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Here is a partial listing of educational events in the community aimed at helping parents. To have an event included, please submit in our feedback form.

Meetings for the 2010-2011 school year will be posted as they are determined. Please check back.


PREVIOUS MEETINGS: 

Thursday, April 25 - 7pm (following the regular 6:30pm PTA meeting) in teacher's Lounge

Funding Fia$co: The implications of California's cyclical funding
Learn about the complexities of this problem in an educational, informative, and entertaining presentation.

Happy Valley parent, Jasmine Tarkoff, has taught School Funding 101 at Lafayette and Happy Valley Elementary Schools.

Join us for the historical perspective of this complex problem... and possible solutions to fix it. 

 

Facebook: Tips and Guidelines for Parents: A brown bag lunch with Steve Hall, Technology Consultant and the Stanley Counselors


Wednesday, Feb. 3rd , Brown Bag Lunch, 12 p.m – 1 p.m., Stanley Middle School Library back room


As the popularity of social networking sites has increased, so have the concerns about appropriate use of the internet sites. Come learn tips for guiding your child’s use of Facebook and other social networking sites. The privacy/security settings of Facebook will also be discussed. There will be time for a Q & A so bring your questions! 


Sponsored by Stanley Parent Ed and Stanley Counselors




"It's Not All About Me?

Parenting Children in a Me-Focused World."


February 18, 2010, 7:00 p.m., 

Burton Valley Elementary School, 

Teacher's Lounge


Join us for an informative evening where you'll learn strategies for helping your children to be empathic, grateful, accountable, and emotionally resilient in a "me first" focused culture. If you often feel "guilt-tripped" and manipulated, or simply want to help your children develop healthy and productive interpersonal skills in culture which promotes entitlement, this presentation is for you.


Facilitated by BVE parent Amanda Somberg, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and former intern therapist at Rheem Elementary School.



Living in the World of Texting, Video Games and Facebook: Are They a Modern Means of Essential Connection or Tools of Addiction and Exploitation?

Monday, February 22, 2010 7:00 to 9:00pm, Miramonte High School Theatre, 750 Moraga Way, Orinda, CA 94563

Between cell phones, social networking and online multiplayer video games, teens today have tools for greater independence and connection than ever before; however, some parents are discovering that having the means for independence and connection, without the maturity to use those tools responsibly, can be a dangerous combination for their teenagers.  Who’s right? Both are!  Steven Freemire will discuss the many issues parents and teens face navigating the exciting and ever‐changing, yet potentially harmful world of communication technologies, including:

  1. Providing guidelines for assessing the differences between use, abuse and dependence.
  2. Offering practical ideas and tools to help parents manage their children’s use and potential overuse of electronic technology.
  3. Advising parents how to address the danger of cyber bullying and online predators, and how to respond if their children have been victimized.

Parents will learn how to reinforce the positives that technologies offer, while also preventing and breaking unhealthy patterns of use.

Steven Freemire, MFT is the director of the Contra Costa Men’s Center and has a private psychotherapy and coaching practice in Berkeley and Walnut Creek. He is an adjunct faculty member at John F. Kennedy University, where he teaches classes on “Counseling Men and Teen Boys.” In his practice, he works with individual men and women, teens and their families, couples and groups. Together with his wife, Catherine Freemire, LCSW, he co‐leads workshops for couples called “The Art and Skill of a Happy Marriage.” He also provides consulting to organizations on team building and conflict resolution. Steven is the proud father of two high school‐age girls.
Hosted by Miramonte Parent Education. For more information, contact Sherri Williams at: Jbswilliams27@yahoo.com.

Sponsored by Acalanes Adult Ed and Miramonte High School Parent Ed