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2010-2011 Parent Education Coffees
September 15, 9-11 AM October 20, 7-9 PM November 17, 7-9 PM Often our special ed students are a bit behind in life as well as school. When and how should parents promote skills for daily living and life in the real world? What about family chores, doing their own laundry, phone skills, managing money, riding a bike, driving a car? Melanie Murphree, OT, will present about younger children and Nancy Ng, a professional counselor and mother of 13, will present about older students.
January 19, 7-9 PM What happens when high school is over and our kids are legally adults? What happens to the child who can pass CAHSEE and graduate, yet struggles? How should we prepare our child during high school for this transition? What about programs and supports, college or not, employment, driving, and medical visits? Come hear our panel address these issues and your questions. Jan Johnston-Tyler, owner of EvoLibri Consulting, Loni Allen, an education specialist at PHP and a parent of two special young adults, Margo Dobbins from Foothill College Student Services, and NOVA representative Jennifer Springer.
March 16, 7-9 PM Would you like to learn more about various health insurance plans? Which of them approve (or deny) coverage for chronic conditions that affect many of our children? How those various plans cover traditional and experimental, or alternative, medical treatments, and how parents should work with their health care and insurance providers to achieve best outcomes, both medically and financially, will be discussed. Presented by Michelle Droz, Vice President of Benefits, Woodruff Sawyer and Co., an insurance brokerage and consulting firm in San Francisco.
For slideshow from this program, see attachments, below.
April 27, 9-11 AM Social Skills Therapy encompasses a variety of skills including engaging with others, using language to make connections, understanding perspective of others and acting accordingly, etc. However, to build social intelligence families must have a systematic approach to enable daily practice in order to see changes in the way children play with their peers, organize their lives and exercise their imagination on the playground and in their school work. Please join us in exploring what a “systematic approach” to daily practice looks like with The Talking Playhouse founder, Jenn Bulka. Jenn has been working in the field since 1979 and is a nut for neuroscience and how to change the brain; she has a fresh perspective on what it really takes to make social skills become a habit. The session will be broken into two parts. The first hour will be about choosing the right path for your young child and developing a plan with “best practices.” The second hour will address late-phase social skills from middle school through adulthood and how the brain continues to develop successful social skills strategies. |
Missed A Program?Now you can view our talks on DVD. DVDs of our talks from the past few years are available at the Covington library in the resource room. All DVDs must be checked out with the librarian there, and standard library rules apply. |
In the Palo Alto school district?
Palo Alto has a separate, independent group that also holds parent education programs. Programs are held in the PAUSD Board Room, 25 Churchill, from 7-9 PM. For more information, see the Palo Alto CAC.