GPS Listening Community

Do you have a child with an IEP (Individualized Education Program) or a 504?

Do you want to feel supported by other parents?

Do you want to connect with other parents?

Do you want to feel heard?

The Greenwich Public School Listening Community may be the place for you.

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

Please join our Winter 2024 Listening Community.

Meetings will be held at:

Greenwich Town Hall

101 Field Point Road

Greenwich, CT 06830

Wednesday mornings 9:30AM- 10:30AM

1/17/24, Cone Room

1/24/24, Cone Room

1/31/24, Cone Room

2/7/24, Town Hall Meeting Room

2/21/24, Cone Room

2/28/24, Cone Room

Should you require translation, the district can provide translation in most languages via a telephone service. Please email me at sabrina_motta@greenwich.k12.ct.us if you have any questions about this service.

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
• Group discussion about video or quote
• Parent/caregivers share their thoughts or experiences
  

• Sabrina Motta, speech-language pathologist, sabrina_motta@greenwich.k12.ct.us
• Kristen Mulhearn, district social worker, kristen_mulhearn@greenwich.k12.ct.us

Please feel email with any additional questions about the group.