Parenting
Articles
Articles written
by Sandra Wolkoff LCSW, Director of Training and Consultation and the
Director of the Marks Family Right from the Start 0-3+ Center. These
articles have appeared in Newsday's section, Parents and Children.
Adoption
Baby
Signals
Children
Don't Listen
When
Baby Makes Four
When
Fun Things Are Scary
Where
Do Babies Come From
The
Parenting Institute
Throughout the
more than 50 year history of NSC&FGC, we have offered parenting
workshops at schools, libraries, agencies, and community organizations.
Our staff is available to speak on the many issues of parenting and
family life. We also offer a special program providing speakers for
informal talks in your home for 10 parents or more, as part of our
Living Room Lectures Series. Speakers are available both for day
and evening events and honoraria or fees will vary. Some
For further information
or to schedule a workshop, please contact swolkoff@northshorechildguidance.org
The following is
a list of workshops that are currently available.
Targeted to Parents:
Ages birth to 5
Getting Ready for Baby: Expectations of New Parenthood
Fighting Fair: How to Express Anger in your Family
When Parents Disagree: Learning to Parent as a Team
Sibling Rivalry: Reality versus Fantasy
How to Read Your Child Like a Book: Figuring Out What Works
Elementary school
age (ages 6-12)
Helping your Child Deal with Anxiety and Stress from School
Spending Quality Time with Your Child
How to Help Your Children Diminish Their Sibling Rivalry
Helping Your Children Use Their Time More Productively
Understanding Learning Differences
Helping Students Do Homework
Adolescence
Self-Esteem and Its Relationship to Peer Pressure
Violence Prevention: School, Parents, and Community Working Together
Communicating With Your Adolescent
Challenges of Raising an Adolescent: What is Normal?
Bereavement
Talking with Children About Death
Suicide Awareness & Prevention
Depressed Adolescents: We Have to Pay Attention
Separation and
divorce
Post Divorce: How to Get Your Life Re-started
Post Divorce: Balancing Time - Your Needs Versus Your Kids
Single Parent Families - Handling the Holidays
Sandwich Generation
Getting Caught in the Middle - Managing the Needs of Your Children and
Your
Aging Parents
GASAK
- Grandparent Advocates Supporting Autistic Kids
Founded
in 1991 by Thelma and Bob Krinsky and a group of concerned, activist
grandparents, GASAK's mission is to support, inform, and advocate for
families with autistic children. The group also seeks to raise awareness
about autism and provide an informational clearinghouse to empower these
families.
Today
GASAK continues this mission and expands it through their monthly meeting
where grandparents attend lectures on autism, other topics related to
children with disabilities, health related issues, and important research.
These grandparents also use these meetings to network and share information
on services and issues critical to families impacted by autism. They
receive mutual support for the challenging issues that they and their
families face.
Meetings
are hosted in Nassau County by North Shore Child & Family Guidance
Center at its Roslyn Heights headquarters on the last Thursday of each
month at 10:30am -12:00pm and in Suffolk County by The Cody Center for
Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Port Jefferson Station.
Many
GASAK members participate in activities such as walks to raise much-needed
funds for research; traveling to the State Capital in Albany to lobby
for the rights of autistic children for special services; and to participate
in an annual informational legislative breakfast.
Please click on the link below for 2009-2010 meeting dates or for more
information on GASAK, please call Margo Messina, LCSW at (516) 626-1971
ext. 370.
Meeting
Schedule for Fall 2009 thru Summer 2010
