Parent University Will Offer Positive Strategies For Raising Children
Parent University Will Offer Positive Strategies For Raising Children
Newtown Parent Connection, Inc, this year working in partnership with Brookfield Substance Abuse Coalition and SMART (Southbury-Middlebury Acting Responsibly Together), will present its annual Parent University on Saturday, March 19.
Twelve workshops are being offered this year, with attendees able to select two they would like to attend during morning and afternoon sessions. Parent University will open with registration and complimentary breakfast, welcome remarks, and a keynote presentation by Heidi Rankin & The Act Out Troupe, and complimentary lunch.
Tuition is $5 per person. Children are welcome free of charge, and a bonus Kidâs University will offer age appropriate activities for ages 3â11.
The event, which will open with registration at 8 am and conclude around 1:45 pm, will take place at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.
Parent University is offered to parents who wish to be proactive and learn positive parenting strategies for raising children of all ages. The goal of the annual one-day symposium is to strengthening families and enrich the community. It is open all parents seeking âhigher educationâ and more effective skills in the ever-changing and challenging field of child rearing.
Ms Rankinâs Act Out program is a live interactive theater experience that offers a creative and innovative approach to educating, raising awareness, and effecting social change. The group utilizes professional and highly trained WCSU student actors in theatrical scenarios depicting real life situations including dating violence, bullying, hazing, and sexual assault including acquaintance and date rape, and the dangers of date rape drugs.
Briefly, this yearâs workshops will cover everything from âUpstanders vs Bystanders,â teens and drug use, the many faces of depression and 21st Century parenting of children and teens to parenting with sanity and humor, teen and âtween sexuality, fostering friendships, adolescent risky behaviors, and more.
Early registration is strongly suggested and spaces tend to fill quickly. Full details for the workshops, and registration forms, are available at NewtownParentConnection.org.