Bilingual Parent Support Group meetings

Posted by on September 28, 2009

PIN offers monthly and bilingual support groups

Parents Involved Network hosts a monthly Parent Support Group for Parents with children with emotional and behavior challenges.  Participants learn the ropes of self-advocacy by sharing their experiences and networking with others in a similar situation. Group topics for the coming months include learning to communicate effectively with your teens (October 22nd), and the power of communication and knowing your rights as a parent (November 19th).

Groups take place from 6-8pm at the Myers Recreation Center, 5800 Kingsessing Avenue, in Southwest Philadelphia.  Refreshments will be offered.  For more information, call Cynthia Garrett at 215-751-1800 Ext. 267

The organization will also host a Bilingual (Spanish/English) support on September 24th from 10am-noon.  The group will focus on the bilingual PEAK workshop as well as on how to use the Office of Dispute Resolution to remove the hurdle of language barriers.

The bilingual group will take place at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Lillian Marrero Branch, 601 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia.   Refreshments will be offered.

For more information about this group, call Héctor M. Lugardo at 215-751-1800 ext. 239, Michelle Sánchez, ext. 353 or Becky Español, ext. 214.

Parents Involved Network Montgomery County is offering a free 8-week educational series of workshops to help parents and caregivers learn how to become their child’s best advocate with the systems that serve children and adolescents in Montgomery County.

The series begins on Thursday, October 1st and runs every Thursday through November 19th.  Workshops are held from 6-8pm at the Conshohocken United Methodist Church, 20 West 6th Avenue in Conshohocken, and are free.

Pre-registration is required. Call Lisa Novick at 610-279-8511 ext. 113 or email lnovick@mhasp.org.