New Canaan Country School To Host Social Media Wellness Author

From New Canaan Country School: NEW CANAAN, CT — New Canaan Country School is pleased to welcome noted author and educator, Ana Homayoun, to campus on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. to share with parents of teens and tweens solutions for navigating an ever-changing social media world. This author talk and book signing is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Ms. Homayoun, a frequent speaker at schools, regularly keynotes conferences on topics relating to executive functioning, student engagement, personal productivity and motivation, as well as overall wellness. In 2001, she founded San Francisco Bay Area-based Green Ivy Educational Consulting, an educational consulting firm that works with parents, educators and students on promoting organization, time-management and wellness issues in the classroom and school community. She has been quoted or featured in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, New York Post, ABC News, along with dozens of other publications, and she is a frequent guest on NPR.

The 50-minute presentation she will make at Country School will be followed by a question and answer session. Elm Street books will provide copies of Social Media Wellness: Helping Tweens and Teens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World to be purchased and signed by the author. For more information about the event, please visit www.countryschool.net/socialmediawellness. To purchase the book prior to or after the event, please visit Elm Street Books in New Canaan.

“Who we are on-line versus who we are in person is an important distinction. Both the book and the event are designed to help parents of teens and tweens decode the new language of social media, decrease stress and build empathy,” said Alex Wellman, Head of Upper School (Grades 7-9) who, together with Head of Middle School (Grades 5 & 6) Kirsten Rosolen, organized the event. “The goal is to promote healthy socialization, effective self-regulation, and overall safety and wellness.”

New Canaan Country School is located at 635 Frogtown Road, New Canaan (across the street from the Winter Club). The event will be held in the school’s auditorium.

New Canaan Country School is a co-ed, independent school for students in Pre-K (ages 3 & 4) through Grade 9. Located on 75-acres in New Canaan, the school provides bus transportation to families living throughout Westchester and Fairfield counties. For more information about the school, please visit www.countryschool.net.

Photo: Ana Homayoun. Photo credit: Contributed