Text Box: April 29 – 6:30 pm The Arc Main office - Annandale “Planning For the Future of Your Child or Dependent with Special Needs” Call Lois at 908-730-7827 X 225 to register or email lois@archunterdon.org _____________________________________________________________ May 14, 2008 – 6:30pm-8:00pm Hampton Inn - Clinton Seminar 1: Social Skills: Foster Positive Peer Interactions, Play Skills, & Problem-Solving – This seminar will assist parents to better understand factors impacting their child’s weaknesses in social skills and problem-solving. Practical strategies will be discussed, along with user-friendly handouts, for parents (and teachers/professionals) to facilitate skill development, promote positive peer interactions, play skills, and problem solving in everyday social situations. Call Allison Lansky at 908-730-7827 X 236 to register May 21, 2008 – 6:30pm-8:00pm Hampton Inn - Clinton Seminar 2: Effective Parenting: Change Your Behavior - Change Your Child (Positive Behavioral Approaches to address compliance and behavior) This seminar will provide parents with positive behavioral approaches to address important parent-child interaction issues helping them gain more compliance from their children. Parents will learn how to reinforce positive behaviors across various social settings. User-friendly handouts will be provided making it easy for attendees to implement learned skills and techniques in your normal routine once you return home! Call Allison Lansky at 908-730-7827 X 236 to register ______________________________________________________________________________ May 31 – Housing Workshop 9 AM – 12 PM Hampton Inn, Clinton, NJ Call Patty Kowalchuk at 908-730-7827 X 251 to register _____________________________________________________________________________ May 31 – Mother/Daughter Luncheon 10 AM – 2 PM Beaver Brook Country Club Call Allison Lansky at 908-730-7827 X 236 to register A Series of three workshops and elegant luncheon, funded by a grant from Pregnant Pause, creates an opportunity for mothers & daughters to have a day together. Learn about and discuss topics such as: • Healthy Body Image in Young Women • Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome • Mother-Daughter Communication: Making difficult subjects approachable. Everyone will receive a gift bag filled with goodies and information. There will also be opportunities to win door prizes donated by community partners. Feel free to bring aunts, grandmothers, or other female role model! (This program is for moms and teens aged 12 to 18) Babysitting for April 29th; May 14, 21, and 31(Housing Workshop) may be available if requested. The Arc of Hunterdon County, 1322 Route 31 N, Suite 5, Annandale, NJ 08801