Seven Hills Parent Lecture Series
For several years, Seven Hills has hosted a sold-out Parent Lecture Series which is held on weeknight evenings, 3-4 times during the year. Our school mission, "to develop the intellect, engage the spirit, and foster respect for and responsibility to our world," inspires us to present the series, not just to our Seven Hills parents but, to the broader community of the East Bay.
We offer the Lecture Series gratis to local educators. If you are a teacher and wish to attend one or more of these events, please click here.
Each evening, dessert is served at 6:45pm and the program runs from 7:00pm. to 8:30pm. Everyone is welcome so please bring your friends and neighbors. Free childcare is provided to Seven Hills families.
Click here to read about the history of the Parent Lecture Series and to see our past speakers.
Christine Carter
- SOLD OUT
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011
Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents
Sponsored by the Julian Rettger Fund for Emotional Well-Being
Christine Carter, Ph.D., is a sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, an interdisciplinary research unit dedicated to the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being. Best known for her science-based parenting advice, Dr. Carter follows the scientific literature to understand ways that we can teach children skills for happiness, emotional intelligence, and resilience. She is the author of Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents and she teaches parenting classes to a global audience online.
Dr. Carter also writes a blog for the Greater Good Science Center which offers parents science-based tips for fostering well-being in children. Her parent-to-parent tone and humorous, tell-all approach make scientific research accessible and fun for parents and teachers. In 2010 she received an award from the Council on Contemporary Families for her outstanding science-based reporting on family issues.
After receiving her B.A. from Dartmouth College, where she was a Senior Fellow, Dr. Carter worked in marketing management and school administration, going on to receive her Ph.D. in sociology from UC Berkeley. Her first book, The Other Side of Silence, is one of the most frequently stolen books out of university libraries. Dr. Carter has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rachel Ray Morning Show, and NPR, and is a regular on ABC’s View from the Bay.
Please click here for notes from Dr. Carter’s lecture.
Denise Pope
- SOLD OUT
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students
Denise Pope, Ph.D., Senior lecturer at Stanford School of Education, and Director of Challenge Success center at Stanford spoke to parents and educators at Seven Hills on “The Well Balanced Child” on January 24, 2012.
Parent comments afterwards were enthusiastic: “Fabulously on point!”, “I learned great tools to use with my children.”
Don’t miss the next parent lecture: Dr. Cynthia Kapphahn on “Eating Disorders-What Every Parent Should Know”, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2012
For a brief summary of Denise Pope’s presentation click link here
Denise Pope, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education. For the past eleven years, she has specialized in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She founded and served as director of Stressed-Out Students (SOS), the predecessor to Challenge Success.
She lectures nationally on parenting techniques and pedagogical strategies to increase student health, engagement with learning, and integrity. Her book Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal.
Dr. Pope is a 3 time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award. Before Stanford, Dr. Pope taught high school English in Fremont, California and college composition at Santa Clara University.
Cynthia Kapphahn
Wednesday, February 15, 2012*
Eating Disorders and Teens: What Every Parent Should
Dr. Cynthia Kapphahn, the Medical Director of the Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, spoke to parents and friends from the community on February 15, 2012.
Kapphahn defined why eating disorders are a serious problem for children and young adults from as early as nine years through the late teens and twenties. She addressed the most common forms of eating disorders-anorexia and bulimia, and the medical complications that stem from them. Kapphahn also described what medical research has determined to be the most probable causes of eating disorders, and how to identify signs of the disease, and how to seek treatment. She explained that the Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Stanford has transitioned over 17 years to a largely family-based therapy model which has proven to be quite successful at helping patients recover.
She explained the prognosis history for those who seek treatment, and provided a list of resources to help parents and educators learn more about how to cope with the disease.
To view Dr. Kapphahn’s slide presentation in total, click here.
Dr. Cynthia Kapphahn is a specialist in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. She received her medical degree from Yale Medical School, completed her pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and an adolescent medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Kapphahn also received a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. She has more than 18 years experience treating adolescents and young adults with eating disorders.
Currently Dr. Kapphahn is the Medical Director of the Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, responsible for overseeing services in the outpatient Eating Disorders Clinic and the inpatient Comprehensive Care Unit, for adolescents and young adults with acute medical complications related to eating disorders and malnutrition.
Dr. Kapphahn believes it is possible to recover from an eating disorder, and that family involvement in the recovery process is very important. She views recovery as the restoration of both physical and emotional health -- striving to support patients in returning to a normal weight range with regular hormonal function, while they work in therapy to become less focused on food and weight issues, and feel comfortable in social situations involving food and eating.
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