Family Care Programming - October/November 2009
A special thanks to all of our NYU colleagues, who with their generous support and collaboration, are helping us to enrich our services and make educational programming more accessible campus-wide.
Sign up for the Family Care List serve at family.care@nyu.edu
Educational Counseling Available
By appointment only; contact Family Care at family.care@nyu.edu
Meet with an educational specialist to talk about 2010 school admissions including timelines, application requirements, financial aid, and more. Appointments are available on campus for individual and small-group sessions to discuss private independent school and public school options in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.
2009-2010 Big Red Chair Family Series
presented by NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
is made posssible in part with support from Joan Ganz Cooney, Jay and Mary Ellen Oliva and NYU Family Care.
NYU Discounts available when purchasing tickets online via the Skirball Center Channel in NYU Home or in person at NYU Ticket Central. Tickets for all events may be purchased online at www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu, by phone at 212.352.3101 (toll-free 866.811.4111), or in person at NYU Ticket Central located in the Skirball Center lobby.
October
Legal Issues in Aging
Tuesday, October 27, 1-2 p.m.
Location: Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, 12th floor, Dean's Conference Room
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This session is offered in collaboration with NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
As we and other loved ones age it is important to understand, discuss, and prepare for a number of legal and financial issues. Planning for the future is your best protection. Join elder law attorney Daniel Fish to learn how to protect your hard-earned savings, ways to get the most affordable care, and steps to make your wishes known about health care planning and end of life decision-making. Ample time will be allotted for questions and answers.
Instructor: Daniel G. Fish, Esq. is a Partner in the New York law firm, Friedman Fish & Grimaldi. He is a certified Elder Law attorney, a founding member of National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, and the past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the NYS Bar Association. Daniel Fish is widely published and has been quoted in The New York Times, Business Week, and Fortune.
Co-Parenting: It Takes Two to Tango
Thursday, October 29, 12-1 p.m.
Location: Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square East, 4th Floor, Payne Room
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This session is offered in collaboration with Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
This unique workshop takes a close look at some of the common challenges couples face as they work together to raise their children: How do we handle disagreements about decisions regarding our children? What do we do if our values and beliefs about parenting are radically different? How do we know what's best, what's most important and when to let something go? What do we do when we can't agree? A panel of three experts offers multiple perspectives on how conflicts arise and share specific strategies on how they can best be handled. Ample time is available to address participants' concerns and questions.
Instructors: Hannah Wiltshire, LMSW, MS Ed, and Ruth Wyatt, LMSW, MA, Directors of Everyday Parenting in conjunction with John Carr, LCSW, affiliate of Everyday Parenting, who specializes in fathering issues.
November
A Big Red Chair Event - The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon
Sunday, November 1, 3 p.m., Tickets $20
The "Harold" books by Crockett Johnson have captivated families for more than fifty years, celebrating the unique way children see the world. Harold and some of his zany adventures are brought to the Skirball Center in the form of life-size puppets, masks, magic and music.
Recommended for ages 5 and up. Performance length: 60 minutes.
Words Can Hurt: How to Prevent and Address Bullying
Thursday, November 5, 1-2 p.m.
Location: 13-19 University Place, 1st floor, Great Room
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This session is offered in collaboration with NYU Faculty of Arts and Science
This interactive workshop, designed for parents of children in elementary school (Pre-K to 5), explores research-based strategies and guidelines for understanding and preventing childhood bullying from the loud, attention-seeking bullies to the quiet, power-seeking ones. Learn the warning signs of bullying behavior and discover how to effectively teach your children bullying prevention skills and strategies. Handouts and resources will be provided.
Instructor: Lauren Hyman Kaplan, M.A., is a consultant, speaker, certified emotional intelligence coach and counselor in the field of social emotional learning, emotional intelligence and bullying prevention. She is co-author of: the New York State "Interpersonal Violence Prevention Resource Guide for Parents and Educators" (New York State Department of Education, 2002) and "The Importance of Self Awareness for School Counselors" in Emotionally Intelligent School Counseling (Erlbaum, 2005).
Language Development in Young Children
Thursday, November 12, 1-2 p.m.
Location: Kimmel Center, Room 912
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Children begin to acquire and develop language skills from birth. Parent talk of their joy and amazement as their young child begins to communicate. Join us to learn how language and communication develops in children, newborn to 5 years. Developmental milestones and language components, the prerequisites for literacy development, are highlighted. Also discussed are signs of delayed communicative development as well as activities to stimulate language in infants and toddlers. The seminar includes video demonstrations of different levels of language development.
Instructor: Christina Wagner Reuterskiöld, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, & Audiology, Steinhardt
Finding the "Care" in Home Care
Thursday, November 19, 1-2 p.m.
Location: Kimmel Center, Room 912
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Home care provides individuals with supportive services that enable them to remain in their own home and independent. The presenter identifies the range of home care services available and reviews clues that will help you recognize if and when the older adult in your life needs care and which care might best meets their needs. The presenter also provides tips about how to talk with your adult dependent about the need for and availability of services designed to improve their quality of life.
Instructor: Elise Feuerstein Karras, LMSW, CSW-G, ACSW is a practicing gerontological social worker with 30 years experience including direct service and administrative positions in community agencies serving the aging as well as with the corporate sector where she addressed the needs of employed caregivers. She is a Fellow of the Brookdale Center on Aging and a founding member of the New York Business Group on Health Eldercare Taskforce.