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Parenting Class

The parent and teen relationship may be challenging at times, but it can also be a rewarding time to grow together and develop a family bond.

 The Active Parenting of Teens Program encourages positive interaction, and enhances communication and behavior management skills to help parents and teens work together to solve disagreements.

1^st Class – Tuesday, February 7                  

2^nd Class – Thursday, February 9                    

3^rd Class – Tuesday, February 14                     

4^th Class – Thursday, February 16

5^th Class – Tuesday, February 21               

6^th Class – Thursday, February 23

Time: 11-1 Snacks will be available

A certificate of completion, which may qualify for community service hours, will be presented to all parents completing all six classes’ of the Module.

Location:  502 Court Street Suite 401 Utica, NY 13502

Call Susan Koslosky Family Peer Advocate, CFLR, at 768-2677

Center for Family Life & Recovery announces it upcoming trainings. Click Here to find the 2017 Training Calendar : 2017-training-calendar-printable

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW) is a national health observance for teens to promote local events that use NIDA science to SHATTER THE MYTHS® about drugs. This online guide gives you everything you need to plan, promote, and host your NDAFW event. Click here for more information: https://teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-alcohol-facts-week

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SAVE THE DATE

Upstate Cerebral Palsy, in collaboration with the Herkimer County Department of Mental Health and the Herkimer County Youth Violence Prevention Committee will host a showing of the documentary film Paper Tigers on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at Herkimer College.

Paper Tigers, One High School’s Unlikely Success Story, is an intimate look into the lives of students at Lincoln High School, an alternative high school that specializes in educating traumatized youth. The film examines what trauma informed schools and communities can do to help youth struggling with the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES).  ACE includes verbal, physical or sexual abuse, as well as family dysfunction. The Centers for Disease Control conducted the ACE Study, one of the largest investigations ever to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being.

Registration information and additional presentation details will be available shortly.