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Parenting Classes

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

January 6, 13, 20 & 27
February 3, 10, 17 & 24
March 10, 17, 24 & 31
April 7, 14, 21 & 28
May 5, 12, 19 & 26
June 2, 16, 23 & 30
July 7, 14, 21 & 28
August 4, 11, 18 & 25
September 8, 15, 22 & 29
October 6, 13, 20 & 27
November 3, 10, 17 & 24
December NO CLASSES

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.

 

Some facts about FASD

• Maternal alcohol use is the leading known cause of birth defects in the United States.
• In the USA, at least 55,000 with FASD are born each year. (Those are the ones that are diagnosed. No one knows how many are never diagnosed at all, leaving both parents and children to wonder what's wrong with them.)
• FASD affect more newborns every year than Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome combined.
• The institutional and medical costs for one individual with FASD are estimated to be $1.4 million over a lifetime.
• In the USA, it is estimated that each year from $75 million to $9.7 billion is spent to help those with FASD.
• Alcohol-related birth defects are 100% preventable if a pregnant woman does not drink alcohol.
• Alcohol-related birth defects are the only birth defects that are 100% preventable.
• There is no known safe amount of alcohol that a pregnant woman can drink and not risk damaging her baby.
• At least one in five pregnant women drinks alcohol at some time during her pregnancy.
The probability of having a child with FASD increases with the amount and frequency of alcohol consumed.

• Wine, beer or liquor all contain alcohol and all can cause damage to a developing baby.
• Alcohol can damage the baby at any stage of its development
• Alcohol kills specific cells in the developing brain. The pattern of cell death and subsequent defects vary with the stage of development at the time of alcohol exposure.
• If enough brain cells are killed, the brain (and therefore the head) will actually be smaller.
• Children with FASD are often not able to understand cause and effect, long-term consequences, sequencing or adaptation.
• FASD isfound in all races and socioeconomic groups.
• The disabilities of FASD stay with these children throughout their lives.
• Many children who have FASD, but do not have the diagnosis are identified as behavior problems, when they behavior is actually a display of their disability

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.

TRAINING

The first training was held at the West Wyandotte library. Participants filled out anonymous pre tests to determine their knowledge before the training.


Any retailer needing information on how Synar legislation applies to their business may phone
the Regional Prevention Center at 913-288-7685.

 

Baseline Training

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


Erlinda and Charlene continue the discussion


Sharon facilitates the group.

 

 

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.
offers presentations by volunteers/professionals for individuals or groups in the Wyandotte County area a number of topics, some of which are
listed below:

• retirement and the dangers of substance abuse
• interactions of medications and alcohol
• how age affects metabolization of medications
• identification and treatment for substance abuse in the older adult

S.P.I.C.E. can also offer trainings:
“SPICEline” - Interactive full day training
Clinical Pharmacology - Two hour computer training

For more information on this training, please contact the Regional Prevention Center at 913-288-7685.

Warning sign of dependence in older adults include:
• neglecting their appearance
• injuring themselves when under the influence
• greater than normal memory problems
• becoming defensive or aggressive
• experiencing depression
• weight loss
• going to different doctors for scheduled drugs
As a care giver or child, take an active role:
• Be aware – age-related stressors may put an older adult at risk for increased alcohol consumption.
• Know referral agencies/individuals to provide support if you suspect a problem.
• Learn to recognize differences between age related functioning and substance abuse.
• Be willing to intervene with the family and individual when a substance abuse problem is identified.
• Understand that interactions with polydrug use may cause serious and even fatal health conditions.
• Know that alcohol can exacerbate negative effects of medications.