Beginning Wednesday, September 22 at 7 PM, “Life Strategies for Parenting in the 21st Century”, a free 6-Week series for parents of school-aged children will be sponsored by the Mountain View Counseling Department. All programs will be held in the Mountain View High School Library. The series will run from 7 to 8:15 PM each Wednesday from September 22 through October 27. Mr. Jason Legg, Susquehanna County District Attorney will be the lead guest presenter for the first session, “Texting, Sexting, and Facebook: Cyber Safety and Bullying”.
Though the programs will be held at the high school, all topics are appropriate for parents of elementary school aged children. Topics for subsequent sessions include: “Partnering for Healthy and Safe Kids: Risk Factors and How to Develop a Child’s Strengths”; “Seeing Red and Feeling Blue: Coping with Anxiety and Depression”; “Hot Soup in a Moving Car: Challenges in Family Living”; “We Were Just Having a Little Fun… Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse”; and “Looking Through the Windshield Not the Rearview Mirror: Encouraging Student Success”.
Each session will be facilitated by members of the Mountain View Counseling Department; Carole Heier Rainey, Elementary Counselor, Kate Farrell Kurosky and Donna P. Porter, High School Counselors, Diana Slick and Jamie Lee White, At-Risk Counselors for Elementary and High School respectively. Additional guest presenters include: Mr. Thomas L. Sheeran III, LCSW, Susquehanna County Director for NHS Human Services, and Mr. Andrew Granick, and Ms. Traci Decker, Treatment Coordinator, TreHab.
Childcare will be available at no cost. For further information contact any member of the Mountain View Counseling Staff: www.mvsd.net or 434-2501.
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