Sesame Street in Communities

Welcome to Sesame Street in Communities!

In this webinar, you’ll get a warm welcome from the Sesame Street in Communities team, along with a walkthrough of the website!

Using SSIC's Health Emergencies

In this webinar with early childhood experts, learn playful ways to stay healthy, comfortable, and engaged during challenging times.

Welcome Sesame: Intro to Resettlement & Displacement Resources

In response to the crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine, Sesame Workshop has mobilized to create teaching and learning materials for Afghan and Ukrainian children and families that provide comfort, emotional support, and playful learning to those affected by crisis.

Welcome Sesame

In this webinar, Sesame Workshop’s Rocio Galarza, Vice President of US Social Impact, and Tara Wright, Senior Manager of Content Design, have a conversation about how Sesame Workshop aims to support children and families affected by crisis and conflict.

Sesame Workshop and Exceptional Minds Q&A

Join us for a conversation with representatives from Sesame Workshop and the artists from Exceptional Minds.

Mar 3, 2021 | 1:00 pm EST

Staying Positive Together Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Watch this webinar to learn more about resources created to help children and the important grown-ups in their lives build resilience and stay positive in school, and in life!

Mar 17, 2021 | 1:00 pm EST

Using SSIC’s Community Violence Resources

Watch this webinar to learn more about resources created to help children and the important grown-ups in their lives understand and cope with the effects of violence. Together, we can help children feel safer and more secure…and build hope for a more peaceful, kinder future.

Mar 23, 2021 | 1:00 pm EST

Helping Parents Talk About—and Stand Up Against—Racism

We all need to do our part to stand up against racism. But talking about (or even thinking about) racism can be a daunting task for many adults. For families talking about it for the first time, fear of making mistakes or offending others can hold them back from diving into this important topic. In this webinar, Patricia Taylor and Shannon Evans offer language, strategies, and encouragement to help parents and families take the important first steps.

Mar 23, 2021 | 1:00 pm EST

Cómo ayudar a los padres a hablar y estar en contra del racismo

Todos debemos poner de nuestra parte para luchar contra el racismo. Pero hablar o incluso pensar en el racismo puede ser una tarea abrumadora para muchos adultos. Para las familias que lo abordan por primera vez, el miedo a cometer errores u ofender a otros puede evitar que se sumerjan en este importante tema. En este webinar Patricia Taylor y Shannon Evans brindan lenguaje, estrategias y estímulo para que los padres y las familias a den los primeros pasos.

Apr 21, 2021 | 1:00 pm EST

Community Conversation: Community Violence

In this webinar, Dr. Jocelyn Gainers (Baltimore, MD), Dr. Kelley Nichols (Memphis, TN), and Maria Guajardo (Miami, FL) talk about what community violence looks like in each of their communities, what they are doing to build a circle of care around the families who are impacted, and what they hope to see as new and innovative approaches are taken to address community violence in a post-pandemic world.

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Little Neighbors

In this webinar, you’ll learn how you can use our “Little Neighbors” initiative to help children and their families discover their power to make their communities—and the world—a happier, healthier, safer place for everyone.

The ABC’s of Racial Literacy

Join us for the Sesame Street in Communities webinar on The ABC’s of Racial Literacy.

Learning Together During COVID-19

In this webinar, Deaunn Stovall talks about the ups and downs of learning this year. She shares simple strategies to support learning, as well as ways both grown-ups and children can stay positive in the midst of uncertainty.

Parental Addiction: Supporting Families in Recovery

Join us for the final webinar in this series in which we examine how parental addiction affects young children. This webinar offers ways faith-based communities and organizations can accompany children and families on their recovery journey.

Helping Families during COVID-19 with Sesame Street and PSEG

During this webinar, we will discuss how our offerings can help families during these unprecedented times of COVID 19.

Parental Addiction: Responding With Care

Join us for the third webinar in this series in which we examine how parental addiction affects young children. This webinar offers strategies for law enforcement agents, first responders, and community organizations to work together to help care for drug endangered children.

Parental Addiction: Healing Families Together

Join us for the second webinar in this series in which we examine how parental addiction affects children. This webinar offers resources and strategies a child and family therapist may use in their work with families.

The Child’s Voice: How Parental Addiction Affects Young Children

Join us for the first webinar in this series in which we examine how parental addiction affects children. Each webinar will highlight a unique provider perspective and offer resources and strategies to address their specific needs.

Everyday Challenges: Helping Families Thrive Through COVID-19 and Beyond

In difficult or stressful circumstances, caregivers play a vital role in modeling to young children how to manage big feelings and work through challenges. In this webinar, Dr. Stephen Cozza offers suggestions for ways parents can care for kids mindfully and confidently—in the midst of a pandemic and beyond.

Supporting Fathers

A webinar to help providers better understand, celebrate, and support fathers.

Brain Builders

In this webinar, take time to remember just how important you are to the wellbeing and development of children in your care. You truly are a brain builder!

Desarrolladores de Cerebro

En este webinar, tómese el tiempo para recordar lo importante que es el bienestar y desarrollo de los niños que usted cuida. ¡Usted verdaderamente es un desarrollador del cerebro!

Guided Play with Roberta Golinkoff, Ph.D.

In this webinar, Dr. Roberta Golinkoff shares her insights into how children learn through play, and specifically guided play. She shares strategies that you can use to extend kids’ learning, playfully!

Foster Care

In this webinar, you’ll gain understanding of what children in foster care might experience, and how you can use Sesame Street resources to build supportive relationships and environments for them.

Sesame Street And Autism: Resources You Can Use

In this webinar, you’ll learn how you can use Sesame Street Autism resources to build acceptance, inclusivity, awareness, and understanding among the children and families that you serve.

Continue Learning

Time: 10 min

Watch a Training Video

Instantly level-up your knowledge about a specific topic. Training videos include tips for talking with families.

Time: 3-5 Hours

Take a Course

Put in some professional development hours by taking an online course.