Sensory Processing Disorder Support Group
Please join us monthly for a parenting / education / support group. This group is designed for any caregiver of a child with SPD.
2024-2025 Monthly Meetings - $35 per attendee $45 per couple. First Group on October 21st is Free!
You may pay the facilitator via Venmo or check at the first class.
October 21 Embracing Neurodiversity
November 18 Executive Functioning and SPD
December 9 How to Help Your Anxious Child
January 13 Social Anxiety and Social Skills
February 10 Emotional Regulation: Parent and Child Strategies
March 10 Family Effects: How SPD Affects Sibling and Marital Relationships
April 7 Equine Assisted Therapies and SPD
Let’s Paint Together Art Event
Join Boaz for an evening of artistic creation, learning and exchange. Supplies for painting will be provided.
Transitions Support Group- for women who share common issues and are challenged by similar life situations. A place to find understanding, compassion and respect.
Led by Jenny Epstein Kessem, MA, LPC, BC_DMT, ACS
Cost: $300 for the series, must sign up for the series. If sliding scale is needed please reach out to jenny@greatblueheron.org
Shatter Stress Event
ShatterStress provides immersive experiences for people that want to let go. People that want to release stuck emotions and messages from their body. People that want to do this in a safe and nonjudgmental environment.
Crystal Bowl Sound MOVING Meditation for Nervous System Wellbeing (where meditation = movement)
Your nervous system will thank you!
This is a special experience designed to move your body to release energy and regulate your nervous system. Experience the benefits of meditation within a safe and welcoming container. Join a group setting where meditation means movement!
Movement, fidgeting, and sounds are welcome and encouraged. This is not your average meditation!
Experience the calming and soothing effects of quartz singing bowls tuned to the body’s chakras.
The crystal bowl sound meditation begins with a 30-minute immersion into the healing frequencies of the crystal bowls. You will be led from the root chakra to the crown, followed by a pattern of sounds produced to align and support nervous system regulation.
The experience continues with a 20-minute guided meditation with music incorporating breathwork, loving visualization, body awareness, and even introducing a short mantra, creating an overall sense of safety and wellbeing.
The session concludes with a short 10-minute integration of the experience.
This experience is limited to 10 adults.
Meditation mats, blankets, and pillows are included for 6 floor spaces (should you choose to sit or recline) at $30 per person.
Enhance the experience further:
Grounding mats are available for 2 floor spaces (to sit or recline) at $40 per person.
2 organic memory foam daybeds are available (to sit or recline) at $50 per person.
3 Fit balls are available for $10 per person.
Fidgets can be purchased for $15 with registration payment or $20 at the NCC.
Ergonomic sleep masks can be purchased for $20 with registration payment or for $25 at the NCC.
Wear comfortable, loose clothing
Bring a full water bottle
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the experience to prepare your space
Support the NCC
Art / Crafternoons
Create in Community!
Come join us to create a little something together in community.
We will get into our flow state and make something special to take home. A reminder that we are creators, and we are held in community.
We will supply the materials and create a safety in a welcoming container :)
This event is free of charge for attendees.
Please use the sign-up button below to register so that we can prepare materials for you.
You may make a donation and help support the NCC if you wish when you register. Your support helps make our beautiful space possible :) and is much appreciated.
Relational Unmasking Group for neurodivergent/ autistic / ADHD / questioning women and gender non-conforming adults
Led by Jenny Epstein Kessem, MA, LPC, BC_DMT, ACS
Cost: $300 for the series, must sign up for the series. If sliding scale is needed please reach out to jenny@greatblueheron.org
Crystal Bowl Sound MOVING Meditation for Nervous System Wellbeing (where meditation = movement)
Your nervous system will thank you!
This is a special experience designed to move your body to release energy and regulate your nervous system. Experience the benefits of meditation within a safe and welcoming container. Join a group setting where meditation means movement!
Movement, fidgeting, and sounds are welcome and encouraged. This is not your average meditation!
Experience the calming and soothing effects of quartz singing bowls tuned to the body’s chakras.
The crystal bowl sound meditation begins with a 30-minute immersion into the healing frequencies of the crystal bowls. You will be led from the root chakra to the crown, followed by a pattern of sounds produced to align and support nervous system regulation.
The experience continues with a 20-minute guided meditation with music incorporating breathwork, loving visualization, body awareness, and even introducing a short mantra, creating an overall sense of safety and wellbeing.
The session concludes with a short 10-minute integration of the experience.
This experience is limited to 10 adults.
Meditation mats, blankets, and pillows are included for 6 floor spaces (should you choose to sit or recline) at $30 per person.
Enhance the experience further:
Grounding mats are available for 2 floor spaces (to sit or recline) at $40 per person.
2 organic memory foam daybeds are available (to sit or recline) at $50 per person.
3 Fit balls are available for $10 per person.
Fidgets can be purchased for $15 with registration payment or $20 at the NCC.
Ergonomic sleep masks can be purchased for $20 with registration payment or for $25 at the NCC.
Wear comfortable, loose clothing
Bring a full water bottle
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the experience to prepare your space
Support the NCC
Make Your Own Fidget
A Sensation Creation
Join Stan Baldwin, owner of fidget 3D printing company 3D-PT (https://3dpt.club/), as we design and print out our very own fidgets!
We’ll be using Tinkercad, so please bring your own laptops (tablets don’t work as well).
Support the NCC
$25 per person
Crystal Bowl Sound Meditation for Nervous System Wellbeing (for those new to the concept and those already familiar)
Your nervous system will thank you!
Experience the calming and soothing effects of quartz singing bowls tuned to the body’s chakras.
The crystal bowl sound meditation begins with a 30-minute immersion into the healing frequencies of the crystal bowls. You will be led from the root chakra to the crown, followed by a pattern of sounds produced to align and support nervous system regulation.
The experience continues with a 20-minute guided meditation with music incorporating breathwork, loving visualization, body awareness, and even introducing a short mantra, creating an overall sense of safety and wellbeing.
The session concludes with a short 10-minute integration of the experience.
This experience is limited to 10 adults.
Meditation mats, blankets, and pillows are included for 6 floor spaces at $30 per person.
Enhance your experience further:
Grounding mats are available for 2 floor spaces at $40 per person.
2 organic memory foam daybeds are available at $50 per person.
Ergonomic sleep masks can be purchased for $20 with registration payment or for $25 at the NCC.
Wear comfortable, loose clothing
Bring a full water bottle
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the experience to prepare your space
Support the NCC
Community Drumming Circle
A Different Beat
Join us for an awesome drumming circle experience brought to us by Rhythmetrix!
Rhythmetrix is led by people in the neurodiversity community and they’re excited to bring this home.
Find out more at: https://www.rhythmetrix.com.
Support the NCC
$20 per person
Coffee with Inclusion
Hang Out With Us
Inclusion on Purpose seeks to break down barriers faced by neurodivergent people, connect marginalized people to the broader community, and cultivate micro-communities grounded in belonging and purpose. We build bridges, opportunity, and hope for a future where all are welcome.
Join us at the NCC on the 1st Wednesday of each month, from 10:15am-11:45am for inclusive conversation on topics of neurodivergence, community, friendship, and identity.
Special Ed Workshop- Cancelled
Back To School Resources
Feeling unsure, frustrated, and/or overwhelmed with the special ed system? Join the club.
Or better yet, join us for a special workshop by special ed advocate Maureen Nelson, who will lead us in a conversation about navigating the system.
Support the NCC
$20 per person
SoulSpark Educator Wellbeing Workshop
A Special Event for Educators
Join us for a wellbeing program sponsored by SoulSpark Learning (https://soulsparklearning.org/).
Students need more support than ever. That means do educators too. Find grounding with us in preparation for a brand new school year with endermologie, grounding mats, massages, essential oils, acudetox, guided meditations, tea and treats, and wellbeing gifts.
Drop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time.
Free for educators.
Autistic Adults Social
Arcade & Pizza
Swing by from 5:30-8pm at Tilt Pinball for arcade games, ping pong, air hockey, pool, dance dance revolution, racing, skee ball, and more. Also pizza.
This is a free event sponsored by the Autism Society of Colorado. Registered participants will have $15-20 of game play covered (exact amount dependent on attendance).
Please register at: https://forms.gle/fHoRWJfDgSZh78ik6
Questions/concerns or arriving later? email: mariefallon@autismcolorado.org
Facilitated Breathwork
Breathe In, Breathe Out
Aimee Smith, founder of Become Breathwork, will be facilitating a group breathwork session.
Aimee works with mothers, especially of disabled and ND kids, using a trauma-informed, heart-centered somatic approach.
Note: you’ll want to bring a yoga mat and/or blanket for comfort to the breathwork session.
Check out her website at:
https://www.becomebreathwork.com.
Support the NCC
$25 per person
Unmasking Group
Neurodiversity is everywhere!
My name is Jenny Epstein Kessem, and I am a licensed psychotherapist with a focus on mindfulness and body-centered psychotherapy.
I offer Relational Unmasking groups as a safe place for adults to explore unmasking as it relates to sensory needs, communication, attentional preferences, emotions, self expression, self acceptance, self advocacy, boundaries, freedom and safety and more.
Our next group will be for women and gender non-conforming adults. We will meet at the NCC on 6 consecutive Wednesdays from 4pm-5:30pm, beginning on July 10. Total cost is $450, though I do offer a sliding scale,
If you are interested, please email me at (jenny[at]greatblueheron[dot]org).
Open Night
Make Yourself At Home
We’re opening up our doors for some unstructured time. Make a craft, play a game, have some tea, hang out.
FREE
Coffee with Inclusion
Hang Out With Us
Inclusion on Purpose seeks to break down barriers faced by neurodivergent people, connect marginalized people to the broader community, and cultivate micro-communities grounded in belonging and purpose. We build bridges, opportunity, and hope for a future where all are welcome.
Join us at the NCC on the 1st Wednesday of each month, from 10:15am-11:45am for inclusive conversation on topics of neurodivergence, community, friendship, and identity.
Naomi Edelberg Stained Glass Showcase
Local Artist Celebration
Naomi Edelberg, a local stained glass artist, will be showcasing her latest work at the community center.
Naomi is passionate about our mission and will be donating 10% of her sales to the Neurodiversity Community Center.
While you’re here, enjoy some delicious Mediterranean food from Falafayette.
Find out more about Naomi at: https://naomisartglass.com and Falafayette at: https://www.falafayette.com.