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October 2023
Promoting Positive Parenting
| | | PAM hopes to provide you with education and resource materials for those doing important work with parents and families in your community on various topics to raise awareness around parenting issues. | |
2023 Upcoming Events
- October is National Prevention Month
- October is Infant Safe Sleep Month in MI
- National Prevention Specialist Conference October 3rd - 6th Virtual
- 2nd Annual MYCN Youth Coalition Development Leadership Retreat Monday, October 16th, 2023
- Child, Adolescent, and School Health Conference, October 23rd - 25th, Ann Arbor, MI
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SEMPQIC's first Annual Black Women's Health Summit, October 26, 2023, Detroit, MI
- Michigan Youth Cannabis Action and Education Alliance (MYCAEA) 1st Annual Conference, October 30th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Eaton RESA, Charlotte, MI
- 31st Annual PAM Conference Friday, November 3rd, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, Gaylord, MI
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Introducing "PAM Spotlights" a new section of the newsletter where PAM will highlight one to three organizations each month and the great work they are doing with and for MI parents and caregivers! Have an event coming up? Want to celebrate your amazing achievements or recognize someone doing great work with parents and families? Email sarak@preventionnetwork.org to be included in the next edition of "PAM Spotlights" or follow this link "PAM Spotlights" to fill out the form.
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Featuring:
Protect MI Child
| | The ProtectMIChild Registry is a free and secure program that keeps kids safe from adult-oriented advertising via social media, video streaming, text, and email. Parents can register their children’s social media and streaming platform handles, phone numbers, and email addresses to block ads for products like alcohol, tobacco, pornography, and online gambling. Accounts for these platforms can be registered without affecting the way the apps are used. Children’s personal information also remains private when they are registered. | | Registration for the PAM Conference will close October 20th! | |
Michigan State University Extension
Child and Family Development October Offerings
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Extension Extra’s Parenting Hour
These free online parenting workshops will provide guidance for parents of young children as they navigate the challenges, concerns, and joys of parenting. Participants may register for as few or as many workshops as they wish. The workshops are on Tuesday evenings from 8:00 to 9:30PM EST as follows:
Class dates:
- 10/3/2023: Parenting in the Digital Age Part 1: Bullying, Digital Reputation, Sexting
- 10/10/2023: Parenting in the Digital Age Part 2: Online Predators, Privacy Issues, Trafficking
- 10/17/2023: Let’s Talk: Parent and Provider Communication
- 10/24/2023: Mathematics for Infants and Toddlers
- 10/31/2023: NO CLASS
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Class Times: 8:00PM to 9:30PM
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Parenting Series
Guiding Principles for Highly Successful Parenting
Are you wondering how to gain greater cooperation from your children? Struggling with chores or routines? Not sure how to handle discipline issues? Join us for this five-week parenting education series for parents with children of all ages will explore developing routines, emotional control, rules and relationships, and being a calm, assertive parent. Certificates of attendance are available.
- Class Dates: Thursdays, October 5, October 12, October 19, October 26, November 2
- Class Times: 11:30am-1:00pm ET
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Building Strong Adolescents
Are you wondering how to navigate the teen years with your child? Do you wonder how to set limits while still promoting independence and encouraging positive relationships? Join us for this five week parenting education series for parents with children between 9-16 and explore the assets children need to succeed. Certificates of attendance are available.
- Class Dates: October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13
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Class Times: 7:30PM-9:30PM
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Kinship Caregiver Classes
Kinship Caregiver classes are targeted to relatives caring for another relative’s children.
Workshop:
- 10/11/2023: Helping Kids Manage Stress
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Class Time: 7:00PM to 8:30PM
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Building Early Emotional Skills
Are you having trouble with biting, tantrums or the "terrible twos?" Building Early Emotional Skills (BEES) is a four-week class for primary caregivers of children 0-3 that teaches about how young children develop social emotional skills and helps give caregivers skills to deal with the stress of caring for children and to help their children develop strong social emotional skills. BEES will help you learn about:
Your child’s temperament and stress
Your triggers and how to manage them
Being reflective about feelings and emotion coaching
Reducing biting, conflict and frustration and handling tantrums
Building a solid foundation for tomorrow
Certificates of attendance are available.
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Class dates: Fridays, October 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3
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Class times: 11:30am-1:00pm ET
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Early Childhood Professional Development Classes
These free online classes provide professional development training hours for early childhood professionals. Credit in the MiRegistry system is available.
Title: ABC’s of Early Literacy
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Class Date: October 19th
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Class Time: 7:00PM to 8:30PM
Title: Learning to Talk
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Class Date: October 27th
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Class Time: 1:00PM to 2:30PM
| | Registration for the CASH Conference closes October 13th! Register today! | |
Prevention Network/Parenting Awareness Michigan (PAM)
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