Parent Education Forums
The NWS Parent Association presents three Parent Education Forums throughout the school year with themes relevant to raising middle school and high school students.
These evening events will be held in the Commons from 6:30-9:00 PM. Light refreshments and beverages will be served from 6:30-7:00, with the speaker promptly commencing at 7:00 PM.
Questions or Comments?
Please contact Parent Education Co-Chairs, Susan Strauss or Kathleen Wareham.
Parent Education Events in and Around the City
2009-2010 Parent Education Forums
Thursday, May 27th, 2010, 6:30-9:00 PM
Please join other Northwest School parents for a conversational interview with Peter Berner-Hays, our affable, insightful school counselor. The interview will tap into Peter’s wisdom and perspective gained throughout 20 years of teaching and counseling and will address emotional and social issues in the ever-changing teen culture. Northwest parent, mediator and interviewer, Kathleen Wareham, will guide the conversation with Peter as he reflects on his experiences and observations as a school counselor, teacher and co-director of Northwest’s Peer Mentor Program.
This will be a convivial evening in the theatre, with cheese and other refreshments beginning at 6:30 PM. The interview will begin at 7:00 PM. Please join us for an interesting, relaxing and pleasurable evening.
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 6:30-9:00 PM
Defusing Conflict: Skills to Improve Parent-Teen Communications
Is talking with your teen proving to be difficult? Are conversations about schoolwork, text messaging, parties, and dating filled with conflict or don't seem to go anywhere? Perhaps you avoid certain conversations because they are just too difficult? This presentation will focus on understanding and minimizing conflict with our teens and with co-parents during the often challenging years of teen parenting. Come learn how to turn difficult conversations into relationship enhancing, growth experiences that increase parent and teen understanding of each other.
Kathleen Wareham, Northwest School Parent, Attorney, Mediator and Conflict Resolution Instructor, will share her mediation and conflict resolution skills to help parents improve communication with their teens. She will use examples gleaned from NWS parents and Peer Mentors.
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010, 6:30-9:00 PM
It's Not About the Money: How to Create Agreements, Eliminate Resentments and Save the Relationship with Your Teen
View the Winter Forum Notes
Do you ever feel taken advantage of, unappreciated or disrespected by your teen? Have you ever found yourself saying YES when really you wanted to say NO? When it comes to matters of money or other ways we might indulge our children and teenagers we can feel almost "bullied" into giving-in to their desires and demands-from buying a pair of expensive jeans to a new car. Parents might wish their kids were less materialistic and more grateful, but don't know how to help them get there.
As a Communication Coach specializing in Parent-Teen relationships, Lori Gradinger will offer insight and understanding and will help parents with teenagers and preteens develop a system for managing money with their teens, minimize conflict about money with their teens, and learn a realistic approach to getting their teens to work, spend wisely, save money... and experience gratitude.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, 6:30-9:00 PM
Linking Advocacy to Community Service: Some Roles for Parents of Teens with Already-Busy Lives
Listen to the Fall Forum Podcast
Do you find yourself wanting to be more involved in community, but don't really have the time, don't know where to begin, so you let this part of your life go? As parents and role models for our youth, we can help them become more involved in community by advocating for something that really matters to us and taking action. This session is intended to offer parents some ways to become more active partners in their teen's outreach to community and community service projects by helping them design and incorporate an advocacy component. The session will be largely interactive, combining presentation with practical, hands-on tips which can be tailored to best suit your family. Expect to leave with a plan.
Nancy Amidei is a long-time advocate and advocacy trainer who has worked from both inside and outside government to influence social policy. Undoubtedly, you will enjoy her enthusiasm, humor and inspiration.
Parent Education Events in and Around the City
Mercer Island High School, Performing Arts Center, Mercer Island, WA
Thursday, May 20, 2010, 7:00 pm
What do high achievers like Wolfgang Mozart, Charles Darwin and Michael Jordan have in common? Believe it or not, it’s their mindset—the belief that natural ability is just a starting point and success comes from hard work and practice. So, do you have a growth or a fixed mindset? What about your child?
Come hear the conversation between world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck and Seattle Voices television host Eric Liu as they discuss Dr. Dweck's ground-breaking book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.Learn how fostering a growth mindset can raise your child’s grades, productivity, resilience, and love of learning!
Tickets available at Island Books $15 MI PTA members /$18 non members.
Questions? Contact: judych@msn.com.
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