong virtual retreat. Online class meets Saturday mornings from 9:30am-12pm. Reduced rate and sliding scale offered.

The Project SEARCH program is unlike any other transition-to-work program and can provide a life-changing experience for the right candidate.

Baseball Legend Darryl Strawberry will present at the 5th Annual Stigma Free Englewood Town Hall Meeting on Wed. April 22!

Anxiety Disorders are among the most common childhood mental health struggles.  Understanding the context of anxiety in the family system provides a unique opportunity for parents to effectively help their children through their own behavioral changes. This webinar will provide parents with an understanding of anxiety in children and adolescents and explore ways in which they may help their children to thrive.

Supportive learn to run program for all levels. Experience the joy of running and make it a permanent lifestyle!

Fun and supportive learn-to-run program for anyone who wants to learn to run or who would benefit from a structured, group training environment.