New: A Workshop for Healthcare Providers

New: A Workshop for Healthcare Providers

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Workshops

Virtual Workshops for Caregivers of T1D Kids

Designed to cultivate the emotional skills you need for T1D management in the real world — all while reducing the impact of diabetes on family relationships. 

Led by JoAnne Robb, these workshops will help you to develop the tools you need to stay sane. Check out the topics below.

2025 Workshop Package

Save your spot for all of our 2025 workshops!

  • Caring for the Caregiver

  • There’s Nothing Constant but Change

  • What Do I Say to

  • Beyond the 504

  • Let Them Eat Cake?

Caring for the Caregiver

January 17, 2025 • 9a pst/12p est

Putting on your own oxygen mask first feels really hard when you have a kid with T1D.  There’s that feeling that you’re the only one who can do the job right, that you’re the one who understands all the nuances. And you worry that if you don’t pay close attention, your child’s long term health is at stake.  Sometimes it’s hard to sleep through the night, let alone step away to take time for your friendships, your relationship, yourself. But that level of hyper-stress really isn’t sustainable — you end up feeling really fragile, like you could crack. In this workshop, we’ll look at how you can prevent burning out on diabetes management by engaging in more self care.  We’ll work together on how to shift your worry about diabetes to more positive thoughts, as well as strategies for guilt-free personal time. 

There’s Nothing Constant but Change

March 14, 2025 • 9a pst/12p est

Just when you think you have the hang of diabetes, something shifts: your kid hits a growth spurt and the numbers change or they’re old enough for overnight school trips and you have to figure out how to manage that or you’ve hit the dreaded teen years and they’re not as cooperative as they used to be. If there’s one thing we can count on with diabetes — it’s always presenting new challenges. Want to feel sturdy and resilient in the face of the newest hurdle? Join JoAnne to think ways to tackle whatever diabetes is handing you right now.

What Do I Say to That?!?

May 2 • 9a pst/12p est

Wouldn’t it be nice if parenting T1D came with a manual? Challenges abound. How do you respond when they say they wish they didn’t have diabetes anymore? Or talk to them when they suddenly start ignoring the diabetes protocols you’ve been using for years? Or reply when they make a diabetes decision that you definitely wouldn’t have made? You want to say the “just right” thing when your kid surprises you like this, because you know this will help them feel supported and better able to grow into the challenges that diabetes will hand them through their lives. In this workshop, you’ll learn proven communication tools to help you navigate those tricky moments, so your kid will be sturdier and your relationship with them will stay strong.

Beyond the 504

August 1 • 9a pst/12p est

The toolkit you need to build a successful partnership with your T1D kid’s school

Your child has their pencils sharpened, a new lunch box, and a clear set of 504 instructions from their endo. The next big hurdle?  For you to build a relationship with the school to make sure that nothing falls through the cracks. What’s the best way to approach your child’s care team? How do you communicate the complex issues of diabetes clearly enough so you’re sure you’re understood? And what do you do when mistakes — inevitably — happen? In this workshop, we will walk you through evidence-based tools to approach your child’s care team so you can have the tough conversations and work towards building the relationship you need to keep your child safe at school. 

Let Them Eat Cake

October 24 • 9a pst/12p est

Navigating the landmines with food and eating for our T1D kids.

If you start a conversation about food and diabetes management, everyone has something to say. Questions run the gamut, but the bottom line is that all T1D parents are anxious about how to strike a balance: We know that if we control food, we can have better outcomes with blood sugars, but we also know how disappointing it is for our type 1 kids — already suffering from being different from everyone else — to be told that they can’t eat the cake at the birthday party.

What’s a parent to do? This issue is super complex, and can be especially complicated around the holidays. During this workshop, you’ll learn about the kind of environment you can create at home to support your kids positive relationship with food, along with some information about the intersection between diabetes and eating disorders so you know what to be on the lookout for.   

Healthcare Workshop

DATE TBD • TIME TBD

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