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A great predictor of future educational performance is the beliefs a student holds about the world. Beliefs change the math about what is possible and probable, whether it’s making a team or getting accepted to a great school or thriving with ADHD. By changing the math, beliefs change our path. Parents can actively shape those beliefs in ways that measurably increase student resilience, happiness, and long-term success, and Achor will reveal the seven core beliefs that predict educational outcomes and well-being. Gain practical tools to help kids strengthen the most predictive core beliefs like “I am not alone,” “My behavior matters,” “I have something to give” and “I matter” and leave with strategies that can rewire how their children see themselves and their world. Learn how to improve your child’s emotional immune system, especially in the midst of social media and technology. Beliefs about ourselves, our children, our work and our world don’t just reflect reality. Beliefs bend our future reality. Same world. Different beliefs. Different outcomes.

 

 

Tuesday, December 1st

6:00–7:15 pm

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Each year, the Trevor community explores a different topic related to human identity and connection. The DEI Signature Program provides a structured and intentional way for our community to explore and engage with these topics. For 2026–27, our Signature Program is Belonging. Through a variety of experiences, we seek to create space for education, reflection, connection, and celebration.

 

We invite the Trevor parent and guardian community to virtually join John Krownapple on Tuesday, December 1st at 6:00 pm for Cultivating Belonging: What Families Can Do to Help Children Thrive.  

 

Drawing on research from psychology, education, and the science of belonging, this interactive session will explore what belonging really means, why it matters for children's well-being and development, and how honoring dignity creates the conditions for belonging. Parents and caregivers will leave with practical strategies to affirm their children's inherent worth, strengthen relationships, navigate moments of conflict, exclusion, or uncertainty, and partner with the school to create environments where every child can thrive.

Parenting Perspectives:

A Series Featuring Leading Voices & Timely Ideas

 

Our series includes a collection of webinars hosted by ISACS and NYSAIS, as well as in-person events hosted by Trevor, all in support of our critical roles as parents.

 

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What if the traits that make a child more sensitive to stress are the very same traits that allow them to flourish most powerfully in the right environment? Every child is born with a nervous system uniquely wired to experience the world. Some children feel everything deeply, process intensely, and require specific conditions to thrive. Others are more adaptable, flexible, seemingly unfazed. And most fall somewhere in between. Yet, too often, we parent toward an imagined “average child”—one that doesn’t exist. Drawing on research and science around temperament, Pressman offers a clarifying lens: the goal is not to toughen children up or shield them from all stress—but to understand which stress builds resilience, which requires support, and which demands protection. This session challenges two common but costly parenting extremes—dismissing children’s experiences on one end and over-accommodating on the other. Gain a practical, science-backed approach to raising children who feel seen, understood, and capable. Because when children are known for who they truly are, they stop trying to be someone else and start becoming, fully and confidently, themselves.

 

Playing with fire and gasoline at nine years old, O’Leary created a massive explosion in his garage and was burned on 100% of his body. Given less than a 1% chance of survival, O’Leary is proof of the power of the human spirit. His unlikely recovery meant a journey of pain and loss that could have easily been insurmountable. Far from simply enduring tragedy, he became a luminous example of thriving through adversity. And surprisingly, this “survivor” story isn’t focused on O’Leary—rather, it is a celebration of heroes who intimately served him and his family. Every individual involved in this fire teaches us this truth: one person can make a profound difference in the lives of others. Using emotional storytelling and unexpected humor to highlight the powerful role parents and caregivers play in shaping resilience, perspective, and hope in their children; he reminds us of the impact of our daily attitudes, the power of gratitude, and what it looks like to model courage and compassion—reinforcing that even small, intentional moments of connection can leave a lasting imprint on the lives of our kids. Reawaken a sense of purpose—both in parenting and beyond—that what we do everyday matters.