Parent-Child Connectedness: Training for Parents of Today’s Youth-Sept. 18

Parent-Child Connectedness: Training for Guardians and Parents of Today’s Youth

Concordia University – Library

Portland, OR  

We hear a lot about the importance of being connected to our children, but what does “being connected” means? There are many ways parents and adults can connect and sustain communication with their children and teens.

Parent-child connectedness is the emotional bond between a parent and a child that is both mutual and sustained over time. This “super protector” is something that gives parents and youth the skills and bond needed to openly discuss the many challenges and risks facing youth in today’s world, including tobacco use, alcohol use, depression, peer and societal pressure, eating disorders, unintended pregnancy, and HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Hosted by:

Black Parent Initiative and Multnomah County African American Sexual Health Equity Program in partnership with Center for Health Training

Date and Time:

Friday, September 18, 2009

4:30 P.M. Registration and Dinner

5:00 – 6:30 P.M. Training

Audience

Parents, Guardians, Foster Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and others working to be trusted adults in their children’s lives

Goals/Objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Definition of Parent-Child Connectedness (PCC);
• Describe how your parenting style has been influenced by your experiences as a child and your parents’ modeling;
• Think about and describe the ways you want your relationships with your children to be different from or similar to your  childhood relations with your own parents’; and
• State an intention to maintain or increase the level of PCC with your child

Fees

Free of Charge, Dinner will be provided

Location and Directions

Concordia University – Library

2800 NE Liberty Street

Portland, OR 97217

Bus routes 9 and 75 are all near the Concordia University Campus

Driving Directions (Simply type in your start location): directions

Questions?

Contact Charlene McGee with Multnomah County African American Sexual Health Equity Program, 503.988.3030 ext. 25706 or charlene.a.mcgee@co.multnomah.or.us