Strengthening Families Workshop in Bandon, Jan. 28

Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering a free, interactive series of workshops, for PARENTS and YOUNG TEENS TOGETHER, focusing on how to communicate effectively with one another as well as how to balance love and respect with setting appropriate limits. Teens attend their own session where they learn peer refusal skills and how to come together with their parents as a family unit. Free healthy snacks will be provided. Childcare may be available for younger siblings, please call to inquire. Communication skills and family meetings; Building bridges, dealing with peer pressure; Protecting against substance abuse and setting limits; Family fun and communication activities with parents and teens together for the last 45 minutes of each class. The Workshops will take place at Harbor Lights Middle School in Bandon, Monday evenings, February 10, 2014 to March 17, 2014, from 5:45 pm to 7:45 pm. To register please call Harbor Lights at (541) 347-4415 or Gina at (541) 808-1813; positive parenting@gmail.com. The Workshops are co-sponsored by Southwestern Oregon Community College, Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon and Pathways to Positive Parenting. Free CEU’s available for professional development. Certificates will be issued which identify completed training hours for CCD certified & registered child care providers, foster parents, & other participants. Southwestern Oregon Community College is an equal opportunity educator and employer.