The goal of the WTPA Parent Education group is to bring parenting education opportunities including articles, films, speakers and workshops to the Wade Thomas parent community.

Additional Parent Ed Resources Around Marin

Flexible Learning Opportunities (FLO)  is an RVSD-based support group for parents that have children that are “unique” learners. Unique learners show variations in areas such as giftedness, attention, memory, speech, and language, auditory, visual, or sensory processing, organization, motor skills, behavior and social skills.

Parent Education Group of Marin (PEG)  PEG’s mission is to provide a forum for Marin County K-12 public and independent schools to collaborate on parent education topics. They will achieve this mission by promoting parent education school events and broaden community awareness for parent education events.

Follow PEG on Facebook to view all of the great parent ed events. PEG usually meets three times a year (May, September, & January) to collaborate on topics.

Ross Valley Healthy Community Collaborative (RVHCC) Is a group of concerned community members, educators and young people that are working together with all sectors of our community to improve the health and wellness of San Anselmo and Fairfax adults and youth. Their goal is to improve the overall health and wellness of our community by raising awareness of current mental health and substance abuse issues, identifying and implementing strategies for reducing risk factors, and advocating for increased positive youth engagement in Ross Valley.

The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade. Let’s protect the elementary and middle school years from the distractions and the dangers of a smartphone. Banding together helps decrease the pressure to have a phone at an early age. Ten years old is the average age children get their first smartphone. You can change this!

Tech Reset Masterclass- Zoom Class recording: 
During this 1-hour masterclass, you will learn mindset shifts and strategies for managing screen time and device problems in your home. You will walk away with a screentime agreement that you can use with your child right away. Our speaker, Tess Connolly, LCSW, will discuss the importance of using a screentime contract and more!