Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
Browse our past events by year or topic — you can download previous flyers here, too.
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Healing Developmental Trauma
Creator of the NeuroAffective Relational Model© (NARM) and senior faculty member at the NARM Training Institute
Licensed marriage and family therapist and NARM master therapist, consultant, and faculty trainer
Licensed clinical social worker and NARM master therapist, consultant, and faculty member
The Art of Talking with Children: Nurturing Kindness, Creativity, and Confidence in Kids
Nationally certified speech-language pathologist in the Neurology Department of Boston Children's Hospital.
POSTPONED! The Study of Human Life
Poet, performer, and Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College
Assistant professor jointly appointed in the Department of English and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship
Internationally recognized family therapist, speaker, and best-selling author
Award-winning author, podcast host, professor, and licensed clinical psychologist, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave, Life-Changing Conversations about Race and Racism
Author, preacher, speaker, teacher, and founder of "Marvelous University"
Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer, Cultures of Dignity
Associate professor of educational and organizational leadership at Governors State University
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
New York Times bestselling author, autism activist, and Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University
The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now
Education journalist, author, and advisor to the Aspen Institute
Reporter focused on education, children and families at NPR-affiliate WBEZ
Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in the Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media
Award-winning writer and author
Speaker, educator, and author
The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
Daniel H. Renberg chair at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism
Associate Professor in the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
EVENT #2: Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Clinical psychologist and author of "Good Inside"
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health