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A live event series addressing the most pressing mental health, protection, and well-being concerns related to COVID-19 and its impact on children and their caregivers.

The Challenge

56 Million school children in the US were directly impacted by COVID-19 as schools across the country shut down. It quickly became clear that these children would soon face unprecedented risks to their social-emotional health and wellbeing.

Our Response

We moved quickly to identify the most critical issues impacting vulnerable children in the US and assembled digital training content to train over 1,500 educators, parents/guardians; and youth serving professionals across the nation and dozens of countries. This series addressed pressing issues such as COVID-19’s impact on sexual abuse of minors and online predatory behavior; strengthening emotional bonds between mothers and new-borns; health and nutrition of children; home-schooling strategies for effective learning outcomes; the future of education; and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on children and families of color.

Meet Your Instructors

Magdelena Matulewicz

Vice President, Natural Born Leaders

Witold Matulewicz

Vice President, Natural Born Leaders

Lori Madrid

Founder & CEO, Everybody Matters, Inc.

Dr. Bennett MacKinney

Founder & Director of Professional Development, Everybody Matters, Inc.

Dr. Gil Noam

PEAR Institute Founder, Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University

Camille Cooper

Vice President of Policy, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)

Lara Zakaria

Clinical Nutritionist and Functional Pharmacist,

Alicia Sedgwick

Corporate Trainer Communications Coach

Jessica Rae

Dance and Movement Instructor, owner/CEO of Rae Studios and Rae Model & Talent Agency.

Dr. Patricia Gerbarg

Pioneering Clinical Psychiatrist, Author

Dr. Richard Brown

Pioneering Clinical Psychiatrist

Crystyn Wright Diaz

Educator, Entrepreneur, and Journalist, Owner of Minnie Endeavors

Phyllis Aries

Occupational Therapist

Dr. Marilyn Sanders

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Effective strategies for a graceful transition into home learning with Witold and Magdelena Matulewicz of Naturalbornleaders.org

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    Effective strategies for a graceful transition into home learning with Witold and Magdelena Matulewicz of Naturalbornleaders.org
  • image of Lori Madrid
    Achieve personal balance in challenging times with Lori Madrid and Dr. Bennett MacKinney.
  • image of gil noam
    Trends in education: crisis to opportunity in the ‘new normal’ with Gil Noam
  • Picture of camille cooper
    How to protect children from sexual abuse during the pandemic with Camille Cooper
  • Image of Lara Zakaria
    A nutritional plan for you and your family with Dr. Lara Zakaria
  • Image of Alicia Sedgwick
    How to be brilliant in virtual communications with Alicia Sedgwick
  • Image Leah Plunkett and the words warp speed
    Pandemic pocketbook for protecting children online with Leah Plunkett
  • Image of Jessica Rae
    Dance therapy to overcome challenging emotions with Jessica Rae
  • picture of richard brown
    Using breath to reduce stress, balance emotions, & strengthen immune system with Dr. Richard Brown
  • Image of slide about Concerns for vulnerable populations
    Addressing covid-19’s disproportionate impact on children of color with Crystyn Wright Diaz
  • Image of Dr. Marilyn Sanders
    Enhance safety and connectedness between mothers and babies during covid-19
  • image of witold matulewicz and magdelena witulewicz
    Effective strategies for a graceful transition into home learning with Witold and Magdelena Matulewicz of Naturalbornleaders.org
  • image of Lori Madrid
    Achieve personal balance in challenging times with Lori Madrid and Dr. Bennett MacKinney.
  • image of gil noam
    Trends in education: crisis to opportunity in the ‘new normal’ with Gil Noam
  • Picture of camille cooper
    How to protect children from sexual abuse during the pandemic with Camille Cooper
  • Image of Lara Zakaria
    A nutritional plan for you and your family with Dr. Lara Zakaria
  • Image of Alicia Sedgwick
    How to be brilliant in virtual communications with Alicia Sedgwick
  • Image Leah Plunkett and the words warp speed
    Pandemic pocketbook for protecting children online with Leah Plunkett
  • Image of Jessica Rae
    Dance therapy to overcome challenging emotions with Jessica Rae
  • picture of richard brown
    Using breath to reduce stress, balance emotions, & strengthen immune system with Dr. Richard Brown
  • Image of slide about Concerns for vulnerable populations
    Addressing covid-19’s disproportionate impact on children of color with Crystyn Wright Diaz
  • Image of Dr. Marilyn Sanders
    Enhance safety and connectedness between mothers and babies during covid-19