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Talking to Your Student About Puberty

 

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March 21, 2012 at 7 PM

(snow date March 28)

Long Hill Administration Building, 6254 Main Street, Trumbull, Connecticut

For more information: Tpsld@yahoo.com Students in 5th and 6th grade are offered an optional evening health

discussion to talk about their physical changes that occur during this time.

This workshop is designed to help parents and caregivers of special needs students learn how better o prepare their students to understanding the physical development that he/she will experience during this period of their life and how it is a normal, natural part of the human life cycle. In addition, you can learn how you can help your student begin to develop an acceptance of his/her body and the new physical characteristics.

Speakers:

Dr. Robert Chessin : a local pediatrician who specializes in children with special needs and is an health class instructor for Trumbull Public Schools

Caroyln Butler : Trumbull Public School Department Chair for school psychology and social work

Presented by: Trumbull Parents of Students with Learning Differences

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