CHILDREN AND PARENTING CLASSES 2011 AVERA

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1 Avera McKea childre ad paretig Classes Look o further Avera mckea childbirth educatio

2 welcome Avera Childre s staff offers aswers to your questios ad cocers about paretig through a variety of classes. These classes are desiged to assist you i creatig a stimulatig eviromet for your child s developmet, ad to provide you with basic kowledge of the ways youg childre process iformatio. You ca also fid the schedule of a particular class by checkig the Avera McKea caledar i the Argus Leader each Suday or call AT-AVERA ( ) or (605) Or, visit our olie caledar at For additioal iformatio, or aswers to specific paretig questios, call (605) or (605)

3 Hot Topics for Parets Hot Topics is a series of presetatios o topics of iterest to parets with childre birth to age five. A oe-hour lecture is followed by a questio ad aswer sessio. The presetatios are paret friedly ad utilize a iformal, relaxed format. Cost is $10.00 per class. Pre-register for all classes olie at or by callig Avera McKea at AT-AVERA ( ). Hot topic classes will be offered: Jauary 18 ad 25 February 8, 15, ad 22 March 8, 15, 22, ad 29 April 12 ad 19 September 20 ad 27 October 11 ad 18 November 8, 15, ad 29 December 13 Hot Topics Classes hdtv ad me With hudreds of chaels to choose from, TV has become a major America pastime. Is it a good choice for childre? Fid out what the experts say ad get good ideas for tamig the televisio moster. Uderstadig your Child s Temperamet Every child respods differetly to the world. There are o good or bad temperamets, ad learig about your child s uique temperamet will help you uderstad his or her approach to life. This class will help you match paretig techiques with your child s idividual temperamet.

4 Guidig Childre through Words ad Actios: Positive Disciplie Techiques As parets ad caregivers, our words ad actios have a profoud effect o our childre. Lear a variety of techiques that help adults use words ad actios to positively ifluece childre ad set the stage for guidace ad disciplie. Oh, those Toddlers Few adults remember beig a toddler. Perhaps that is why may parets are baffled, frustrated ad eve shocked by the behaviors that occur at this stage. Toddlers have uique thikig strategies that ifluece their behavior. Learig more about your terrific toddler will help you positively view this excitig stage. The Spakig Dilemma Spakig is part of the America culture, but is it really a effective form of disciplie? This class will explore the pros ad cos of spakig ad provide isight ito the foudatios of guidace ad disciplie. Pleasat Dreams Is bedtime at your house more of a ightmare? This class will discuss issues of sleep behavior i youg childre ad give you ideas to help make bedtime a pleasat time. It s All about Temperamet: Tamig the Temper Tatrums Temper tatrums are a commo behavior i early childhood. Learig about your child s temperamet will help you uderstad the reasos behid tatrums as well as effective ways to prevet or cope with this behavior.

5 It s All about Temperamet: Ejoyig the Challege: Raisig a Spirited Child Childre whose temperamets are active, itese, hard to soothe ad slow to adapt challege all of our paretig skills. Uderstadig how temperamet works ad learig some simple paretig skills ca help you meet the challege of raisig a spirited child ad discover the magic of these childre. Kidspeak: How Childre Develop Laguage ad How Parets ca Help By age three, childre have i place the basic laguage system for a lifetime. From the first cries of the ewbor, laguage develops. Fid out ways that parets ad caregivers ca ecourage a child s laguage developmet throughout the early years. Siblig Rivalry: Fact ad Fatasy The siblig bod is oe of the strogest i huma relatios. It ca also be oe of the strogest sources of distress for childre ad parets. Lear techiques to cope with siblig issues from the time that secod baby comes home. Tur off the TV ad tur o the H.E.A.T. (healthy eatig ad activity together) Childhood obesity has rise to alarmig levels i the Uited States. Lear about the coectio betwee media ad obesity i childre, ad get ideas for developig healthy eatig habits ad activity goals for the family.

6 Everythig you wated to kow about potty traiig Potty traiig ca be oe of the most stressful issues of paretig. Whether you re just thikig about this issue, or have already started traiig, this class is for you. It will give you a developmetal perspective o toiletig as well as ideas o methods, equipmet ad attitudes. Behavioral Health Classes for Kids We offer couselig for childre ad adolescets who are experiecig emotioal ad behavioral disorders. Cotact Avera Behavioral Health Outpatiet Services at (605) ad talk with our receptioist about schedulig your appoitmet. New Program! cooperative paretig ad divorce This class was desiged to help parets avigate the troubled waters of divorce i order to provide their childre with the best possible outcome. Divorce is a paiful experiece for all ivolved, icludig the childre. Whe divorcig (or separated) parets let their ager ad pai ifluece their iteractios with their childre, it is damagig. This course teaches parets how to deal effectively with their frustratio without causig udue difficulty for the childre. The course meets oce a week for two, four-week sessios. Call (605) for schedule ad cost iformatio or register olie at through the Evets Caledar.

7 Family Foudatios This program is desiged to support parets, erich families ad foster healthy growth for families with childre from birth to kidergarte age. Parets ad childre come together to the learig ceter, participate i fu ad iterestig activities desiged to ecourage developmet ad discuss paretig cocers with a kowledgeable professioal. Meals are provided free of charge at every sessio. Groups meet weekly for eight sessios. For more iformatio, or to eroll, visit or call (605) The program is free to all participats thaks to sposorship by the Sioux Empire Uited Way, Sioux Falls Public Schools, Sioux Falls Catholic Schools ad Avera McKea. ifat loss support group This group is for parets who have experieced a pregacy loss (miscarriage), still birth or ifat death. The loss of a baby is a sigificat loss to a family. This group focuses o explorig feeligs, learigstrategies to cope with the loss ad commuicate feeligs ad eeds to others. Meetigs are held at the Avera Behavioral Health Ceter at 4400 West 69th Street i Sioux Falls. For more iformatio, or to register, call (605) All iformatio i this book is accurate as of Jauary 1, 2008 ad is subject to chage without otice.

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