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Bourne For Children
Newsletter
September 2024
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Registration Begins on Tuesday
September 3!
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Caregiver Information and Resources | |
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Brighter Beginnings
Brighter Beginnings (see flyer above), a new initiative by Kairos Counselings is dedicated to providing trauma-focused mental health services for children and families.
Located at 50A Portside Drive in Pocasset, Brighter Beginnings is committed to serving children and adolescents aged 0-17, as well as parents, caretakers, and guardians of youth who are facing mental health challenges. Their comprehensive range of services includes trauma-focused therapy, attachment interventions, family therapy, and resilience-building activities.
Brighter Beginnings is proud to accept all major insurances, ensuring that their services are accessible to those who need them. They are currently accepting referrals for all age groups and are preparing to launch new group therapy sessions this fall. These groups will provide additional support and resources for children, adolescents, and their families.
To stay informed about upcoming events, resources, and news, we encourage you to sign up for their newsletter. You can find the sign-up link here: www.kairoscounselings.org.
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Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
If you have ever had concerns about your child’s development, or you are just interested in getting a better idea on how your child is developing, you are not alone. With few in person programs over this last year you may be wondering just how your child is doing. The ASQ can help!
The ASQ is a questionnaire designed to be used with children from one month to 5 ½ years old and focuses on 5 areas: Communication, Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Problem Solving, and Personal/Social. You’ll answer questions with “yes”, “sometimes”, or “not yet”. The ASQ should only take 10-15 minutes for you to fill out.
We support you in your parenting journey and we know that you are your child’s stongest advocate and first teacher! We look forward to working together to ensure that your child is off to the best possible start!
Click the link here to go directly to the ASQ.
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Resources For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren | |
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Additional Resources
for
Parents and Caregivers
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Zero to Three is a great resource for parents and caregivers. They are a non- profit organization that plays a key role in ensuring babies and toddlers get a strong start in life. Strong connections build strong brains! Learn more here.
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One Tough Job connects parents in Massachusetts and beyond with the latest and greatest parenting information, ideas, and on-the-ground resources. We also provide a bridge to help you find other moms and dads who have asked the same questions and faced similar challenges. To learn more about what they have to offer, visit there website here.
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PHP's mission is helping parents to nurture children and build strong families. They offer a FREE and CONFIDENTIAL parental stress line. You can call them 24/7 at 1.800.632.8188 or checkout their website here.
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Family TIES of Massachusetts
Family TIES of Massachusetts provides information and referral services, emotional support, and training to parents of children and youth with special needs. Driven and staffed by parents of children with special needs, we offer a unique type of emotional and practical support to families with similar life experiences. We are a primary source for information about Early Intervention and maintain a complete listing of Early Intervention Programs in MA. To head to their website click here.
Massachusetts Partnership For Youth
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides training, fosters collaboration, and develops programming to increase the health and safety of students. MPY is committed to bringing cutting-edge information and high quality trainings to our constituents and endeavors to provide solution-oriented, community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to foster mental and behavioral health, social and emotional learning, trauma sensitive classrooms and building a school culture that supports anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion. MPY is governed by a Board of Directors made up of school superintendents, police and fire chiefs, and other community leaders who work closely with MPY staff. For additional information please visit MPY website here.
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The resource center offers evidence-based parent education programs, parent support groups, early childhood services, information and referral resources and education for families from every community on Cape Cod. They offer lots of wonderful programs for parents, caregivers, teens and children. The resource center is located in Hyannis. Contact them at (508) 815-5100. To view the Monthly Calendar of Events click here.
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a nutrition program that provides healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to healthcare and other services, free of charge, to Massachusetts families who qualify. Contact WIC at (800) 942-1007. Or check out their website.
WIC services are also provided through Health Imperatives on Cape Cod. To learn more about what Health Imperatives has to offer check them out HERE.
The Childcare Network (CCN) is a program of the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and the Islands. They offer free resource and referral services
to the communities of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and Southcoast Massachusetts. To learn more about their services and how they can help you click HERE.
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HOTLINES
Here are links to four different centers focused on helping people in crisis. Follow the links below and keep their phone numbers handy.
Poison Control
Substance Abuse
Domestic Violence
Suicide Prevention
Cape Cod Foster Closet
We serve anyone on the Cape & Islands who is raising someone else’s biological child. We provide new and nearly new clothing, shoes, outerwear, baby equipment – pretty much anything you’d need to clothe and care for a child, newborn to age 18. No referrals required. No financial thresholds. Just great stuff. Free delivery available or visit our Orleans shop! For additional information head to their website here.
Housing Assistance of
Cape Cod
The Housing Assistance program located in Hyannis, helps low and mid income level households secure housing on Cape Cod and the Islands. They also offer many free educational programs to the community. Check out their offerings here>>. Programs include workshops for First Time Home Buyers as well as seminars to help you set financial goals.
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Bourne For Children is Bourne's CFCE (Coordinated Family and Community Engagement) grant through the Department of Early Education and Care. We offer education and support programs for parents with children from birth to age 8. In an effort to create a strong foundation for children, families and our community, we offer workshops, parenting classes, play and learn groups, kindergarten transition programs and community events. All of our programs and services are free.
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Bourne For Children is funded by Bourne's Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) grant. We provide FREE education and support programs for families with children from birth to school age.
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