Early Childhood Family Education
ABE Early Learning is for children that have a parent/guardian attending ABE (Adult Basic Education) classes at the Wayzata Early Learning School. Parent/Guardian must be onsite for children to attend.
Wayzata Kids is a school-age childcare program.
Classes for all levels to keep you active!
Join us in-person or online for a cooking class!
Online Youth Classes
The list of stressors that kids and parents are facing now is long and varied. The challenge is that children often express stress through challenging behaviors. Learn more about what stress looks like in kids and teens and ways to respond that build your family’s resilience instead of eroding it. In this engaging and interactive session, Erin Walsh will deliver warm insight and practical advice for navigating challenges and strengthening family connection when you need it most.
This event is funded by the Wayzata Public Schools District Liaison Committee.
This event will be held live in person and streamed simultaneously on Zoom. Participants can choose to attend in-person or online.
Erin is a parent, speaker, and author. She has worked with communities across the country who want to better understand child and adolescent development and cut through conflicting information about kids and technology. She is committed to bringing an equity lens and asset-based approach to our understanding of, and response to, youth and media. Her signature down-to-earth approach and sense of humor helps families and educators engage in complicated topics and leave feeling capable and motivated.
Erin has enjoyed bringing science and strategies to families and educators alongside her father Dr. David Walsh for nearly 20 years. They started together at the National Institute on Media and the Family before creating Spark & Stitch Institute in 2019. In addition to writing articles for several other organizations including Bolster Collaborative and Psychology Today, she co-authored the 10th Anniversary Edition of the national bestseller Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen. Before creating Spark & Stitch Institute in 2019, Erin taught undergraduate students for nine years with the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs and was a Lead Program Facilitator for Youth Frontiers. Her work has been featured in local publications across the country as well as The Washington Post, Parents.com, PBS Kids for Parents, and Yahoo News. Erin has served on a number of community boards, including as board chair of YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, a wilderness-based youth development program. She has consulted with schools, school districts, parent groups and other youth serving organizations throughout North America on issues related to digital media, children, youth.
Erin Walsh
