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District 181 Foundation
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  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Significant Initiatives
  • Programs
    • Event Schedule
    • D181 Parent Programs
    • D181 Student Art Show
    • Living Classroom
    • Summer Camp Expo
    • Tech Ambassadors
    • Young Writers
  • Grants
    • Educator Grants
    • KIDS Grants
  • Ways to Give
    • Business Partners
    • Professional Partners
    • Family Resources Partner
    • Staff Appreciation
  • Community Speaker Series
  • Trivia Night
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Community Speakers Series

Serving the District 86 and District 181 Communities

The Community Speaker Series promotes district-wide learning about education, child development, wellness, and parenting. It is open and free to all members of the K-12 learning community. 


The intention of the series is to encourage proactive parenting that supports children’s and adolescents’ social and emotional development as well as their academic achievement.


Through this series, District 86 and District 181 enlist top experts to inform and inspire our community as a means to enrich the school-family partnership that undergirds the education of our students. 

Dr. Aliza Pressman

The 5 Principles of Parenting: 

Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans


Tuesday, October 29, 2024 

7:00pm – 8:30pm 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

9:00am – 10:30am 

Program Book


In Person at The Community House


In the age of high-pressure parenting, when so many of us feel like we’ve got to get everything exactly right the first time, Dr. Aliza Pressman is the compassionate, reassuring expert we all need—and the one whose advice we can all use. Already beloved by listeners of hit podcast, Raising Good Humans, Dr. Pressman distills it all with a handful of strategies every parent can use to get things right often enough: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair.

Dr. Michele Borba

Empathy & the Unselfie Revolution


Wednesday, February 5, 2025

7:00pm - 8:30pm Thursday, 

February 6, 2025 9:00am – 10:30am 

Program Book


In Person at The Community House

  

Of course, we want our kids to be successful and happy, but stirring new research says we may be missing what matters most in helping kids thrive: empathy! And teens today are 40 percent less empathetic than they were just a generation ago; narcissism has increased 58 percent. But empathy can be cultivated in children, starting even before they can talk, and you’ll learn compelling research that explains how to impart this key skill to our kids. Culled from 30 years of research and traveling the world to find the best solutions, Dr. Borba shares why empathy is a skill that’s vital for children’s mental health, resilience, leadership skills, and job success.

harlan cohen

5 Simple Rules for Success in College

For Parents and Students

Tuesday, April 29, 2025  7:00pm - 8:30pm  (Register)

In Person at Hinsdale Central Auditorium


For Parents

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

9:00am – 10:30am (Register)

In Person at The Community House


Special Follow-up Q&A Webinar

Thursday, May 15, 2025

7:00pm - 8:00pm (Register)


Program Book

Program Slides

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New York Times bestselling author and college success expert Harlan Cohen offers his advice for achieving success by getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. He equips parents and students with the knowledge and tools to support student success while 

maintaining a healthy parent-child relationship. 

The Community speaker Series

Presented By:

Community Consolidated School District 181

Hinsdale District 86

Supported By:

District 181 Foundation

Community Partners:

Cafe La Fortuna 

The Community House

Gone Grazy

Hinsdale Public Library

Kramer Foods

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