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North East
Community Center
P.O. Box 35
51 South Center Street
Millerton NY 12546
tel: 518-789-4259
fax: 518-789-9279

In March 2010, NECC is offering three new programs to help parents strengthen their bonds and support their children and themselves.

Peaceful Parenting - a Free Five Week Workshop
Designed and Facilitated by Lauren Astor, MA Ed
Founder of Happy Parent – Happy Child!

Would you like to have more peace in your home?
Do you want a warmer, closer relationship with your children?
Are you yelling at your children? 
Are they still not listening?
Do you find yourself complaining or throwing your hands up in frustration? Do you want things to go better?

If you answered YES to any of these questions come to NECC's new Peaceful Parenting Workshop!

Learn concrete tools that you can implement immediately to improve your relations with your children
Develop strategies that will decrease yelling and stress in your home

Connect to a more open-hearted peaceful approach to correcting your children

Create your Personalized Parenting Beacon to guide you through the stormy times

Strengthen your family and feel good about yourself as a parent and a person

Dates:  Wednesday, March 10th, 17th, 24th, April 14th, 21st
Time:   6:30pm – 8:00pm          
Place:  Webutuck High School

This workshop is free and open to the public.  Please register by calling Sara Ugolini at NECC (518)789-4259 x102

This program has been funded by the United Way of Dutchess County

 

Parents of Children With Special Needs - an ongoing support group providing emotional support to the parents and caregivers of children with behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and physical challenges

The Webutuck Parents Support Group will meet weekly on Thursday evenings from 6:30-8pm, facilitated by Lauren Astor MA Ed.  In this small group setting, we will develop strategies and learn specific techniques that will help you be a more effective parent, create more peace in your home, and gain clarity, comfort and confidence.  We will address issues as they come up, tell our stories, ask our questions, wonder, complain, make decisions, brag, explore our issues, make changes, let go, and share our successes and celebrations.  We will support each other, learn from each other, laugh together, and remember that we are not alone with our challenges.  Call Sara for information.

This program is funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

 

"Energizing Success" a one-day workshop led by Jeremy LeBlanc, certified coach.
Saturday  March 13, 9am-2:30pm.

"Energizing Success" is a seminar for parents, educators or anyone who works with children and wants to learn to build deeper and more meaningful relationships. The seminar is based on the book "Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach," by Howard Glasser and is presented by Jeremy LeBlanc, certified Nurtured Heart Specialist. The Nurtured Heart Approach is a style of leadership that empowers the child by rewarding them for positive behavior. The seminar provides opportunities to learn how to recognize and verbalize success when we see it, how to address negative behaviors and how to become more firm, fair and consistent with rules.  Participants in this seminar will leave with the necessary skills to start developing high impact positive relationships with others.

Fee: $25 per person or $40 per couple. Call NECC to reserve a spot.