Agenda
Preliminary Agenda
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration & Check-In
9:00 AM – 9:25 AM
Morning Qigong & Opening Remarks
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Be your own G.O.A.T.: One Intentional Choice at a Time
Valorie Kondos Field aka “Coach Val”
Head Coach Emerita, UCLA Women’s Gymnastics; Leadership Speaker & Author
10:05 AM – 10:35 AM
Keynote Presentation #2
Christopher Willard, PsyD
Harvard Medical School Faculty, Author, Psychologist, and Consultant
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
Colburn Student Performance & Break
11:05 AM – 11:35 AM
The Way of Play: The Profound Role of Play to Strengthen Children's Well-Being and Resilience
Georgie Wisen-Vincent, PhD, LMFT, RPT-S, ECMHS
Director of the Play Strong Institute at The Center for Connection
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM
Concurrent Session I (Select one workshop to attend)
- Music Therapy & Art Therapy – Jessica Bianchi, EdD & Natalie Duque, MA, Arts & Healing Initiative
- Creative Writing for Healing: Letters of Kindness, Connection & Joy – Jon Glaser, The Aerin Project
- When Parenting and Caregiving Is Hard: Practical Tools for Resilience, Balance and Connection – Samantha Levy, PhD, Creative Healing for Youth in Pain
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Networking Lunch
1:35 PM – 2:05 PM
The Power of Play: The Hero's Journey Through Childhood
Stephen Cowan, MD, FAAP
Developmental Pediatrician, Author, Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member, the Holistic Pediatric Association
2:10 PM – 3:00 PM
Concurrent Session II (Select one workshop to attend)
- Pediatric Tuina & Acupressure Massage for Better Sleep – Meena S. Makhijani, DO, UCLA Health
- Ayurveda & Nutrition for Mental Health – Sandi Chiu, PhD, LAc, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine
- Dance & Movement as Medicine – Shiv Nadkarni, MD, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
3:05 PM – 3:35 PM
Panel Discussion: Mental Health Curriculum in Schools
Moderator: Shiv Nadkarni, MD
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks