Shaping Behaviors Series Repeating
Feb. 16, 12 p.m.: Preventing Misbehavior and Meltdowns. This session will share effective strategies for setting limits.
LCCAA Head Start partner Ohio Guidestone is again offering a series of free sessions for parents who want to expand their parenting tool box.
Shaping Behaviors: Tools of the Trade begins Feb. 2 at 12 p.m. with a session on the Power of Play. All sessions are free and available via Zoom. Sessions typically run for consultant with Ohio Guidestone, one hour, with extended time given Lorain County. for discussion and questions. Zoom Other Sessions: links and passwords are posted on Feb. 9, 12 p.m.: The Art of ClassTag. Effective Praise, Encouragement The sessions are presented by and Incentives. This session will Donna Jezewski, M.Ed., LSW, help you shape the good behaviors a therapist and mental health you’d like to see more of.
Feb. 23, 12 p.m.: Reducing Misbehavior. This session includes a discussion of calming skills and effective consequences. Material for these sessions is taken from The Incredible Years, a curriculum for parent education, and Conscious Discipline, the discipline philosophy used in LCCAA Head Start classrooms. For more information, contact your teacher, family service worker or home visitor.
Getting Ahead Groups Forming Online You are not alone. Many Getting Ahead group members have said they were surprised to learn they were not the only people struggling. The friendships and insights they gained from joining the Getting Ahead group are truly life changing, they say.
Ahead “essential” to their lives Zoom regularly for eight weeks and and eagerly switched to the online discuss a wide variety of items from platform Zoom as soon as possible. Ruby Payne and Phil DeVol’s book “We have always used a ‘kitchen Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin-By table’ style setting,” Client Services World.
Coordinator and Getting Ahead Books and materials are free to Facilitator Amy Steele said. “Now, participants. Discussions include we are literally bringing the program finances, planning for changes, time management, how to negotiate and “The conversations were to your kitchen table.” fantastic,” said Head Start Policy Getting Ahead groups meet by much more. Council President Susan West, who A Facebook group specifically for recently completed the program. participants and graduates is also “And it’s just conversation. You’re active. learning and you don’t even realize The program is designed to be you’re learning.” individualized and confidence Getting Ahead is an empowering building, while examining the many program in which participants find factors that hold people back, not strengths, learn skills to become just money. financially secure and work toward Groups are forming now and personal goals. The program will continue to form. Morning, helps individuals living in poverty afternoon and evening times are build their resources for a more available. Meetings are scheduled prosperous life for themselves, their around group members’ needs. families and their communities. If you have questions or are ready Those participating in groups as to sign up, contact Steele at 440COVID-19 struck called Getting 204-3121 or asteele@lccaa.net.
