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The school year is well underway and that transition period is over. For the past few months, you were waiting to get a sense of your child’s academic and social growth, while also trying to get a read on the teacher, classroom, and school. Now, we’re a few months and the reality has set in.

For many parents, Fall Conferences have come and gone and now is the hard part. With information on challenges (social, academic, or both) happening at school, how can you continue to support your child at home?

What You'll Learn: 

-How to keep communication up with your child’s teacher - including best practices
-How to handle those hard conversations with your child’s teacher - especially when there’s a disagreement. Ex: When the teacher might want to refer out for something and you aren’t aligned
-How to emotionally support your child when academics are challenging
-What this looks like
-What NOT to do 
-How to have those hard conversations
-How to provide academic support across multiple disciplines
-What does reading support look like for an emergent reader vs. an elementary schooler?
-How about math? The math that we learned math is dead... And there’s a new way - that feels more confusing to us.
-How to provide support for challenging behaviors that emerge as a result of academic frustration

Walk away from this Assembly feeling empowered to support YOUR child in the best possible way.


About Your Speakers:

Chloe has a special education background and years of clinical experience in schools. She has Master’s degrees from New York University in Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education and is a PhD candidate at GW University.

Kate began her career as a child and adolescent therapist in 2005 and helped launch the first Partial Hospitalization Program for teens at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. She specializes in supporting parents of children with ADHD. She is the mother of three.




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Supporting Your Child as Social & Academic Challenges Emerge

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Are you a new parent striving to find a balance between meeting your baby's needs and maintaining your sanity? Co-hosted with ByHeart, join Mariel Benjamin, LCSW, of Cooper for a workshop dedicated to understanding why routines are so important and finding the schedule that works for you. From feeding, to bedtime to playtime, we’ll give you the tools you need to customize your routine to fit your family’s unique needs. 

What You’ll Gain:

The Science Behind Why Routines Matter: Routines not only help your baby feel safe, they also set the groundwork for long term self regulation.

Making the Most of Everyday Moments: Feeding, naps, feeding, another nap, and another feeding, and on and on. Learn how to stay sane through the monotony and make the most of little moments of connection. 

Feel Empowered: Routines don’t just benefit your baby, they benefit YOU too. It can be extremely helpful for parents to feel organized and empowered in their day. 

What to do About Childcare: Learn how to communicate with other caregivers in your baby’s life, from extended family members to babysitters. Just because you have routines, doesn't mean you can't be flexible. Learn how and when you can bend routines and allow for different caregivers or schedules.

Get Ready for Change: Adjust routines over time as your child grows and needs change.

As a bonus, we'll provide you with sample feeding and sleep schedules to kickstart your routine journey!

About Your Speaker:

Mariel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience at Mount Sinai Medical Center working with families and children. She is the Director of Groups at Cooper, and mom to 2 young children.


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The Importance of Routines

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Are you considering having another baby or already expecting one? 

This workshop walks through reflecting on how you were raised, the challenges of infertility, and more.

It’s a tough transition as a parent - we’re here to help!

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A Workshop for Growing Families: Excitement, Anticipation and Loss

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Parenting can be stressful in ways you never saw coming. We’re here to help. Co-hosted by Cooper & Nutrafol, this Assembly is a safe space for parents to discuss and address the complexities of parenthood and how that stress can impact both emotional and physical health.

What You'll Gain:

Understanding Your Stress: Gain insights into the common sources of stress, from the physical to the psychological. The impacts of stress can have a direct impact on whole body health, and in turn show up in your hair as thinning and increased shedding. We'll discuss simple lifestyle modifications to address these needs as well as practical strategies to cope and foster self-compassion.

Rediscovering Your Identity: Delve into the shift in identity that often occurs with parenthood and learn techniques to reclaim personal time for yourself.

Develop a Parenting Growth Mindset: Stress can have a direct impact on our parenting, making us less aware, sensitive, responsive, and challenging our self regulation skills. Learn to forgive yourself for mistakes and continue to grow.

Find Connection: Connect with a supportive community of parents who share similar experiences and concerns, providing a network of understanding and encouragement.


About Nutrafol:

Nutrafol is the #1 dermatologist-recommended hair growth brand with a science-backed approach to whole-body health

Nutrafol Hair Growth Nutraceuticals are physician-formulated with 100% drug free ingredients and individualized formulas based on the bio-specific needs of your life stage and lifestyle – such as the postpartum period (Nutrafol Postpartum) or women following plant-based diets (Nutrafol Women’s Vegan).  

Nutrafol Hair Growth Nutraceuticals support hair health by targeting the root causes of hair thinning, including stress, nutrition and aging. 

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Parenting Stress from Head to Toe

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Are you a parent seeking to make informed decisions for your family, but feeling overwhelmed by the barrage of conflicting advice and information? Join Cooper & Emily Oster, author, CEO of ParentData, and Economics Professor at Brown University, and learn tools to navigate the world of parenting research and data, empowering you to make choices that align with your family's unique values and needs.

What You'll Gain:

Become a Conscious Consumer of Research: Learn how to critically assess research, distinguishing between reliable sources and sensationalized headlines.

Aligning Research with Family Values: Discover strategies to determine when to adopt research findings and when to trust your own family's values and preferences.

Managing Information Overload: Tackle the challenge of information overload, especially as a new parent, by creating a streamlined approach to consuming and applying research.

Escaping the Google Rabbit Hole: Gain practical techniques to prevent yourself from going down endless internet searches, saving you time and reducing anxiety.

About Emily Oster:

Emily Oster is on a mission to help parents become more data literate, and thus remove much of the anxiety of modern day parenting.  As both a parent of two and a Professor of Economics at Brown University (she holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard) she was inspired to utilize her data translation skills to analyze the data around pregnancy and parenting to help give parents the information and tools they need to confidently make informed decisions.  She is a New York Times best-selling author, whose books include Expecting Better, Cribsheet and The Family Firm and also writes the popular newsletter, ParentData.  Last year, she was named to the 2022 Time 100 Most Influential People list. Her next book, The Unexpected, hits shelves April 2024.

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Data-Driven Parenting: Making Sense of Research for Choices that Fit Your Family

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What messages are we communicating about gender roles to our kids, without even realizing it? How can parents rebalance the work of caregiving? How can you find personal time - what Eve Rodsky calls Unicorn Space - to explore your creativity, even in the chaos of busy life?

Join Cooper & Eve Rodsky, author of the New York Times bestseller Fair Play, for an honest discussion of gender roles and creativity at home.

What you'll learn:

- How to break down gender roles for your children
- How to rebalance the work of caregiving
- How to find your Unicorn Space to carve out time for creativity and self fulfillment

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Getting Creative About Gender Roles: What Are You Modeling?

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Money can be a daunting subject to broach, especially when it comes to discussing it with your children. Parents often hesitate, driven by a range of emotions, from shame and worry to the desire to protect their child's innocence. But what if you could equip your child with the skills and knowledge to navigate the financial landscape confidently and responsibly from an early age?

Join Cooper & Benjamin Talks for an honest discussion of your child's financial literacy where we'll guide you through the process of introducing your children to the world of money in a way that's both educational and enjoyable.

What You'll Gain:

Start Earlier than You Think: Discover the importance of starting financial literacy education earlier than you might have imagined, setting your child up for a lifetime of financial confidence and responsibility.

Build Your Child's Math Vocabulary: Learn strategies to build your child's math vocabulary, ensuring they have a solid foundation for understanding financial concepts.

Foster Generosity: Understand the value of teaching your child about generosity and philanthropy as part of their financial education, instilling a sense of social responsibility.

Develop an Awareness of Risk: Equip your child with the tools to recognize and assess risks in financial decision-making, promoting a balanced approach to managing their finances.

Distinguish Between WANTS and NEEDS: Help your child differentiate between wants and needs, empowering them to make wise spending choices and prioritize financial goals.

In this workshop, we'll provide practical tips, resources, and age-appropriate activities to make financial literacy a fun and educational journey for both you and your child. Join us and lay the foundation for a financially savvy future!

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Financial Literacy: What Your Family Needs To Know & Why

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Up until now, you've been focused on formula or breastmilk, or both. Your baby’s feeding journey is about to begin and we're here to help you establish good habits from the very start. This isn’t about food, it is about culture, family and communication. Join Mariel Benjamin, our Director of Groups, together with our partners at Nara Organics and Little Spoon, as we give you all the information you need to confidently start solids and answer all your  questions in real time. 

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Starting Solids and Establishing Good Mealtime Habits from the Start

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Created for parents of elementary and middle schoolers, this workshop will walk though where your child is right now developmentally, how technology can interfere with development, as well as how it can be used as a learning tool. We'll share step by step strategies for managing tech use and minimizing screen time that you can start using at home right away. 


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Strategies for Safe Tech Use & Screen Time

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While we all worry about our children’s safety, the stark reality is that the mother of a Black child has more to worry about when sending her child into the world than a white mother. Join Nefertiti Austin, author of Motherhood So White, to talk about adoption, racial identity and parenthood, and her experience raising her son as a Black single mother by choice.



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Motherhood, Identity & Race

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Summer is (somehow) right around the corner, and with it comes sleepaway camp! While exciting, this can also be incredibly anxiety inducing (for us and our kids!). Summer 365 and Cooper are here to support all first-time camp parents with a candid discussion on the research, the excitement and the worry, and the practical tips AND TOOLS you need as you prepare for camp and all that comes with it. 

camper (noun); a person who lives in a bunk and attends a summer camp 
camp parent (noun); a person who is giving their child the greatest gift and wants the best for their child AND maybe is feeling a little anxious about it too

Summer 365 is the leading consulting service created by parents for parents with a customized and holistic approach to finding the best fit overnight summer experience for each child and family. For the past decade, they have found Their team of experts has insider knowledge on over 500 of the top sleepaway camps and summer programs for children and teens 7-18. As trusted advisors, beyond navigating the camp search process, they provide their community with valuable resources and advice to help educate and prepare parents in this new chapter of their parenting journey!

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Preparing for Camp: Lessons for 1st Time Campers and 1st Time Parents!

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What practices in the classroom help children with ADHD thrive? Learn what to look for as a parent and how to advocate for your child, with The Childhood Collective. 

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Helping Children with ADHD at School

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How do you know what to look for in a preschool? What can you ask your child's preschool teacher at parent-teacher conferences? Dr. Meghan McCormick shares insight into these questions and more! 

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The Long Term Effects of Pre-K on Child Development

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Many parents share concerns about how the pandemic has impacted their children's social emotional development, resilience, and grief. Let's talk about it together. Join Dr. Erin O'Connor, Cooper's Chief of Education, and Dr. Jamie Howard, a Senior Clinical Psychologist at the Child Mind Institute.

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Building Children's Resilience

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Holiday prep can make you feel stretched in every direction. Join board-certified pediatrician, author, and creator of Modern Mommy Doc, Dr. Whitney Casares, for a discussion of how to find ways to take care of YOU over the holidays.

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Self Care and Holiday Stress

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Need tips for handling tantrums? Michelle Tangeman of Thriving Toddler and Erin O'Connor, Cooper's Chief of Education, share the science behind tantrums and strategies to manage them.

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Self Regulation and Temper Tantrums

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Parenting a child through a difficult experience - a medical diagnosis, developmental difference, or a mental health challenge - requires a parent to cope with uncertainty, navigate the logistics of accessing care and building a treatment team, all while emotionally supporting the entire family system. Join Cooper's Chief of Education Dr. Erin O'Connor and pediatrician Dr. Kelly Fradin for a discussion of her new book: Advanced Parenting: Advice for Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, and Mental Health Challenges.

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Advanced Parenting: Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, and Mental Health Challenges

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If you're looking for your village, start here. It's normal for new parents to feel isolated and lonely in the transition to parenthood. Knowing that it's normal doesn't make it easy. In this workshop with Nara Organics, we'll walk through strategies for building your village and easing loneliness, guilt, and stress.

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Where's My Village? Strategies for Easing Parental Loneliness, Guilt and Stress

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What can you take away from parenting and child development research without it adding even more guilt and stress to your plate? Dr. Cara Goodwin of Parenting Translator and Dr. Erin O'Connor, Cooper's Chief of Education, discuss. 

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What can you learn from parenting research without adding even more to your plate?

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Finding your village as a new parent is hard enough. What about when your child has a disability? From Down syndrome to chronic health conditions, your parenting journey could have challenges you never would have expected. Join Amanda Schwiening, Olivier Bernier, Dr. Allie Ticktin, and Cooper’s Chloe Massey as they discuss:

- Becoming your child’s advocate.
- Managing parental loneliness.
- Building your child's support team.

About Amanda: "I am a working mom with an energetic 20 month old that happens to have Down syndrome. I am married to my best friend for 7 years now. Colt is our only son, and he brings us so much joy."

Olivier Bernier is an award-winning director of Forget Me Not, an eye-opening documentary about his son’s experience with Down syndrome and inclusion in New York City public schools.

Dr. Allie Ticktin is an occupational therapist with a specialty in sensory integration and early childhood development. She is the founder of Play 2 Progress in Los Angeles, where she provides hands-on classes for kids, parental support, training for schools and childcare providers and 1:1 OT consultations.




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Finding Your Village & Navigating Life with a Child with a Disability

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Do you find yourself constantly saying "no" or "stop" to your child? It's exhausting (and often ends up having the opposite effect you want!). Positive language is a research-based approach that can help. Learn how to start using positive language with Lauren Vien, Education Director of Rose & Rex. 

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Positive Language Strategies for Challenging Moments

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Struggling with a picky eater? Join Charlotte Cho, co-founder of Soko Glam and Then I Met You, and Mariel Benjamin, Cooper's Director of Groups, to learn strategies for feeding challenges that often come up over the holidays.

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"Ewww, Yuck, and No!!” Understanding and Managing Picky Eating

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Join us for a discussion featuring expert panelists who will discuss all things pregnancy and parenting. Mariel Benjamin, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Cooper, will share valuable insights on the emotional and mental aspects of parenting. Charlotte Cho, the founder of Soko Glam, will discuss how to update your beauty routine during pregnancy. We will also have Casey Selzer, a Certified Nurse Midwife from Oula on hand to answer questions about how to take care of your whole self during pregnancy and beyond. 

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Preparing for Pregnancy: Expert Insights on Pregnancy, Parenting, and Beauty

Parenthood redefines how you see yourself - and how others see you. This profound shift in identity can be challenging. Join Mariel Benjamin, our Director of Groups and Erin O'Connor, our Chief of Education, for a live workshop on the psychology of becoming a parent, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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The Shift in Identity Post-Baby

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No one is fully prepared for life after baby. Instead you can prepare yourself for the unexpected, for your ability to be flexible, for your ability to show forgiveness and understanding to yourself, and for your ability to approach this new journey with confidence, problem solving skills and support.

We are approaching this conversation from 3 sides - from the physical and emotional recovery, to the early moments of connection and relationship building, to the nutritional needs of new mothers in this major transition for their bodies.

Join us and additional experts:

Nubia Jones of Doula Viva will discuss emotional and physical well-being postpartum.

Chiyo will talk about what new moms can eat to replenish, recover, and feel their best postpartum.

And Cooper's very own Mariel Benjamin, LCSW, and Director of Groups, will talk about how to build the bond with your baby through everyday moments.

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Preparing for Postpartum

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Join Dr. Allie Ticktin, occupational therapist, author and founder of Play 2 Progress for a discussion on the truth behind sensory play, co-hosted by Esther Park, Founder and CEO of Nara Organics. Learn what sensory play really is, why it is so vital and how to incorporate true sensory play into your daily life in order to help build a strong foundation for your baby. We will discuss sensory milestones, how to set up a play environment that leads to building new neural connections and working through challenging tasks - including tummy time.

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Sensory Milestones: What Really Matters

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In this Assembly, we spoke with Jessica Grose about her new book "Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood." We'll talk through some of the enduring themes of motherhood she saw in her research for the book, and the role of those themes in the modern motherhood experience. We will also dive into the impact of social media on attitudes towards mothering and community development. 

For more information on Jessica and her recent book, visit: https://jessicagrose.com/

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Screaming on the Inside: Unfiltered Parenting

How is it almost summer?! Summer 365 and Cooper are here to clear up any last worries, concerns, and questions you have about getting your child (and you!) camp-ready. How to handle homesickness? Communication with your child while they're away? Your role in supporting your child's friendships? We'll cover it all. Did you miss our first assembly with Summer 365? Head to the recordings to catch up on lessons for parents of first time campers! 

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Summer Camp Sprint: Communication, Homesickness, and Friendships

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Dr. Niobe Way has spent decades interviewing teenage boys about the pressure on them to "man up" as they grow up. Her research has found that boys, like everyone else, are empathetic and just want to feel connected. How can we support our sons' emotional development, mental health, and friendships? How can we support them in feeling and expressing their emotions - all of them - so that they can be their authentic selves? Let's learn together. Join Cooper's Chief of Education Dr. Erin O'Connor and Dr. Way for a discussion dismantling stereotypes about boys' emotional development. 

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Boys' Emotions & The Crisis of Connection: Its Roots, Consequences, and Solutions

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Join Dr. Erin O'Connor, Cooper's Chief of Education, and Dr. Jeanne Donaldson, a time out researcher and professor at Louisiana State University. She knows the ins and outs of exactly how to use time outs effectively. We'll walk through exactly what to do step by step to make a time out effective (and not harmful!), from the conversation you have in the car on the way to the park, to the moment when your child pushes another kid down the slide, plus the follow-up conversation afterwards.

The way time outs are talked about online and on social media makes it sound like you're abandoning your child.  When done with intention and care, they are NOT linked to any negative impact on your relationship with your child.

Time outs are a tool that research has found to be effective, but they're just one of many tools you can use to address challenging behaviors. Take them or leave them. If you don't want to use them, there are other strategies that you can use.

We're here at Cooper to empower you with evidence-based strategies so that you feel confident in whatever parenting choice you make.


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The Truth About Time Outs

These live, virtual experiences go deeper on topics that matter to you - from ways to build strong sibling relationships to the science behind timeouts - Learn from an expert and get all your questions answered. 