Mental Health Support & Speakers for Boston Metro Communities
Virtual sessions the first Thursday of each month in 2025, with guest speakers, through the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community. This is a peer-run community in the Metro Boston Area for people who have been...
Parenting Neurodivergent Children Support Groups
Virtual Support Groups, through December 2026, with the Parent Helping Parents of Watertown, MA. Supporting parents with children whose brains process, learn, or behave differently. This support group is open to anyone parenting a neurodivergent...
Navigating Transition Workshop Series
Online Series, the first Tuesday of each month, with the Federation for Children with Special Needs in Massachusetts. Join the FCSN on the first Tuesday of each month from 6-7 to hear from experts on...
Learn Floortime & Support Your Child’s Development
Webinar Series, March 11th – May 27th, 2026, with Acton/Boxborough Community Education. In this DIR/Floortime™ workshop, parents will learn DIR® techniques that focuses on the child-parent (or caregiver) relationship as the heart of learning and...
Special Education Forum for Parents & Caregivers
Virtual Events, the last Wednesday of each month, through June 25th, 2026, with .Autism Connections of Western Massachusetts. The Special Education Forum is an opportunity for parents and caregivers of students on IEPs to share...
Safety at Home & in the Community
Webinar, April 2nd, 2026, with the NortheastArc in Family Resource Center in Danvers. Guest speaker Nicole Simon, Senior Behavioral Consultant, Lurie Center for Autism, is a behavior analyst that utlizes the applied behavior analysis (ABA)...
Rethinking Social Development in a Post-Pandemic World
Norfolk, MA, April 7th, 2026, with the Norfolk Special Education Parent Advisory Council. This workshop will explore the multifaceted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s social skill development. * From the loss of organic...
Bureau of Special Education Appeals “Mediation & Facilitation”
Webinar, April 7th, 2026, with the Massachusetts Bureau of Special Education Appeals. In an effort to ensure that they are meeting the needs of families and school districts in Massachusetts, the Mediators at the Massachusetts’...
Turning 3 Essentials: Spanish
Webinar, April 9th, 2026, con Peabody Special Education Parent Advisory Council. Derechos Basicos – Una presentación virtual Ggratuita para familias en español. Explica las diferencias entre la intervención temprana y la educación especial, la conferencia...
Trauma & Embodiment Annual Conference
Virtual Conference, April 10th – 12th, 2026,with the Justice Resource Institute in Needham, MA. The Center for Trauma and Embodiment’s annual conference – learn and share innovations in trauma healing that center the body. This...
Special-Needs Schools Conference & Vendor Expo
Westborough, MA, April 4th, 2025, with the The Massachusetts Association of Approved Special Education Schools. This is a professional conference for networking and informational purposes, not intended for students and families. MAAPS is the association...
Special Education & the IEP Process Q&A: English and Spanish
Webinar, April 14th, 2026, with Advocates of Framingham and the Massachusetts’ Department of Developmental Services. Sesion de preguntas y respuestas con Beth Doyle, la Gerente de Programas de Educacion dentro del DDS. Ella contestara todas...
Navigating the Special Education Process
Webinar, April 14th, 2026, with Gateways Access to Jewish Education in Newton, MA. Parents often enter the special education system because they know something isn’t working for their child. Their child is struggling academically, developmentally,...
Autism & the Microbiome (Gut/Brain Link)
Webinar, April 15th, 2026, with the Lurie Center in Lexington, MA. The Coffee Convo presentation series is presented by the Lurie Center for Autism. Coffee Convo presentations are offered monthly. All events are conducted virtually,...
My Kid Is Not Going to School – What Now?
Webinar, April 16th, 2026, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts. Free for Parent and Caregivers. PPAL’s Statewide meetings are meant only for family members raising children with mental health needs, as well as...
Preparing for the New Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Regulations Around Time Out Practices
Webinar, April 17th, 2026, with the Disability Law Center of Massachusetts. This webinar focuses on providing information to schools about the tools available to them with the new DESE regulations. Information will be provided in...
The Mental Health IEP
Webinar, April 21, 2026, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts Free PPAL workshops are meant for parents, caregivers, family members, individuals, family partners, and/or peer leaders with experience supporting children with emotional, behavioral,...
Eating Disorders Conference in Framingham
Framingham, MA, April 30th & May 1st, 2026, with the Multi Service Eating Disorders Association. he 2026 MEDA Conference will cover the most recent knowledge and research, and the most cutting-edge approaches in the eating...
Disability Transition-to-Adult Resource Fair: Malden
Malden High School, Malden, MA, April 30th, 2026, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Hosted by the Malden and Medford Offices of Special Education. Free and open to the public. This is a regional fair and all...
The New England Association for Play Therapy Conference
Nashua, NH, May 1st & 2nd, 2026, with the The New England Association for Play Therapy, Inc. The New England Association for Play Therapy, Inc is a branch of the Association for Play Therapy that...
Maine’s Family Epilepsy Conference
Freeport, ME, May 2nd, 2026. Join the Epilepsy Foundation of New England as they bring together families and providers for a day of epilepsy education. There will be dicussions about epilepsy, a brunch served for all...
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Research Centers of Excellence Virtual Conference
Webinar, May 6th, 2026, with the MGH Center of Excellence for Psychosocial and Systemic Research Mass General Brigham and iSPARC UMass Chan Medical School. This year’s theme is “Building Solutions and Breaking Barriers: Advancing Behavioral...
Mental Health First Aid Training in Topfield
Topsfield, MA, May 7th & 8th, 2026, with the Tri-Town Council. Learn how to support the young people in your life. Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to...
PPAL’s Annual Children’s Mental Health Conference
Online event, May 15th 2026, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts. Recognize the importance of lived experience, watch PPal award their Children’s Mental Health Community Awards, and attend morning and afternoon workshops on...
Dyslexia Conference in Boston
Boston Univeristy with online Options, October 16th, 2026, with The Dyslexia Foundation. The 2026 theme will be Dyslexia in Schools: ADHD, Anxiety and Dyslexia. More speaker and workshop information will be available Summer 2026. *...
