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Lighthouse Conversations: Learning Readiness • Tuesday, September 15
Join us for a special parent event with Heidi Tringali, pediatric occupational therapist, speaker, and author of The Readied Child: Parenting Tools for Learning and Life Readiness. With more than 30 years of experience helping children and families, Heidi offers practical, compassionate guidance for understanding what true readiness looks like—not just for school, but for life.
During this session, parents will gain helpful insight into how children develop the foundations for classroom success, how to set developmentally appropriate goals, and how to support each child’s unique path toward confidence and independence. This event is designed to equip parents with simple, practical strategies they can use at home as they help their children thrive in learning, relationships, and everyday life.
Tuesday, September 15
8:30am
Lighthouse Conversations: Learning Readiness: Ensuring Your Child Is Ready For The Classroom and Life Beyond
Join us for a special parent event with Heidi Tringali, pediatric occupational therapist, speaker, and author of The Readied Child: Parenting Tools for Learning and Life Readiness. With more than 30 years of experience helping children and families, Heidi offers practical, compassionate guidance for understanding what true readiness looks like—not just for school, but for life.
In a world that often emphasizes early achievement, parents can feel pressure to push skills before children are fully prepared. Heidi helps families take a broader view of readiness, focusing on the physical, emotional, developmental, and practical tools children need to grow into capable, resilient learners.
During this session, parents will gain helpful insight into how children develop the foundations for classroom success, how to set developmentally appropriate goals, and how to support each child’s unique path toward confidence and independence. This event is designed to equip parents with simple, practical strategies they can use at home as they help their children thrive in learning, relationships, and everyday life.
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| Event Date | Tuesday, September 15 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
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Blending research with years of pediatric occupational therapy experience, The Readied Child helps parents understand how being organized, calm, and connected shapes attention, confidence, and performance. You’ll gain simple, actionable ways to support your child—without comparison or overwhelm.
This book offers a clear, compassionate roadmap for parents who want to raise capable, resilient learners by meeting their children where they are—and guiding them to be truly ready—inside and out.
Join us a for a study of The Readied Child by Heidi Tringali, MS,OTR/L.
Led by PDS' Jenny Stenberg, Emily Lequerica, the study will take place over a two sessions offered from 11:30–1:00 in the Library. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch.
Books are available for purchase from Amazon in audiobook, hardcover, and Kindle formats.
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