Family Focus
Parent Workshop Series
Sponsored by
West Haven Board of Education Quality Enhancement Grant
West Haven Family Resource Center
West Haven Youth and Family Services
We are pleased to offer a program to help parents learn and explore such things as:
• Understanding young children
• Understanding young children's behavior
• Building self-esteem in the early years
• Listening and talking to young children
• Helping young children to learn to cooperate
• Discipline for young children
• Young children's social & emotional development
• Taking care of yourself as a parent
GROUPS ARE FREE
Evening Group
Stay tuned for fall dates.
• LOCATION:
Savin Rock Community School Family Resource Center,
50 Park Street, West Haven, CT
203-932-4739
GROUP LEADER
Sharon Redman, M.Ed.
Sharon has been working with preschool children and their families for 30 years as an Early Childhood Educator/Consultant. Her special interests are the social-emotional development of young children and parent/child interactions. She is currently employed as an Early Childhood Specialist at the Area Cooperative Educational Services and does trainings for parent and teachers throughout Connecticut.
For more information call
Jean Vitale at 931-4739 at the West Haven Family Resource Center, jeanvitale@whschools.org or Robert Morton, 937-3633, or e-mail bobmorton@aol.com
Free Dental Clinic
The Connecticut Foundation for Dental Outreach is proud to introduce the Connecticut Mission of Mercy (CTMOM). CTMOM will be a large-scale, multi-chair dental clinic that travels around the state annually to underserved areas. Visit this website for more information:
http://www.csda.com/ctmom/ctmom4.html
WEBSITES WORTH LOOKING AT:
Check out the Great Park Pursuit. A great opportunity for CT families.
http://www.nochildleftinside.org/
Parent Education Resources
Family Education.com
Parenting 101
http://www.child-resources.com/
The state of CT has the http://www.connectability.com/ website, This site is for older special education students. It is an excellent resource. It tells about all the resources available to students with disabilities.
