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What's New
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site, what's new at MHA of Westchester.
Updated June 24, 2009
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After a successful launch for the spring cycle MHA is beginning to
plan for Fall 2009 cycle of Strengthening Families Program. The Strengthening
Families Program (SFP) is a family skills training program designed
to help families with children between 12 and 16 years of age to improve
family life and communication and reduce the impact of negative
influences on youth. SFP focuses on helping youth identify their goals
and dreams and ways to achieve them, while also learning to resist
negative peer influences. Youth are taught better stress management,
communication, and social skills. Parents are taught to encourage and
support their children’s dreams, while also strengthening their ability
to establish appropriate limits and provide effective discipline, and
improve their own communication.
For further information about referring participants or hearing about
volunteer opportunities please contact Kelly
Darrow or click
here
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Live Your Life Well highlights 10 specific tools we can all use to
build our ability to cope with the stress of our daily lives. These
tools are based on research that teaches how to develop resilience,
protect our health, and improve well-being. Explore the web site of Live Your Life
Well.
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Concerns about flu can cause both children and adults to worry. The
National Association of School Psychologists and the National
Association of School Nurses offer tips for Talking
with Children About
Flu.
Difficult
economic times pose a challenge to all of us. For information
about coping, consult the new "Guide to Getting through Tough
Economic Times" developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services
Administration.
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In
collaboration with the YWCA of White Plains and Central Westchester, MHA
is excited to begin the Spring 2009 cycle of Strengthening Families
Program. The Strengthening
Families Program (SFP) is a family skills training program
designed to help families with children between 12 and 16 years of age
to improve family life and communication and reduce the impact of
negative influences on youth.
SFP focuses on helping youth identify their goals and dreams and
ways to achieve them, while also learning to resist negative peer
influences. Youth are
taught better stress management, communication, and social skills. Parents are taught to encourage
and support their children’s dreams, while also strengthening their
ability to establish appropriate limits and provide effective
discipline, and improve their own communication.
For
further information please contact Kelly Darrow or click
here
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MHA has adopted an
innovative approach to care coordination. Read about it in this
article (.pdf) which appears in the current issue of Mental
Health
News.
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Playing With Our
Children. Playtime is
essential for young children’s development, exploration of the world,
even to work through scary experiences. The Action Guide: Toys, Play and Young Children
offers excellent tips about choosing toys, playing with children, and
even helping children work through scary or confusing events. Read
more (.pdf).
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Raising
children is rewarding, yet often difficult and frustrating.
Parents tend to rely on discipline that they experienced as
children. However, those methods may not be the best for our
children. Years of study now confirm that physical punishment makes
it more, not less, likely that children will be defiant and aggressive
in the future, that it puts children at risk for many types of
negative outcomes, including increased mental health problems, and that
it places children at greater risk of serious injury and physical
abuse. There is little research that shows that physical
punishment improves children's behavior in the long term. Read more
here.
Read MHA’s tips
for Positive Parenting and local activities with
children.
- Employment opportunities at MHA: MHA continues to initiate new
programs and expand existing ones. Descriptions of our current job openings are updated on an
ongoing basis. Check frequently for information about job opportunities
for yourself or someone you know.
Explore our Community Events
Calendar. Do you have an event to list? Contact Kevin Kennedy at kennedyk@mhawestchester.org
with your information. The listing is FREE!
For information about films in Our Film Library, go to our Films Database.
We Can Help
Contact us by e-mail at help@mhawestchester.org or call
our Information and Referral Service at 914-345-5900, extension 240. We're
available there Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM; our voice mail
is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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