Thanks to our partners at Oaklawn, The SOURCE Elkhart County, and Church on the Rock in Elkhart, we held a full Triple P Primary Care (and Primary Care Teen) three-day training for 20 professionals across our community in September! Read more about how this special event came together at the Horizon Education Alliance website:

As always, you can find information about upcoming Triple P workshops and group sessions in the community at TriplePElkhartCounty.org. Read on for more updates!

As we expand our partnerships across a four-county area -- Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, and St. Joseph counties in Indiana -- we want everyone to know that, as part of our partnership with Geminus, virtual Triple P workshops are available every month for any parent across the region!

Any parent, caregiver, foster parent, family member, etc., in any of the listed counties is invited to sign up for these one-hour workshops provided on Zoom (an app that can be downloaded for free on any Internet connected device) in either English or Spanish. This month, we are offering a workshop focusing on how parents can foster healthy screen time use with kids ages 2-12. The workshop in Spanish will be Thursday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. and the workshop in English will be Thursday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m.

You can click the image of the flyer above to download a PDF flyer with information about both the English and Spanish workshops. You can print or email those to whoever you'd like. If you'd like to share about the workshops on Facebook, click here to see and share our post in Spanish, and click here for the English event post. Thank you for your help getting the word out about virtual Triple P!

You're invited to a delicious evening of community and impact! We're thrilled to partner with The Chief Ice Cream in Goshen for a special Give Back Night supporting Horizon Education Alliance, the home of Triple P Elkhart County.

Event Details:

• What: A Sweet Give Back Night for HEA
• When: Wednesday, October 8, 5-8 p.m.
• Where: The Chief Ice Cream, 502 W Lincoln Ave, Goshen

How to Support Us:

It's easy! Simply present the certificate shown here on your phone or as a printout when you order. 20% of the proceeds from your order will be donated directly to HEA, helping us fund vital initiatives for students, families, and adult learners across our community.

This is also the perfect chance to stock up on your favorite pints before The Chief closes for the season on October 12!

Beyond the treats, we hope you'll stay awhile to:

• Meet HEA team members, including Triple P staff
• Play lawn games
• Learn more about our work to connect schools, businesses, and the community to increase educational attainment, strengthen the workforce, and ensure every individual succeeds!

Come for the ice cream, stay for the fun, and leave knowing you are making a direct difference for students, families, and adult learners across the region. We can't wait to see you there!

Our Triple P for Baby Team Leader, Sabrina Ibarra, has created a printable, shareable monthly event calendar in English and Spanish.

You can click the image of the calendar here to download a PDF copy in English and Spanish. This is useful for printing as well as sharing digitally, because each Triple P event on the calendar features a link to its registration page! We'll share the calendar each month in this newsletter as well as on our website and social media.

Visit TriplePElkhartCounty.org to sign up for any of the events listed below, and bookmark the page to keep up with the latest Positive Parenting Program events across Elkhart County!

Check out the new Crib Sheet for baby resources across Elkhart County!

Triple P is proud to have partnered with The SOURCE to create a new directory of resources for parents of babies in Elkhart County! Click the image here to download a two-page PDF of the new Crib Sheet in English and in Spanish, complete with clickable links for the websites, apps, and other resources listed.

This link will also be added to TriplePElkhartCounty.org and TheSOURCEElkhartCounty.org, and future updates to the sheet will be available there.

Imagine your child comes to you and says, “No one will play with me.” Your heart sinks. It’s perfectly natural to want to jump in and fix it — but what’s the best way to teach kids about friendship?

We want our kids to make friends; to play and have fun, but we also want them to be confident when challenges arise. Triple P research shows that kids who have healthy friendships not only have a warm relationship with their parents and caregivers, but their parents also coach them through challenging situations and help them connect with their friends.

There are 5 practical social skills to help kids make friends and navigate friendships. The good news is you’re likely already doing these things.

Our partners at the Self-Healing Communities Collective are hosting their annual Zoom-a-thon event Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This event is a day full of virtual presentations, sessions, and discussions from people in the Self-Healing Communities Collective across the country! The Zoom-a-thon is designed so that people can drop in for whatever time they can when they're able at any time during the day to learn, connect, and give to the effort to nurture personal and community well-being through the neuroscience of human resilience and the celebration of our collective strengths.

Triple P Elkhart County director Leah Plank will be giving a presentation on SHCC and the Integration of the HOPE Framework with Self-Healing Communities' Mashavu Rogers-Fields, so we hope you will register for this event and join us! Click the image of the flyer to download a PDF copy, and you can register now at the button below:

Need to know how to get Triple P support in our community? No matter how you support families in our community, or even if you’re a parent or caregiver seeking one-on-one or group parenting support, we at Triple P Elkhart County are your first stop.

Here’s how you can connect with us:

📞 Call Us: Leave a message on our bilingual phone line at 574-226-0160 with your name and number, and we’ll return your call as soon as possible.

📧 Email Us: Reach out at info@triplepelkhartcounty.org with details about the services you’re interested in or any questions you have. We’ll respond promptly!

🌐 Use Building Strong Brains Findhelp: Visit tinyurl.com/findhelptpec to send a referral through Findhelp, a free online resource directory available anytime.

📱 Message Us on Social Media: Send us a direct message on Facebook (@triplepinelkhartcounty) or Instagram (@triplepelkhartcounty): we’re here to help!

At Triple P Elkhart County, we’re committed to making it easy for you to access the support and resources you need, whether from us or our partner organizations across the community. Let’s work together to strengthen families and build brighter futures!

Contact Triple P: info@triplepelkhartcounty.org or call at (574) 226-0160.

Triple P Elkhart County is powered by Horizon Education Alliance.

Learn more at heaindiana.org

Triple P Elkhart County is funded in part thanks to generous grants from Community Foundation of Elkhart County, Early Learning Indiana, and Geminus.