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Are We There Yet?
-- Canceled
When Eating Becomes a Food Fight
(For all parents. For children age 9 and up with their parents.)
Some Commonly Asked Questions About "Open Forum Counseling"
Moderator: Emory Luce Baldwin, LCMFT, is both an experienced PEP leader and a marriage and family therapist. In her private practice she provides parent consultations and family therapy with adults, adolescents and children.
Going on family vacations can be challenging. Parents make plans for a good time, but kids can derail those plans in a flash. Join Emory Luce Baldwin as she talks with a family about their past vacations, using the disappointments and disasters to plan more successfully for their next family vacation.
Saturday, 5/18/13 • Canceled
• 6:30 - 8:30 pm
• Free for PEP members; $12/person; $5/child (9 and up) or $25 family
• #701
* The children in the demonstration family being counseled may be younger than age 9.
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Moderator: Barbara Fairfield, LCMFT, is an Adlerian therapist with more than 25 years experience working with individuals, couples, families and groups.
It's easy to slip into fighting about food and nutrition. Parents worry when children don't eat or the food they do eat isn't healthy. Children sense that this is a good way to feel powerful, and they resist parents' efforts. Join Barbara Fairfield and a family working on this problem to discover how to get out of the fight over food.
Friday, 5/31/13
• 7:30 - 9:30 pm
• PEP Office, Kensington, MD
• Free for PEP members; $12/person; $5/child (9 and up) or $25 family
• (childcare available)
• #702
* The children in the demonstration family being counseled may be younger than age 9.
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Preregistration with Payment Required
The Open Forum program and on-site childcare run for two hours. Participants are invited to stay after for 30 minutes for a follow-up discussion with the moderator, but must pick up children from PEP's on-site childcare first.
Location: PEP Office, Kensington
Childcare Cost: $12/first child; $8/each additional child from same family. Call 301-929-8824 or 703-242-8824 to sign up for childcare.
See Childcare for more information on childcare policies.
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Other Open Forum Info (Location, Childcare, etc.)
Are We There Yet?
For all parents. For children age 9* and up with their parents.
When Eating Becomes a Food Fight
For all parents. For children age 9* and up with their parents.
and scroll through the chronological list of programs until you find the open forum in which you are interested.
Other Open Forum Information
Phone (301-929-8824 or 703-242-8824) or mail (PEP, 10100 Connecticut Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895) registration and fee for Open Forum Sessions.
Cost:
PEP members:
Free
Nonmembers:
$12/adult; $5/child (9 years and up - when topic permits)
maximum of $25/family
Open Forum Counseling FAQ
What is it?
Open forum counseling is a unique opportunity for continuing to learn about one's own behavior and the behavior of others, adults and children alike. Powerful learning occurs when an actual family, couple, teacher, individual or parent works together with an Adlerian moderator to educate the audience using real life challenges. Common dilemmas such as power struggles, allowances, homework, loss, or balancing home and work are explored.
These sessions are for anyone interested in human and family dynamics.
What is accomplished through this unusual approach?
After interviewing the subjects and discussing the personal and group (family or classroom) dynamics, concrete and often highly creative suggestions are made. Every person can find parallels between the situation presented and his or her own experiences. Everyone learns, contributes to the understanding of others and leaves encouraged.
Who is it for?
Parents, teachers, counselors, children age 9 and up and anyone else interested in human and family dynamics.
Membership benefit?
Free for PEP Members. Click here for information on membership.
Family benefit?
Priceless! An on-going way to grow and improve interpersonal effectiveness.
Who gets to be counseled?
Call the PEP office if you or your family would like to volunteer as "co-educators." Suggestions for specific topics are welcome as well. Several times a year discussions provide the points of view of children or teenagers on a particular subject, such as "Making and Keeping Friends," or "Homework and Housework."
Parent Encouragement Program • 10100 Connecticut Avenue • Kensington, MD 20895 • 301-929-8824 • 703-242-8824