After more than two years of living with COVID, this back to school season poses unique challenges for children, teens and families. In this presentation, school counselor and author Phyllis Fagell will describe specific strategies parents and caregivers can employ during the back to school transition to help children manage stress, promote connection and develop enduring resilience.

About Our Presenter

Phyllis L. Fagell, LCPC is the school counselor at Sheridan School in Washington, DC, a therapist who works with kids and families in private practice, and an author and journalist. She's the author of “Middle School Matters” and a frequent contributor to the Washington Post. She also freelances for publications including Psychology Today, CNN, Working Mother, U.S. News & World Report and Your Teen, and her ideas have been shared in outlets including The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Edutopia, Mindshift and NPR. Phyllis currently is working on her next book, "Middle School Superpowers, Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times," (Hachette, August '23). She lives in Bethesda, MD with her husband and three children.

Learn more at phyllisfagell.com