Triple P in Elkhart County Parent Newsletter - June 2023 | |
This Month in Triple P: New partnerships starting this summer across Elkhart County! | |
School is out for summer, but Triple P in Elkhart County is heating up with new partners, virtual sessions for busy parents, and fun giveaways for attendees at our in-person events! | |
|
One of our new partners is the Beacon Elkhart Health & Aquatics Center in downtown Elkhart! We will be offering three Triple P seminars in the community rooms in the commons at 200 E. Jackson Blvd: Power of Positive Parenting on June 20; Raising Confident, Competent Children on July 18; and Raising Resilient Children on August 15. These seminars will be provided in English and in Spanish in adjacent rooms, and we will have childcare activities for the little ones.
We have also partnered with Advocacy Links, a local organization dedicated to connecting people with varying levels of ability to community resources and services at all ages. That partnership begins June 12 with a virtual presentation on Supporting Healthy Relationships and Managing Disagreements. These events are open to the public, and you can register for them online at TriplePElkhartCounty.org.
We will also be working with Premier Arts Academy to provide a presentation on kindergarten readiness for parents of incoming Premier Arts students! We are looking forward to giving parents a boost of confidence as their children start their educational journeys, and we thank the leadership at Premier Arts Academy for giving us the opportunity!
Another exciting new partnership is with the Elkhart Department of Parks and Recreation! Triple P will be coming to parks around the city during the month of June to provide information on Positive Parenting and fun giveaways for kids! Here is the schedule of when and where we will be:
- Tuesday, June 13, 4-7 p.m. at Willowdale Park, 1320 Olive St
- Wednesday, June 21, 4-7 p.m. at High Dive Park, 500 E Beardsley Ave
- Thursday, June 29, 4-7 p.m. at Studebaker Park, 1020 McDonald St
We are proud of these new partnerships, and look forward to serving the community through parent empowerment alongside these organizations, as we do with so many other great partners across Elkhart County and beyond!
| |
Positive Parenting is for every parent! | |
|
A lot of parents and families around Elkhart County caught the Positive Parenting wave this spring, and we are so thankful to have the opportunity to lift up and empower parents to raise the next generation of our community!
In May, our friends at Hawthorne Early Childhood Learning/Title I Preschool in Elkhart invited us to give the "commencement address" -- a presentation on kindergarten readiness -- at the preschool graduation ceremony. That presentation, given in English and Spanish, reached nearly 200 parents and family members of young children in the Elkhart community!
And the connections continue in June, starting tonight with a presentation on Setting Healthy Screen Time Guidelines for Children at Elkhart Public Library downtown! Scroll down to the list of upcoming events for more registration links and downloadable informational flyers!
| | |
|
Congratulations to Concord graduate Brenna Slaight!
Our CareerWise Elkhart County youth apprentice, Brenna Slaight, is officially graduated from Concord High School!
We are proud to have Brenna as part of the team for Triple P and for Horizon Education Alliance, and we're even prouder to say she will continue to grow and work with us as part of her project manager apprenticeship through the summer and beyond as she starts her studies at Indiana University South Bend!
Thank you for all you do, Brenna, and congratulations!
| | |
Join us at Fables for Goshen First Fridays! | |
|
We are back at Fables Books in downtown Goshen for the city's First Fridays celebrations every month! From 5 to 7 (or 7:30 depending on how many kids we have with us) on July 7, we will be there for First Fridays making colorful, custom bookmark crafts with kiddos and sharing Triple P information with parents.
We were there on June 2 and we saw one of our favorite Triple P moms, Diana Sanchez Lopez, also known as Creative Face Painting by Diana, with her two children! Thank you to Sara and Sheila for helping the kids decorate their crafts, thank you to all the families and friends who came out to see us, and thank you again to our friends at Fables for welcoming us back each month!
We hope to see you all again in July!
| |
|
Events in English
June
Monday, June 5
Triple P Workshop: Setting Healthy Screen Time Guidelines for Children
Hosted at the Main Branch of Elkhart Public Library, 3:30p-4:30p, Download PDF Flyer, Register Online
*for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-12 years old
Monday, June 12
Triple P Virtual Workshop: Going on Outings with Children
Hosted on Zoom, 1:00p-2:00p, Register Online
*for parents/caregivers of children ages 2-12 years old
Monday, June 12
Triple P Workshop: Supporting Healthy Relationships and Managing Disagreements
Hosted on Zoom, 5:00p-6:30p, Download PDF Flyer, Register Online
*for all parents and caregivers
Tuesday, June 20
Triple P Seminar: Power of Positive Parenting
Hosted at the Beacon Aquatic Center in Elkhart, 6:00p-7:30p, Register Online
*for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-12 years old
Thursday, June 29
Triple P Virtual Workshop: Helping Your Child Manage Their Frustration
Hosted on Zoom, 6:00p-7:00p, Register Online
*for parents/caregivers of children ages 2-12 years old
July
Monday, July 3
Triple P Workshop: Conquering the Challenge of Chores
Hosted at the Main Branch of Elkhart Public Library, 3:30p-4:30p, Download PDF Flyer, Register Online
*for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-12 years old
|
|  |
|
Events in Spanish
June
Wednesday, June 7
Triple P Workshop: Going on Outings with Children
Hosted on Zoom, 6:00p-7:00p, Register Online
*for parents of children age 2-12 years old
Wednesday, June 14
Triple P Workshop: Dealing with Tantrums
Hosted on Zoom, 6:00p-7:00p, Register Online
*for parents of children age 2-12 years old
Monday, June 19
Triple P Workshop: Setting Healthy Screen Time Guidelines for Children
Hosted at the Main Branch of Elkhart Public Library, 4:30p-5:30p, Download PDF Flyer, Register Online
*for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-12 years old
Tuesday, June 20
Triple P Seminar: Power of Positive Parenting
Hosted at the Beacon Aquatic Center in Elkhart, 6:00p-7:30p, Register Online
*for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-12 years old
| |
|
-
Advocacy Links for parents of children with disabilities (and parents with disabilities): Advocacy Links is an Elkhart-based organization "dedicated to finding resources and filling the gaps in or between services for individuals with varying levels of ability, regardless of age or funding stream." Visit and bookmark the Advocacy Links website for resources, upcoming events, and more.
-
Brighter Futures Indiana: Check out this resource to find social, economic, educational, career training, and health resources in your area and across the State of Indiana (available in English and Spanish). Click here to visit.
-
InSource Special Education Parent Support: This PDF sheet contains links to numerous resources and contacts for parents of school-age children with disabilities, including videos, newsletters, translation and interpretation services, help with school case conference meetings and more.
-
Resources for parents of children with disabilities: Elkhart Community Schools has resources for parents and caregivers of school-age children with developmental disabilities. Click here to view or download an informational flyer in English. Click here for the same information in Spanish.
-
Resources for LGBTQ parents and parents of LGBTQ children: The LGBTQ Center offers parent support groups, PFLAG, and other resources to help LGBTQ families connect, learn from one another, and grow. The center's purpose is to see a community where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered.
-
Self-Healing Communities of Greater Michiana: S-HC is built to help individuals, families, organizations, and communities understand how mental health and brain development creates the foundation for resilience when times are tough throughout people's lives. Learn more at the organization's new website.
| |
Triple P videos are back! | |
We have started our online Triple P video tip series in English and Spanish again! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our Facebook to see the latest. In this video, Trisha shares tips to help your children grow resilient. | |
¡Hemos comenzado nuestra serie de videos de consejos de Triple P en línea en español y en inglés nuevamente! Suscríbete a nuestro canal de YouTube y a nuestro Facebook para ver las últimas novedades. En este video, Evelyn comparte estrategias de Triple P para ayuda a su hijo lidiar con la depresión. | |
Follow Triple P in Elkhart County! | | | | |
