Beginning in October, 2005, this FREE multi-disciplinary, panel-format series will focus on issues related to today's family, including parenting, communication, discipline, self-esteem, raising healthy children, and fostering strong family foundations for facing today's world.
OBJECTIVE:
To provide the residents of Fairfield County –anyone raising or caring for a family - with information and resources through direct contact with local experts who will address concerns and issues about today’s family. Panel members are drawn from the disciplines of education, mental health, medicine, religion, law and the media. The series aims to provide a broad spectrum of expertise and perspectives to assist individuals and families with their current issues.
FORMAT:
There is no cost for the series, and advanced registration is encouraged. Each program will involve a brief introductory presentation by one of the panel members, followed by a discussion aimed at eliciting questions from the audience. Questions will be facilitated by a moderator and will be addressed by various members of the panel. Each program will run for two hours.
CONTENT:
Topics will address current, family-related concerns of the community, including:
· The Hard & Soft Aspects of Discipline …
· Children’s Images: Healthy Development
of the Inner and Outer Self …
· Parenting Today’s Pressured Child …
· Co-Parenting Through, and After, Divorce …
· Raising a Self-Confident and Self-Reliant Child …
· Preserving Your Individuality and Your Marriage
Within An Active Family …
PANEL MEMBERS:
If you are new to the community, the involvement of local industry "experts" on the panel offers you a place to begin if support is needed. For all attendees, the program fosters relationships within the community, and provides an ever-growing network of support and knowledge. Organizations represented include: Bay Street Pediatrics, Steinbrecher & Partners, Living in Harmony, Renfrew Center, Esteemed Woman’s Foundation, UConn, a broad spectrum of faiths and many others.
Contact for more information:: Living in Harmony, LLC
Tel : (203) 226-6210
