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Strengthening Families Program Seven Valleys Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc. is pleased to offer the Strengthening Families Program in partnership with Cortland Area Communities That Care Coalition. Strengthening Families helps families ease the transition when youngsters move from elementary school to junior high school after sixth grade. This program is designed to help both parents and (pre)teens as they navigate through the teen years. The goal is to develop skills in the area of communication and to explore the strategies needed to avoid some of the problems that adults and their children may encounter. A six week program is scheduled for this fall and is being offered to Homer School District residents. The sessions will be held at the Homer Intermediate School beginning Wednesday September 22nd. Strengthening Families is free and open to families of 10-14 year olds. It will give families and their (pre)teen the opportunity to practice and reinforce the skills needed to help them successfully navigate through this exciting but potentially challenging time. Parents and youth will learn a variety of ways to interact. The list includes, but is not limited to: · Supporting youth by understanding potential problems · Balancing love and limits· Making ground rules · Discussing goals (Parent/youth discussion)· Understanding what youth this age are like · Making specific house rules· Understanding parental stress · Identifying strengths of family members · Building a positive relationship Dinner for the entire family and child-care for younger siblings are offered free of charge at each of the free six-week sessions. If you want to empower your family and have better communication with your children please call 607-756-8970 ext. 1 for an application or email
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. You can also “friend us” on Facebook by searching 7VCASA and downloading an application form from the notes section. 7VCASA looks forward to making the Strengthening Families program available to all school districts and families in Cortland County. If you would like to schedule this free program in your school or under the auspices of another community group, please feel free to call, email, or use Facebook to contact 7VCASA for more information.Kimberly McRae Friedman is the Associate Director at Seven Valleys Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc. and an advisory member of CACTC..
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