Speaking Up for Your Child's Needs: Knowing When and How to Step In
Advocating for your child can feel emotional, complicated, and sometimes overwhelming. This community workshop supports parents in building confidence around when to step in, how to communicate concerns effectively, and how to partner with schools in ways that center your child’s strengths, needs, and lived experience. Together, we’ll explore practical tools, compassionate language, and curiosity-first strategies that help you move from frustration to collaboration—so your child feels seen, supported, and understood.
Amanda Morin is a neurodivergent neurodiversity activist, an award-winning author of six books, early childhood specialist, and nationally known speaker, deeply committed to fostering accessible and inclusive environments for neurodivergent individuals. She leverages her expertise in learning and child development, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), special education, advocacy, and mental health to distill complex data into easily digestible information for parents, educators, and employers who want to advance the mission of creating inclusive content, programs, and strategies to make the world accessible to all.
Two sessions:
- SUN MAR 22, 3pm - Downtown Library, Redwood City
- MON MAR 23, 6pm - San Mateo Public Library
This program is supported by Measure K funding from the County of San Mateo.
Full Series:
The Hard Parts No One Talks About: Parenting Neurodiverse Kids with Compassion and Clarity with Kaitlin Soule
- SUN MAR 8, 3pm - Redwood Shores Branch Library
- MON MAR 9, 6pm - San Mateo Public Library
Life with Neurodivergence: Teen and Parent perspectives
- SUN MAR 15, 3pm - Downtown Library, Redwood City
- MON MAR 16, 6pm San Mateo Public Library
Speaking Up for Your Child's Needs: Knowing When and How to Step In with Amanda Morin
- SUN MAR 22, 3pm - Downtown Library, Redwood City
- MON MAR 23, 6pm - San Mateo Public Library
Changing Perspectives: Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity with Sam Drazin
- SUN MAR 29, 3pm - San Mateo Public Library
- MON MAR 30, 6pm - Redwood Shores Branch Library
More Information:
Contact: Pam Evans
Phone: (650)780-7028
Email: pevans@redwoodcity.org
