GUK Family Events
In partnership with the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and Partners for Rural Impact, GEAR UP Kentucky is offering FREE virtual events for Kentucky parents/guardians.
Past Event Recordings
Featuring Ernesto Mejia, CoolSpeak
Event Recording - English
Event Recording - Spanish
During this energizing session, led by Cool Speak’s national parent engagement expert Ernesto Mejia, parents/guardians will learn how to create simple habits that can help ease stress and frustration for all – as well as how to communicate with their students about habits.
Traducción al español en vivo por Sandra Añez Powell, Anthem Medicaid KY
Past Event Recordings
From Stressed to Resilient: Helping Our Students (and Ourselves) to Handle More and
Feel It LESS!
Featuring Dr. Deborah Gilboa, MD (Dr. G) - As seen on TODAY & Good Morning America
Event Recording - English
Event Recording - Spanish
Every day, Kentucky students and their families are pushing forward, while facing the painful consequences of the last two years of difficulty and all the current uncertainties. Deborah Gilboa, MD (Dr. G), family doctor and our own GEAR UP Kentucky Resilience Expert, will help us understand the role stress is playing in our reaction, and learn the strategies to overcome that stress and succeed. Dr. G will identify our strengths and help us to support the students in our lives to find their own resilience for all the change that lies ahead. Traducción al español en vivo por Sandra Añez Powell, Anthem Medicaid KY |