Navigating Meltdowns, Tantrums, & Power Struggles with CALM and CONFIDENCE

Schedule

Sat Mar 21 2026 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Nia House Learning Center | Berkeley, CA

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3 Keys to Navigating Meltdowns, Tantrums, & Power Struggles… with CALM and CONFIDENCE
About this Event

Announcement: Nia House Learning Center is hosting a hands-on workshop experience with Parent Coach Vanessa Callaghan, MED and Occupational Therapist Kathryn Dunn, MA OTR/L

RESERVE YOUR SEAT… Space is limited!

Parents and Caregivers- You really don't have to do it all alone!

Register for this free, interactive workshop with Vanessa Callaghan, MEd., and Kathryn Dunn MA OTR/L, where you'll learn the steps and strategies it takes to navigate meltdowns, tantrums, and power struggles with more ease and confidence, and to coach your child to be more emotionally resilient.

Learn how to stay calm, kind, and connected, even during the most challenging moments.

What is it? A highly interactive in-person WORKSHOP hosted by Nia House Learning Center with presenters Vanessa Callaghan, MEd., and Kathryn Dunn, MA OTR/L, “The 3 Keys to Navigating Meltdowns, Tantrums, and Power Struggles… with More Calm and Confidence”

Who is it for? Parents and caregivers seeking tools and strategies to navigate meltdowns, tantrums, and power struggles with more ease and confidence, and to coach their children to be more emotionally resilient.

When is it? Saturday, March 21st, from 10am-12pm

Where is it? Nia House Learning Center, 2234 Ninth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

How do I sign up?

What are we learning?

  • Coach your child through their big emotions
  • Teach your child self-regulation tools
  • Keep your cool during tough moments
  • Avoid the #1 mistake parents make during tough, emotional parenting moments

...all while staying calm, kind, and connected.

About your presenters:

Vanessa Callaghan is on a mission to empower parents...

Vanessa Callaghan, MAEd. is a proven parent empowerment coach with over 20 years of experience in education. She's known for her refreshingly honest, hands-on, and personal approach. She empowers parents with high-quality tools so they can build a lifelong relationship based on respect, appreciation, and love. She runs a yearlong program for parents, the Family Foundations Immersion, has a popular Facebook Group for Parents seeking to raise resilient children, and is host of The Calm Empowered Parent Podcast, all dedicated to cultivating resilience and empowerment in parenting.


Kathryn Dunn is an educational occupational therapist with over 15 years of experience in the field. She has worked in schools across California as well as in Japan and Germany. Kathryn has an interest and specialized training in the areas of executive functioning, interoception, visual perception in relation to both dyscalculia and dysgraphia, and comprehensive behavioral intervention for Tourette and Tic disorders. She operates her own private practice and lives with her husband, two sons, and dog in Richmond, where you can find her using her own sensory regulation techniques to manage the day-to-day demands of parenting two children under the age of 5.



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Nia House Learning Center, 2234 Ninth Street, Berkeley, United States

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