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BEYOND BEHAVIOUR
Understanding Brain Health, Executive Function, Communication & Environment
Wednesday 5 August 2026 | 11:00am–1:00pm
Kippington Centre, Sevenoaks, Kent
What if the behaviours we see are only part of the story?
Parents, educators, coaches, therapists, and healthcare professionals are often faced with challenges that can seem difficult to understand. Emotional outbursts, anxiety, school avoidance, executive-function difficulties, communication breakdowns, attention differences, learning challenges, and family stress can leave us searching for answers.
Beyond Behaviour is a one-day immersive learning experience designed to help you understand the hidden factors shaping wellbeing, learning, relationships, communication, and performance.
Bringing together leading specialists from the United States and United Kingdom, this event explores how brain health, executive function, communication, and environment interact to influence how we think, learn, connect, regulate emotions, and thrive.
Throughout the day, you will gain both scientific understanding and practical strategies that can be applied immediately at home, in schools, in clinical settings, and in the workplace.
Featuring:
Dr. Felicia Connor
Board-Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist
Director of Training, NYU Langone Health
Brain Health Across the Lifespan
Dr. Natasha Brown
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Co-Founder, NFN Brain Connections
Executive Function, ADHD & Autism
Dr. Victoria Elasic
Founder, Oak & River Education Ltd.
Creator of the Oak & River Compass©
Environment Redesign for Human Flourishing
What You Will Learn
• Brain health and cognitive functioning across the lifespan
• Executive function and everyday performance
• ADHD and autism
• Communication and social development
• Learning, regulation, and wellbeing
• Environment redesign for home, school, work, and community settings
• Practical strategies you can use immediately
• How to look beyond behaviour to understand what people truly need
Who Should Attend?
This event is ideal for:
• Parents and caregivers
• Educators and school leaders
• SENCOs and inclusion professionals
• Therapists, coaches, and healthcare professionals
• Anyone supporting children, young people, or adults with learning, communication, executive-function, or wellbeing challenges
Investment
Standard Ticket: £50
Places are intentionally limited to support discussion, reflection, and meaningful interaction throughout the day.
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Beyond Behaviour
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5 August 2026
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INTERNATIONAL SPECIALISTS FROM THE USA & UK
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LUNCH INCLUDED
NEW * Beyond Behaviour * 5 August 2026 * INTERNATIONAL SPECIALISTS FROM THE USA & UK * LUNCH INCLUDED
🌿 Back to School Begins With You:
Preparing Yourself Before Preparing Everyone Else
Introducing the Oak & River × Cups & Pups Afternoon Experience Series
Saturday 29 August | 2:00–3:30pm
Cups & Pups, Sevenoaks
£40 per person
I’m so excited to announce a brand-new partnership!
I’m delighted to be partnering with Cups & Pups to launch a new series of Oak & River Afternoon Experiences, a collection of thoughtful, practical events designed to help individuals and families flourish through the power of environment.
This is the first of many experiences we’ll be creating together, bringing together Oak & River’s Environment Redesign methodology with the warm, welcoming atmosphere of Cups & Pups.
I truly can’t imagine a more fitting place to begin.
Before the school year begins…
The uniforms are washed.
The lunchboxes are packed.
The school shoes are ready.
The calendars are filling up.
Everything seems prepared.
But in the middle of getting everyone else ready…
Who prepares you?
As parents, we spend so much time making sure our children are ready for a new school year that we rarely stop to ask whether we are ready too.
Not practically.
Emotionally.
Mentally.
Environmentally.
What if the biggest difference this September isn’t a new planner…
…but a new environment?
At Oak & River, we believe our environments quietly shape how we think, feel, communicate and flourish.
Rather than trying to change ourselves through willpower alone, we explore how small, intentional changes to our environments can transform everyday experiences for the whole family.
This evening isn’t about becoming the perfect parent.
It isn’t about adding more to your already full to-do list.
It’s about beginning the school year feeling calmer, more connected and better supported.
During the evening you’ll enjoy
☕ Coffee and connection
🐾 Time with the pups
🌿 Guided reflection
💛 Practical strategies you’ll use the very next day
📖 An exclusive Oak & River reflection worksheet to take home
Together, we’ll explore simple yet powerful ways to create calmer mornings, smoother transitions and a more connected family life before September begins.
You’ll leave with
✓ A fresh perspective on why some parts of family life feel harder than they need to.
✓ A personalised environmental redesign to begin implementing at home.
✓ One meaningful commitment to yourself for the new school year.
✓ One important conversation to have with your family.
Who is this for?
This evening is for any parent or carer who wants to begin the new school year with greater calm, confidence and intention.
Whether your child is starting school for the first time, moving into a new year group, beginning secondary school or simply facing another September, you’ll leave with practical ideas that can be adapted to your own family.
No prior knowledge is needed.
Just come exactly as you are.
Why Cups & Pups?
One of the things I loved most when I first met Sarah was her observation that the pups help people feel calmer, more comfortable and more open. That simple observation perfectly reflects everything Oak & River stands for.
Our environments are never neutral.
They quietly shape our emotions, our relationships and our ability to thrive. Before this evening even begins, the environment at Cups & Pups is already helping to create the very experience we’ll be exploring together. That’s what makes this partnership feel so special.
This is just the beginning…
Back to School Begins With You is the first event in a brand-new series of Oak & River × Cups & Pups Afternoon Experiences.
Over the coming months we’ll continue exploring themes including:
• Home Shouldn’t Feel Like Hard Work
• The Calm Parent
• Raising Neurodivergent Children Without Losing Yourself
• The Invisible Mental Load
• Why We Keep Arguing
Together, we’re creating a community where people don’t simply attend workshops, they experience environments intentionally designed to help them flourish.
Spaces are limited
To keep the evening relaxed, conversational and personal, places are limited to 20 guests.
I’d love for you to join us as we launch this exciting new partnership and become part of the very first Oak & River × Cups & Pups Afternoon Experience.
Reserve your place today and prepare yourself before preparing everyone else.
In the meantime, check out my new partner’s website! It’s Cups & Pups is amazing!!! https://www.cupsandpups.co.uk/
Many of us spend years trying to improve our well-being, productivity, relationships, confidence, parenting, leadership, or sense of balance. Yet often, the challenge is not a lack of effort, motivation, or capability.
Sometimes what needs redesigning is not the person, but the environment around them.
In this interactive workshop, Dr. Victoria Elasic introduces the Oak & River Environment Redesign Framework using the Oak & River Compass, a practical and thought-provoking approach that helps participants identify the hidden environmental factors influencing how they think, feel, connect, work, and flourish not only for themselves, but also for our children at home and employees at work.
Together, we will explore how our physical spaces, routines, expectations, relationships, communication patterns, sensory experiences, and daily systems can either support or hinder wellbeing and performance.
Through guided reflection, discussion, and practical exercises, you will learn to:
• Recognize the often invisible environmental influences shaping your daily life
• Understand why change can feel difficult even when motivation is high
• Identify areas of friction, overwhelm, or misalignment within your current environment
• Discover small, meaningful adjustments that can create significant positive impact
• Leave with practical ideas you can immediately apply at home, at work, or within your family
This workshop is suitable for adults from all backgrounds, including parents, educators, professionals, leaders, caregivers, and anyone interested in creating more supportive environments for themselves and others.
You will leave with a new perspective, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of how intentional environment design can support greater clarity, well-being, connection, and human flourishing.
Location: Kippington Centre (St. Mary’s), Sevenoaks
Duration: 60 minutes
Investment: £40 per person
Next Offering: 19 September, 2026 3-4 pm
Limited spaces available.
Environment Redesign
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Root + Rise is a six-week guided experience designed to help parent and child strengthen their connection, deepen communication, build confidence, and create meaningful memories together.
In a world that often pulls families in different directions, Root + Rise offers a dedicated space to pause, reconnect, and intentionally invest in one of life's most important relationships.
Over six weekly sessions, the parent and child will explore themes such as identity, confidence, emotional well-being, communication, resilience, belonging, values, and navigating life's transitions together. Through guided conversations, creative activities, reflection, shared experiences, and practical tools, participants will be supported to grow both individually and together.
Each session builds upon the last, creating a gentle journey of discovery, understanding, and connection.
Throughout the programme, participants will:
• Strengthen trust and communication
• Create meaningful shared experiences
• Develop confidence and self-awareness
• Explore emotions in a supportive environment
• Build practical tools for navigating challenges together
• Celebrate strengths, individuality, and growth
• Create memories and traditions that extend beyond the programme
Root + Rise is designed for parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles, caregivers, and the children they love (typically Year 5 and older). Whether you are preparing for a transition, seeking deeper connection, or simply wishing to create intentional time together, this experience provides a nurturing space to grow side by side.
Strong roots help us rise.
Suitable for children approaching key developmental transitions, including primary and early secondary years.
Programme Details
Location: Kippington Hall, Sevenoaks
Dates: Mondays (6-week programme)
Time: 5:00pm–6:00pm
Duration: Six weekly sessions
Investment: £350 per mother-daughter pair
Spaces are intentionally limited to create a warm, supportive, and connected group experience.
Cohort 2 Dates: 14 September - 19 October
This early autumn cohort is especially welcoming boys and their parents.
Cohort 3 Dates: 2 November - 7 December
This later autumn cohort is especially welcoming girls and their parents.
Cohort 4 Dates: 11 January - 15 February
Upcoming Retreats
Many of us spend years trying to improve our well-being, productivity, relationships, confidence, parenting, leadership, or sense of balance. Yet often, the challenge is not a lack of effort, motivation, or capability.
Sometimes what needs redesigning is not the person, but the environment around them.
In this interactive workshop, Dr. Victoria Elasic introduces the Oak & River Environment Redesign Framework using the Oak & River Compass, a practical and thought-provoking approach that helps participants identify the hidden environmental factors influencing how they think, feel, connect, work, and flourish not only for themselves, but also for our children at home and employees at work.
Together, we will explore how our physical spaces, routines, expectations, relationships, communication patterns, sensory experiences, and daily systems can either support or hinder wellbeing and performance.
Through guided reflection, discussion, and practical exercises, you will learn to:
• Recognize the often invisible environmental influences shaping your daily life
• Understand why change can feel difficult even when motivation is high
• Identify areas of friction, overwhelm, or misalignment within your current environment
• Discover small, meaningful adjustments that can create significant positive impact
• Leave with practical ideas you can immediately apply at home, at work, or within your family
This workshop is suitable for adults from all backgrounds, including parents, educators, professionals, leaders, caregivers, and anyone interested in creating more supportive environments for themselves and others.
You will leave with a new perspective, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of how intentional environment design can support greater clarity, well-being, connection, and human flourishing.
Location: Kippington Centre (St. Mary’s), Sevenoaks
Duration: 60 minutes
Investment: £40 per person
Next Offerings:
9 September, 2026 12-1pm
19 September, 2026 3-4pm
Limited spaces available.
BEYOND BEHAVIOUR
Understanding Brain Health, Executive Function, Communication & Environment
Wednesday 5 August 2026 | 11:00am–1:00pm
Kippington Centre, Sevenoaks, Kent
What if the behaviours we see are only part of the story?
Parents, educators, coaches, therapists, and healthcare professionals are often faced with challenges that can seem difficult to understand. Emotional outbursts, anxiety, school avoidance, executive-function difficulties, communication breakdowns, attention differences, learning challenges, and family stress can leave us searching for answers.
Beyond Behaviour is a one-day immersive learning experience designed to help you understand the hidden factors shaping wellbeing, learning, relationships, communication, and performance.
Bringing together leading specialists from the United States and United Kingdom, this event explores how brain health, executive function, communication, and environment interact to influence how we think, learn, connect, regulate emotions, and thrive.
Throughout the day, you will gain both scientific understanding and practical strategies that can be applied immediately at home, in schools, in clinical settings, and in the workplace.
Featuring:
Dr. Felicia Connor
Board-Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist
Director of Training, NYU Langone Health
Brain Health Across the Lifespan
Dr. Natasha Brown
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Co-Founder, NFN Brain Connections
Executive Function, ADHD & Autism
Dr. Victoria Elasic
Founder, Oak & River Education Ltd.
Creator of the Oak & River Compass©
Environment Redesign for Human Flourishing
What You Will Learn
• Brain health and cognitive functioning across the lifespan
• Executive function and everyday performance
• ADHD and autism
• Communication and social development
• Learning, regulation, and wellbeing
• Environment redesign for home, school, work, and community settings
• Practical strategies you can use immediately
• How to look beyond behaviour to understand what people truly need
Who Should Attend?
This event is ideal for:
• Parents and caregivers
• Educators and school leaders
• SENCOs and inclusion professionals
• Therapists, coaches, and healthcare professionals
• Anyone supporting children, young people, or adults with learning, communication, executive-function, or wellbeing challenges
Investment
Standard Ticket: £50
Places are intentionally limited to support discussion, reflection, and meaningful interaction throughout the day.
Root + Rise is a six-week guided experience designed to help parent and child strengthen their connection, deepen communication, build confidence, and create meaningful memories together.
In a world that often pulls families in different directions, Root + Rise offers a dedicated space to pause, reconnect, and intentionally invest in one of life's most important relationships.
Over six weekly sessions, the parent and child will explore themes such as identity, confidence, emotional well-being, communication, resilience, belonging, values, and navigating life's transitions together. Through guided conversations, creative activities, reflection, shared experiences, and practical tools, participants will be supported to grow both individually and together.
Each session builds upon the last, creating a gentle journey of discovery, understanding, and connection.
Throughout the programme, participants will:
• Strengthen trust and communication
• Create meaningful shared experiences
• Develop confidence and self-awareness
• Explore emotions in a supportive environment
• Build practical tools for navigating challenges together
• Celebrate strengths, individuality, and growth
• Create memories and traditions that extend beyond the programme
Root + Rise is designed for parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles, caregivers, and the children they love (typically Year 5 and older). Whether you are preparing for a transition, seeking deeper connection, or simply wishing to create intentional time together, this experience provides a nurturing space to grow side by side.
Strong roots help us rise.
Suitable for children approaching key developmental transitions, including primary and early secondary years.
Programme Details
Location: Kippington Hall, Sevenoaks
Dates: Mondays (6-week programme)
Time: 5:00pm–6:00pm
Duration: Six weekly sessions
Investment: £350 per mother-daughter pair
Spaces are intentionally limited to create a warm, supportive, and connected group experience.
Cohort 2 Dates: 14 September - 19 October
This early autumn cohort is especially welcoming boys and their parents.
Cohort 3 Dates: 2 November - 7 December
This later autumn cohort is especially welcoming girls and their parents.
Cohort 4 Dates: 11 January - 15 February