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11 REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON TEACHING "POSITIVE PARENTING" Where can professionals who worl( with parents turn for help with teaching good parenting skills? To the University of Minnesota Extension Service and its award-winning curriculum, "Positive Parenting." A team of experienced Extension family relations specialists is offering professional development workshops that prepare professionals and trained volunteers to teach Positive Parenting. The program uses proven, research-based methods to teach parenting skills. Extension family relations specialists will be teaching the sessions at five sites throughout Minnesota. Each complete curriculum package includes a video, background materials, lesson plans and reproducible handouts. "Positive Parenting I and II" is for use with parents of children from birth up to 12 years of age. Lesson topics include physical punishment, limits, consequences, listening, anger, challenging behaviors, parenting tools, attention, respect, responsibility, monitoring and siblings. The "Positive Parenting of Teens" curriculum is for use with parents of early adolescents, 10 to 16 years of age. Lesson topics include parenting teens today, perception, development, communication, conflict, discipline, teen decision-making and friends/peers. Worl(shop will be held January 21,2004 at the Anoka County Extension Service, 550 Bunker Lake Blvd. NW, Andover. Workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 3 :30 p.m. The training cost is $65, including lunch, and pre-registration is required. Curriculum packages range in price from $250 to $445. For more details and registration information, including an online registration feature, visit the Positive Parenting website at http://www.extension.umn.edu/positiveparenting or contact Kay Syme at (612) 624-4938 or ksyme@cce.umn.edu. Contact KathleenA. Olson, family relations specialist, University of Minnesota at (651) 385-3100 or kaolson@umn.edu for questions on curriculum content or training. ATTENTION GIRLS c~ SOFTBALL PLAYERS! ~ TRY F ASTPITCH! Did you lmow fastpitch is the only varsity high school softball played? The Anoka, Ramsey, Andover Girls Fastpitch Association will be having summer Registrations on February 23rd and March 1 st & 2nd, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Fred Moore Jr. High School in Anoka. Beginner through advanced players, ages 8-18, are wanted! There will also be free clinics for anyone interested at Anol(a High School on February 21 st and 28th and March 6th, at 1 :00 - 3 :00 p.m. Please call John at 763-427-1977 or Kelly at 763-422-0082. LACROSSE Boys and Girls clinics are scheduled at the National Sports Center in Blaine for January and February. Call 763-717-3899 for more information on clinics. Boys youth spring indoor LaCrosse is scheduled for March thru May. Registration will begin in late January. Boys High School Field LaCrosse and Girls High School Field LaCrosse coming in Spring 2004. Girls Youth Field LaCrosse coming in April 2004. Lacrosse is provided to the youth & high schools in the Anoka-Hennepin District 11 area by Andover Area LaCrosse Association. For more information call 763-767-8870. RAMSEY SENIOR'S At the November meeting a guest speaker talked to us about arthritis. After her speech we played games and had lunch. There were 34 members and 4 visitors present. At the December meeting seniors brought in toys for Toys for Tots. Darbin Nelson shared his slides of the north countries he has visited. Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. Submitted by: Zola Maalamen ANOKA COUNTY HEAD START Head Start is lool(ing for children for our preschool program. Head Start continues to be a free comprehensive preschool program for lower income families in our community. We offer a variety of program options and services to parents. If you have any questions regard our programs, please contact Anoka County Head Start Administrative Office at 763-753- I've learned. . . That having a child fall asleep in your arms in one of thA'JzfJfJ.peacejitl feelings in the world.