Parenting Lecture Series Continues this Week at H.B. Whitehorne

Come one come all! Parenting Lecture Series at H.B. Whitehorne Starts in January. Ring in the New Year with fresh information and additional skills to add to your parenting tool kit.

H.B. Whitehorne Middle School is proud to host The Safety Net Parenting Lecture Series beginning Jan. 5, 2012. The Safety Net Project is three year collaboration between the H.B.W. Middle School and The Mental Health Association, funded by The Partners for Health Foundation. The project’s goals are to enhance positive peer connections, improve students’ coping skills, support teachers’ efforts to provide a caring and academically challenging learning environment and to facilitate family access to community resources designed to support their needs.

The lecture series is one of the Safety Net Project initiatives and aims to provide parents with support and information in order to help their children develop the social, emotional and academic skills they need to be successful.

Hebe Schafer, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Safety Net Project director at H.B.W. and Nicole Azzati, District Social Worker, will be co-leading the lecture series. If you are a parent with questions about your child’s development, want to improve your parenting skills and enjoy a lively discussion, this is the series for you!

The schedule for the parent lecture series is as follows:

Feb. 2, 2012: “What If the Key to Success is Failure” based on the NY Times Article.

March 19, 2012:“Put the Stress to Rest “.

April 12: “Letting Go - Successfully Launching Your Child”.

Please join us in the H.B.W. Media Center from 7-8:15 p.m.

For further information on The H.B.W. Safety Net project and the programs being offered for students and families, please contact Hebe Schafer, LCSW at 973-571-6751 x2031.