CALMER Lab

GIVING DAY 2026 is currently live!! Thank you to everyone who has donated. If you haven't made your donation yet, there is still time! #VTGivingDay📣🧡 Donate (any amount) here: givingday.vt.edu/amb/psychology… Watch our progress here: givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/107…

Snow days are the best days! ❄️⛄️

We hope you will join Dr. Kacey Gibert and me for our two @CSC_VT Parenting Lunch and Learns this spring: Strategies to Support Learning at Home (February 20) and Navigating the IEP and 504 Process (March 19). Links to register can be found in the attached pictures.

Great resource put together by @ZonesOfReg on supporting kids through community crises - zonesofregulation.com/blog/big-event…

YouTube, under a deal with Sesame Workshop, has become the largest digital library for #SesameStreet — offering more than 100 full episodes for free. variety.com/2026/digital/n…

Stop and take a beat where the air is sweet! Screen time can be a way to laugh, learn, and connect, but it can also leave us feeling anxious or distracted. Paying attention to our bodies and minds can help us make mindful choices, and know when it's time to take a break. #DigitalWellBeing

Truly blessed to have been able to attend ABCT conference this year with my lab - @CalmerLab & few of my Virginia Tech colleagues! I had the opportunity to present on two different projects I’ve been working on and learn more about the amazing things folks are doing! #ABCT2025

🌟🌟2025 ABCT IS HERE!!🌟🌟 Don’t forget to come join us at our annual SIG meeting in person at the ABCT convention this Friday, November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM CST. We will meet in Strand 12 A&B, Level 2. (1/2)

Important Health Advisory from the APA for us as a field (and society) to consider as we use mHealth (apps, chatbots, etc.) more regularly - apa.org/topics/artific…

🎉 We’re excited to share that many faculty across CHI are accepting students for the Fall 2026 application cycle! With deadlines right around the corner, we’ll be spotlighting the amazing CHI faculty who are welcoming new students to join their research teams. Stay tuned!

Many people struggle to stay active simply because they haven’t found an activity they truly enjoy. The important thing to remember is that you don’t have to follow what others like; physical activity comes in many forms!💪

Free Parenting Webinar on "Emotional Regulation: Helping Children Navigate Big Feelings" on November 6th at 12 pm EST. If you cannot attend live, you can register to receive a link to the recording via email after the webinar. Register here - zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Take a break with @elmo and Will Poulter! What was the last thing you saw while scrolling? How did it make you feel? Noticing how we feel when using devices can help us make mindful choices, and know when it's time for a break! #DigitalWellBeing

#MentalHealth is shaped by more than just the mind. Social factors like poverty & housing also affect mental health. WHO mental health guidance provides all countries with practical tools to strengthen policies & services, ensures people with lived experience have a voice & promotes rights-based care bit.ly/470TLDF

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!🌈💙 It is more important than ever to read books written by and about Indigenous Peoples highlighting their heritage, cultural pride, and strength. Here are some books to honor and celebrate Native heritage not only this week, but year-round!📚

Congrats and Thanks to ⁦@VT_Psychology⁩ for a very successful “Good Deed Day”! Departments from across the country participated, but ours was the best! ⁦@VT_Science⁩

VT Psych, along with 90 other institutes around the world, participated in Good Deed Day on Wednesday to celebrate the power of kindness. We gathered food donations, wrote thank you cards, called our loved ones, and more! Check out our video! ⬇️🧡#UtProsim news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/…