Dawson County
Healthy Communities
“Promote and ensure a healthy sustainable community.”
Parent Resource Center News
A project of
the Montana Children’s Trust Fund
February 2008
Please call 377-7515 or email weparent@midrivers.com to register
Our
Missions:
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Provide
a welcoming place for all parents to network Provide
a link with community support services Assist
parents in developing family literacy Promote
parent involvement in their children’s Ed. Promote
best parenting practices Promote
family-friendly practices by employers |
Take
Classes—Get DCC Credits!
Looking to learn more
about parenting? It is not too late to join in a parenting class or a
supportive meeting each week in the Glendive Library basement:
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Every Wednesday evening—ongoing parenting
classes from 6:30-8:00 p.m. with open enrollment and college credits.
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1st Monday noon meetings for Kinship
Care/Grandparents Raising Grandkids.
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3rd Monday noon for anyone parenting or
foster-parenting a disabled/SED child.
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Last Monday each month at
10:30 am “Baby
& Me” a
special Newborn Nurturing program for newborns.
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Tuesdays after-story-hour
program for Dads and Moms of newborns through preschool aged children with
monthly crafts, parenting info, and a shared meal.
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Thursday and Saturday etc.
coaching and parent strategic training sessions.
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Two Saturdays: Parenting Teens
from 1-6 pm on January 26th & May 10th
New
Resources Donated by G.P. Library
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Building
Character—CD by Twin Sisters Golden
Rules—Book by Wayne Dosick My
Body—Audio Cassette by WeeSing & Learn |
Parenting
Classes this Month and On
FEBRUARY 6th we will start the five session Love &
Logic’s Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun for birth to six.
MARCH 12th our six Love &
Logic Parenting for kids from 2-18 years begins.
APRIL 16th Active Parenting 1234
MAY 7th Active Parenting in 3
New:
Anger Management for Parents
Our friends at MSU
Extension in Bozeman have loaned us a very focused curriculum we are now
testing with our parent support group the 3rd Monday of each month
from 12:30 to 1:00 pm.
We hope newcomers will
join us!
The curriculum itself
uses the RETHINK method of anger management applied specifically to all the
challenges that children present their parents from Infancy to Eighteen.
After exploring anger
factors in general, its causes and triggers, and teaching the RETHINK strategy
for management, there is specific application of factors, triggers and
appropriate responses to each for eight or more common trigger situations and
development issues for Infancy 0-1, Toddler Stage 2-3, Preschool 4-5, Middle
Childhood 6-11, Adolescence 12-18.
Each exploration of
age-related issues is followed with role-play practice of appropriate responses
to common age-specific problems.
New:
Kinship Care Class
Also from our friends at
MSU, our midday first Monday of the month group is experiencing the Penn State
“Doubly Stressed, Triply Blessed” class at 12:30 to 1:00 pm. Newcomers welcome.