GPS Listening Community

To offer a safe space where parents of children receiving special education support can come together, feel heard and connect with others. Staff will guide parents through the process of exploring mindfulness, self compassion and reflection, with relation to the many emotions associated with parenting.

Please join our Spring 2022 Listening Community.

Meetings will be held at Greenwich Town Hall in the Evaristo Conference Room.

Wednesday mornings 9:30AM- 10:30AM

Wednesday evenings 6:30PM- 7:30PM. For those that prefer, the evening session will offer participants the option to stream if they cannot attend in person:

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/yof-adsn-cfz

4/27/22

5/4/22

5/11/22

5/18/22

5/25/22

6/1/22

Snacks and refreshments will be provided by a Greenwich family. Thank you for your support!

The snacks are purchased by Coffee for Good. Coffee for Good's "mission is to improve the lives of people with disabilities by reducing the unemployment rate in that community" (taken from, https://coffeeforgood.org/).

We are proud to support and give back to the local community of Greenwich.

Should you require translation in any language, please let us know at sabrina_motta@greenwich.k12.ct.us by at least Monday morning. We will be sure to find a translator for you!

Consistent with the district norms, we ask everyone to please:

Be Here: be present in the moment, attend to whomever is speaking, judgment free

Be Honest: share information from your own story or experience

Be Safe: focus on listening without placing blame and please refrain from using specific names of persons involved

Care for Self and Others: respect each person's experience by actively listening and offering understanding rather than advice

Let Go and Move On: focus on the story or feelings being shared with you; please keep whatever is shared within this community

• Greeting
• Moment of Mindfulness
• Contemplation of Quote
• Parent share/thoughts
  

• Sabrina Motta, speech-language pathologist
• Alsu Khalitova, parent facilitator
• Kristen Mulhearn, district social worker