Open Play
These sessions are designed as a relaxed, child-led opportunity for kids ages 5–10 to explore our space at their own pace. Children can build, create, imagine, or simply enjoy the freedom of unstructured play in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Social Group Teens
Social Roots is a supportive group designed to help teens grow stronger connections — with themselves and with others. Each session blends:
Social skill building through role-play, real-life scenarios, and guided practice.
Nervous system activities that teach tools for self-regulation, stress management, and confidence.
Movement, improv, and creative challenges that make learning active, engaging, and teen-centered.
Hands-on projects like paper-making, collaborative art, and nature-inspired activities that foster focus, teamwork, and self-expression.
Thresholds: PDA Awareness Art Exhibition
Thresholds: A PDA Awareness Art Exhibition
December 6 • 10:00am–1:00pm • Mustard Seed Academy
Join us for Thresholds, a heartfelt Art Basel week exhibition honoring the creative voices of children with PDA. This intimate showcase highlights the space between autonomy and connection through artwork created by neurodivergent children of all ages in our community.
Featuring paintings, clay pieces, fabric art, mixed media, and sculptures, the exhibit invites visitors to witness the inner world of PDA — the nervous system stories, sensory experiences, and moments of protection and possibility expressed through art.
In addition to the exhibit, we will have art pieces and Mustard Seed merchandise available for sale to help raise funds for our programs and support our mission.
We welcome families, educators, and community members to experience this meaningful and empowering exhibition.
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Illumination Seed
Woven Light: A Lived Experience & Healing Gathering
Join us on Saturday, December 14th from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM for a heartfelt morning with Eileen, founder of Mustard Seed, as she shares her lived journey through motherhood and PDA.
This gathering invites an open and healing conversation among parents, offering space to slow down, reflect, and be held in shared understanding. Together, we’ll create winter wreaths as symbols of renewal, tenderness, and the quiet strength found in community and light.
✨ This is a free community event for parents only.
No child programs or childcare will be available on this day.
Spaces are limited, and RSVP is required.
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Open Play
These sessions are designed as a relaxed, child-led opportunity for kids ages 5–10 to explore our space at their own pace. Children can build, create, imagine, or simply enjoy the freedom of unstructured play in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Illumination Seed
Illumination Seed Workshop: Felt Sensing — Embodied Co-Regulation
Led by Jacqui, Create Yourself Co.
Join us for our next Illumination Seed gathering, Felt Sensing: Embodied Co-Regulation — an experiential workshop that invites parents and caregivers into a gentle journey of embodied awareness and nervous system attunement.
Through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™, and co-regulation practices, Jacqui from Create Yourself Co. will guide us in exploring how felt sensing can help us recognize internal cues, cultivate a sense of safety, and deepen our relationships with our neurodivergent children.
Grounded in an understanding of PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy) as an autonomic nervous system response, this workshop offers a compassionate Felt Safety Framework for reinterpreting resistance, autonomy, and connection through the body’s story.
In this space between co-regulation and neurodiversity-affirming presence, we’ll honor the body’s innate wisdom and rediscover connection and belonging — together.
✨ This is a free community event.
Spaces are limited, and we kindly ask that you RSVP only if you are committed to attending, as we deeply value everyone’s presence in our shared space.
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Social Group Teens
Social Roots is a supportive group designed to help teens grow stronger connections — with themselves and with others. Each session blends:
Social skill building through role-play, real-life scenarios, and guided practice.
Nervous system activities that teach tools for self-regulation, stress management, and confidence.
Movement, improv, and creative challenges that make learning active, engaging, and teen-centered.
Hands-on projects like paper-making, collaborative art, and nature-inspired activities that foster focus, teamwork, and self-expression.
Fall Open Play
These sessions are designed as a relaxed, child-led opportunity for kids ages 5–10 to explore our space at their own pace. Children can build, create, imagine, or simply enjoy the freedom of unstructured play in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Inclusive Art Class: Gratitude & Giving
Inclusive Art Class: Gratitude & Giving
🗓️ Friday, November 8
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 Mustard Seed Academy
Join us for a special morning of art and connection as we celebrate gratitude, creativity, and giving.
Children of all ages will create their own paper quilt squares expressing what they are thankful for and contribute to a collaborative fabric community quilt that will remain on display.
We'll be drawing inspiration from the powerful work of artist Faith Ringgold, whose story quilts beautifully blend art and storytelling.
We will also be collecting non-perishable food items as part of our community food drive. Your family is invited to give, create, and connect with others in a joyful and inclusive space.
$10 donation, open to ages 5+ , and sensory-considerate.
✨ Spots are limited — RSVP is encouraged to reserve your space.
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Social Group Teens
Social Roots is a supportive group designed to help teens grow stronger connections — with themselves and with others. Each session blends:
Social skill building through role-play, real-life scenarios, and guided practice.
Nervous system activities that teach tools for self-regulation, stress management, and confidence.
Movement, improv, and creative challenges that make learning active, engaging, and teen-centered.
Hands-on projects like paper-making, collaborative art, and nature-inspired activities that foster focus, teamwork, and self-expression.
Fall Open Play
These sessions are designed as a relaxed, child-led opportunity for kids ages 5–10 to explore our space at their own pace. Children can build, create, imagine, or simply enjoy the freedom of unstructured play in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Illumination Seed
Illumination Seed Workshop: The Power of Declarative Language
Join us for our next Illumination Seed gathering led by our BCBA, Ashley. Together, we’ll explore how using declarative language can support connection, reduce resistance, and create more collaborative interactions with children. This workshop offers practical strategies and gentle guidance to help parents and caregivers shift communication patterns in ways that foster understanding and strengthen relationships.
Social Group Teens
Social Roots is a supportive group designed to help teens grow stronger connections — with themselves and with others. Each session blends:
Social skill building through role-play, real-life scenarios, and guided practice.
Nervous system activities that teach tools for self-regulation, stress management, and confidence.
Movement, improv, and creative challenges that make learning active, engaging, and teen-centered.
Hands-on projects like paper-making, collaborative art, and nature-inspired activities that foster focus, teamwork, and self-expression.
Fall Open Play
These sessions are designed as a relaxed, child-led opportunity for kids ages 5–10 to explore our space at their own pace. Children can build, create, imagine, or simply enjoy the freedom of unstructured play in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Learning Pod
The Knowledge Seed is a gentle, inclusive enrichment program designed for children ages 5–10 of all neurotypes, with a special emphasis on supporting PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) profiles. Groups are thoughtfully curated to meet the needs of each learner and kept very small, with a maximum of 5 children.
Meeting once a week, it offers a low-demand, connection-centered environment that complements any homeschool journey. Led by PDA-aware educators, our days weave together literacy development, storytelling, nature exploration, and creative, hands-on art projects—always at a child’s own pace, with space for autonomy, imagination, and curiosity.
Learning Pod
The Knowledge Seed is a gentle, inclusive enrichment program designed for children ages 5–10 of all neurotypes, with a special emphasis on supporting PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) profiles. Groups are thoughtfully curated to meet the needs of each learner and kept very small, with a maximum of 5 children.
Meeting once a week, it offers a low-demand, connection-centered environment that complements any homeschool journey. Led by PDA-aware educators, our days weave together literacy development, storytelling, nature exploration, and creative, hands-on art projects—always at a child’s own pace, with space for autonomy, imagination, and curiosity.
Illumination Seed
Illumination Seed-Parent & Caregiver Workshop
Felt Sensing: Embodied Co-Regulation
Social Group
Our inclusive social group held every other Saturday from 10am-12pm is a drop off program.
Learning Pod
The Knowledge Seed is a gentle, inclusive enrichment program designed for children ages 5–10 of all neurotypes, with a special emphasis on supporting PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) profiles. Groups are thoughtfully curated to meet the needs of each learner and kept very small, with a maximum of 5 children.
Meeting once a week, it offers a low-demand, connection-centered environment that complements any homeschool journey. Led by PDA-aware educators, our days weave together literacy development, storytelling, nature exploration, and creative, hands-on art projects—always at a child’s own pace, with space for autonomy, imagination, and curiosity.
Hilma Klint Inspired Art Class
Discover the subtle magic of abstraction in our Hilma af Klint–inspired art class, where you’ll work with her signature soft, ethereal palette and organic motifs—think gentle rose, dove gray, and pale gold. Guided projects include crafting shell-inspired geometric mandalas, layering translucent color-field paintings, intuitive “automatic” drawings, and contributing to a shared mural. Immerse yourself in symbolism, form, and mindfulness as you explore how shells, shapes, and soft hues can awaken new realms of creative expression.
Learning Pod
The Knowledge Seed is a gentle, inclusive enrichment program designed for children ages 5–10 of all neurotypes, with a special emphasis on supporting PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) profiles. Groups are thoughtfully curated to meet the needs of each learner and kept very small, with a maximum of 5 children.
Meeting once a week, it offers a low-demand, connection-centered environment that complements any homeschool journey. Led by PDA-aware educators, our days weave together literacy development, storytelling, nature exploration, and creative, hands-on art projects—always at a child’s own pace, with space for autonomy, imagination, and curiosity.
Social Group
Our inclusive social group held every other Saturday from 10am-12pm is a drop off program.
Social Group
Our inclusive social group held every other Saturday from 10am-12pm is a drop off program.
Summer Camp
Mustard Seed Nature Camp is a peaceful, child-led summer program rooted in nature, creativity, and connection. Campers explore the outdoors, create with natural materials, and enjoy sensory-friendly activities in a calm, supportive environment designed especially for neurodivergent children.
Basquiat Art Class
This June at Mustard Seed, our Basquiat-Inspired Art Class invites children to explore bold colors, expressive marks, and the power of their own voice through art. Inspired by the legendary Jean-Michel Basquiat, this class celebrates freedom, creativity, and self-expression in a supportive, neurodivergent-affirming space.