Parenting Your Teen in 2012 - What Every Parent of a Teen Should Know
David Martin
Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center
3043 Gessner, Houston Tx 77080
Alumni Center, 2nd Floor
RSVP to Ann Walker 713-329-7370 or ann.walker@memorialhernann.org
Teenagers today face many choices and pressures that can create unique challenges for you, your teen and your family. You want to get through these challenges successfully, but what exactly should you do and where do you start? How can you help your teen successfully navigate this special but sometimes difficult phase of his or her life?
Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center (PaRC) is committed to assisting teens and their families on the path to wellness and recovery. Our free educational series, Parenting Your Teen in 2012, teaches you more about the choices, challenges and pressures your teen faces everyday and equips you with the tools and knowledge you and your family need to make it through the teen years intact!
Free Seminars for Parents
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Oct 3, 2012 6:30p – 8:30p |
Teen Coping Skills Presenter: Dr. Ehrin Weiss, Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist Houston Family Psychology
Presenter: Dr. Vaughn Bryant, Ph.D, LMFT, LPC-S, LCDC Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center
Learn about unhealthy coping mechanisms and positive interventions that can be used against daily pressures. In addition, understand when to intervene and seek help for your adolescent.
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Nov 7, 2012 6:30p – 8:30p
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Beating the Holiday Blues: Surviving Your Teen’s Challenges Presenter: Ernest Patterson, LCDC, Manager of Adolescent Programs Presenter: George Youngblood, LCDC, CEO of Teen & Family Services
Learn to build rapport and dialogue with your teen, developing and understanding boundaries, as well as strategies for restoring relationships. In addition, ideas will be shared for bringing joy in the mist of challenges. |
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Dec 5, 2012 6:30p – 8:30p
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Trends for Teens in 2012 Presenter: Jane Barnes, MBA, LCDC Presenter: Helena Washington, MRC, LCDC, ICADC
Hear about how drugs have changed over the decades, identify popular street and prescription drugs abused today and the signs/symptoms of drug use, and learn “boundary” setting and the use of role modeling.
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