Welcome Roland Park Country School Parents

Parent-Connect 2007-2008

Topic: Skill Building: An Introduction to Parent-Connect

Parent-Connect Live Session: September 10th, 8:00-9:00PM EST

This program begins with an overview of our series, including how to maximize the benefits of participation for participants. We will cover responding to case studies, how to ask questions of our experts, the anonymity provided by the program and other helpful features. Next our expert guests will provide insights and the latest research on best practices when parenting an adolescent. Their guidance will start the year off with a solid foundation for participants to fully integrate the valuable advice provided throughout the series into their own parenting techniques.

Please give your computer a moment to load the webinar.  After a few seconds, click on the play button.  You may need to click more than once, but shortly the webinar should start to play.  Once the webinar has completely loaded, you will be able to fast forward.  You can adjust the volume with the button on the lower right side of the screen, as well as on your computer until the sound is at a comfortable level.  To play the webinar in full screen, just double click on the screen while the webinar is playing.  Windows Media Player is required to view the session.

Facilitation Guide for Further Discussion of Skill Building

Slides for Review of Skill Building

Helpful Information for Parents

Roland Park Country School Policies and Resources

RPCS Parents Association

• Sharon Credit is the parent President of the Parents Association.
• Nancy Mugele, Director of Communication, is the school liaison to the Parents Association.
  
• The Parents Association meets every month on the first Friday at 8:00 am.

Ways to be Involved at RPCS

• There is a Parent Network made up of parent representatives at each grade level. The Upper School Parent Network meets every month with reports from the Upper School Head, from each grade, and often from a guest speaker (eg. US Dean of Students, Athletic Director, etc.). Parents chaperone some events. There are many volunteer opportunities including Holiday Fair, RedHot Event, book store, used uniform sale, employee appreciation days, and more.

National Resources

For Support

• The Hallowell Center, www.drhallowell.com/hallowell_center/index.html. Promoting cognitive and emotional health in children and adults. Offers comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services to patients and their families. One center location is directed by Ned Hallowell, author of Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood.

 

• Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), www.IECAonline.com. Counsel students and their families in the selection of educational programs, based on the student's individual needs and talents

 

• Safer Child, Inc., www.saferchild.org. The slogan of this website is that “No one's born knowing how to parent.” They’re idea is that it's not only okay to ask for help, but it’s smart. Provides professional and accurate links with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information.

For More Information

• The Modern Dads Handbook, by John Badalament, www.johnbadalament.com. Uses a hands-on approach to meeting the everyday challenges of modern fatherhood. This practical handbook gives dads the information and skills they need to build healthy and enduring relationships with children of any age.

 

• The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women, by Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels. In the idealized myth, mothers and babies spend their days discovering the wonders of life, reading, playing, and laughing. Mom wears her baby in a sling, never raises her voice and of course has unlimited time and patience. Baby grows up safe, happy and respectful. In real life, however, it's a different story.

 

• Moms As People.com, www.momsaspeople.com. Suniya Luthar’s survey for mothers as individuals and not just as “moms”. In developmental research, women are typically considered in terms of their behaviors as mothers, rarely in terms of their own personhood. This national online survey explores the inner lives of mothers.

 

• The Myth of Laziness, by Mel Levine. Shows parents how to nurture their child(ren)'s strengths and improve their classroom productivity. Most important, it shows how correcting these problems in childhood will help children live a fulfilling and productive adult life.

 

• National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP), www.natsap.org. A national resource for programs and professionals assisting young people beleaguered by emotional and behavioral difficulties.

 

• NYU Child Study Center, www.aboutourkids.org. Dedicated to increasing the awareness of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and improving the research necessary to advance the prevention, identification, and treatment of these disorders on a national scale. Also has a helpful article about the transition to college, available at: www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/transitions.html

 

• The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, www.out-of-sync-child.com, by Carol Stock Kranwitz. A book written for parents about sensory integration dysfunction. Provides explanations, examples, and treatment strategies for different types of sensory integration issues in children - including oversensitivity and undersensitivity to touch, taste, smell, sound, or sight, and/or to movement sensations, unusual activity levels, and problems with motor coordination.

 

• Parenting Teens, www.parentteen.com. Provides numerous articles on issues such as ADD, anorexia, teen run aways, preparing for college, allowances, ways to spend quality time with teens, stepfamilies, single parenting, parenting myths, and teens and lying.

 

• Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, by Judith Warner. This book seeks to answer the question, "Why are today's young mothers so stressed out?" Whether shuttling kids to "enriching" after-school activities or worrying about the quality of available child care, manywomen describe a life far out of balance. Warner explains how things got to this point, and what can be done to restore some sanity to the parenting process.

 

• Struggling Teens.com, www.strugglingteens.com. Their goal is to be the leading online source of information for parents of children making poor decisions, and professionals trying to help those families and professionals working with at-risk teens. The Parent Empowerment Workbook is available through this website.

 

• Your Social Worker.com. www.yoursocialworker.com. Gary Direnfeld’s website where he helps resolve problems related to personal, marital, child, adolescent, family, parenting, separation, divorce, child custody, and child access issues with services such as counselling, mediation, and assessment. Click on the link to the articles to find nearly 90 articles on a multitude of important parenting issues such as sibling rivalries, teen driving, teens leaving home for college, and more.

Back to Top