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The Regional Prevention Center of Wyandotte County is committed to helping you improve your parenting skills so that our children have increased opportunities for success. We invite you to join other parents and a trained facilitator to discover positive tips to raising confident, healthy and resilient children. Our parenting classes are offered through the Regional Prevention Center of Wyandotte County in partnership with the Wyandotte County Truancy Diversion Program. We look forward to working with you as we strive to create a healthy Wyandotte County. All classes are held on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kansas City Kansas Community College. A different skill module is presented each session and parents must complete each of the four modules in order to receive a certificate of completion. WYANDOTTE COUNTY PARENTING EDUCATION 2010 SCHEDULE
printer friendly version of 2010 Parenting Brochure All classes are held at the Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue, Lower Level Jewell Spanish Class: Room 2346/PDR English Class: Room 2335 Childcare Available Upon Request To register for classes, please call 913-288-7685
Grassroots Leadership Training These programs are held on the second Monday of each month in Upper Jewel on the Kansas City Kansas Community College campus. The purpose is to empower neighborhood residents by making them aware of strategies used to resolve problems and promote a safe, clean, and caring environment. Topics have including a presentation on the Wyandotte County METH Project, How to Use Data when Planning for Neighborhood Change, under-age drinking, underage smoking and many other topics related to substance abuse prevention. For more information on this training or to phone in your reservation, please contact the Regional Prevention Center at 913-288-7685.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the name given to a combination of mental and physical defects and disabilities first evident at a baby's birth and caused by the mother's consumption of alcohol. Formerly called FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) ARND (Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder) or FAE (Fetal Alcohol Effects), the new term brings into focus the full range of problems a mother's drinking can have on her unborn child from severe physical malformation to a wide array of disabilities evidenced by behaviors. Research has consistently found that the brain is the organ in our bodies most sensitive to the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and other drugs. Alcohol kills cells, including those in the developing brain. The pattern of the mother's drinking overlaid on the baby's development determines where the defects or disabilities will occur. FASD in the number one cause of birth defects in the USA and the only one that can be prevented. To
schedule an informational session on this topic, please contact the Regional
Prevention Center at 913-288-7685.
For information in a brochure format FASD Brochure
Synar Tobacco Retailer Training Due to a federal amendment proposed by the late Michael Synar, Congressman from Oklahoma, all states adopted a law limiting access to tobacco products by minors under the age of 18. As part of a merchant/retailer education program, the Regional Prevention Center of Wyandotte County will conduct trainings for employees and owners of outlets for tobacco sales that are accessible to youth. The trainings will include information, materials and support that will assist them in complying with the law.
Kansas Baseline Training is a two-day inter-active program designed to give you a personal awareness of the impact of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs on individuals, families and communities. By examining your own ideas and opinions and listening to those of others, a process is begun for working together to deal with this issue which, in some way, has touched all our lives. The RPC offers this training on an as needed basis. It usually runs from 8 am until 3 or 3:30 pm and is held at the Conference Center on the campus of KCKCC, 7250 State Avenue. There is a $35 fee for the two-day class which includes snacks and two lunches. For more information on this training, please contact the Regional Prevention Center at 913-288-7685. Pictures from Baseline Training
Senior Prevention, Intervention, Counseling & Education (S.P.I.C.E.) SPICE
is a program for assisting the older adult care providers and older adult
themselves in coping with substance abuse problems. S.P.I.C.E.
For more information on this training, please contact the Regional Prevention Center at 913-288-7685.
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