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Parent Pal September 2009
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Welcome back to school!
Building Families wishes all children a wonderful school year!
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Thanks for checking out the NEW Parent Pal! Parent Pal will still provide great parenting information and Parent Education opportunities in your community, but now will be located on the Building Families website. Building Families is offering Growing Together as part of the new Parent Pal. Enjoy this September issue of Parent Pal and take a look around at our Building Families website!
~Amy Muller
Parent Coordinator
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Growing Together | The newest part of the NEW Parent Pal is Growing Together! In this issue you find out more about helping your children tell time, tips for getting your kids to go to bed, discipline and an activity calendar! Click on the Growing Together link to the left and enjoy!
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Parenting Education Opportunity in Webster City!
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| Location: Riverview Child Care Center in Webster City
Time: 5:30-7:00
Dates: Sept. 10, Sept. 24, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 12
Free meal and child care provided!
Call Amy Muller at 515-832-1791 ext. 202 to register!
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September 10th
Session 1: Making a Connection! Meet each other and learn about our families.
Identify the importance of building positive relationships with children. Discuss the “power” of using positive comments and encouragement with children.
September 24th
Session 2: Making it Happen! Understand how play can be a powerful parenting practice. Learn ways to help children develop friendship skills. Link building relationships, using positive comments/encouragement, and play to children’s behavior.
October 8th
Session 3: Why do Children do What they do? Examine why children do what they do. Practice ways to determine the meaning of behavior. Understand how to make expectations clear for children. Understand effective ways to develop and teach household rules.
October 22nd
Session 4: Teach me What to Do. Identify feeling words and identify effective ways to teach feeling vocabulary. Demonstrate the use of books to support emotional literacy and social emotional development. Identify ways to cope with feelings of anger and disappointment. Learn how to teach problem solving skills.
October 29th
Session: 5 Facing the Challenge: Part 1 Examine nine specific strategies that can be used to promote positive adult and child behavior in home and community settings.
November 12th
Session 6: Facing the Challenge Part 2 Identify that problem behavior has meaning. Identify the meaning of behavior by examining what happens before and after the problem behavior. Identify the three parts of a behavior plan: preventions, new skills to teach, and new responses. Learn to use the Family Routine Guide to identify supports for use with children during daily routines.
Click on the link below to see the flyer!
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Make sure to check out Ocotber's Parent Pal for more information on a new opportunity- The Stork's Nest!
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