Intentional Harmony: Work and Life

This curriculum discusses the stress of balancing jobs, home and taking care of one's self. Presentation guides and fact sheets will address issues particular to working families. Workbooks accompany each unit. The units can be taught as a series or used as single programs.

Topics: Work and Parenting, Work and Partner, Your Physical Well-being, Your Emotional Health, Workplace Relationships, and Extended Family and Friends.

Audience: Anyone who is employed.

Suggested Delivery: Applicable for a series or as single session topics. Can also provide train the trainer classes. Appropriate for worksite delivery.

Building Bridges Across Generation Gaps

As we live longer and have more active lives we face the challenge of more generations than ever living and working together. Each generations comes with its own perspective and this sometimes is a source of disagreement and misunderstanding.. This program addresses current research regarding today's generations – how they are alike and how they differ. Participants will gain understanding of perspectives of all generations and learn to communicate effectively to build bridges across generation gaps.

Fostering the Creative Spirit in Yourself and Others

We live in a creative age where creativity is encouraged at work, in relationships and for our own personal development. Each person has a creative spirit within whether we recognize it or not. This program will help participants to recognize and learn to develop that creative spirit in themselves and in others.

Forgiveness - An Important Gift to Yourself

Humans are flawed creatures. At times we behave in ways that hurt others. This workshop will discuss what mental health professionals have come to understand about the importance of forgiveness in the healing process. Participants will examine their own feelings and experiences with forgiveness and learn strategies for using the power of forgiveness in their own lives.

Your Young Child

A research-based curriculum that includes 9 new Power Point presentations, facilitator guides, updated brochures and research reviews, informal parent guides, and an electronic game. Help for managing seven difficult times for parents of infants and toddlers while reinforcing and validating existing understanding and competence.

Topics: What to Do When Baby Cries; When Will Baby Sleep Through the Night? (also toddler version); Learning to Say Goodbye; When All You Hear is "NO" (also Beyond the No Stage version); Toilet Teaching: The First Steps; and Toddlers Exploring The World.

Audience: Professionals who work with parents, child care professionals, and parents of infants and toddlers.

Suggested delivery method: 2 day training session for professionals or single session specific to one topic for parents and child care professionals. Available fall 06.

You and Your New Baby

Research shows there are simple things that every parent can do to support an infant's development and build a strong bond between parent and child. Can be adapted to six individual topics.

Creating Teachable Moments

Everyone who works with children knows the value of a teachable moment. Resource provides 75 hands on, mini-lessons to help children make positive character choices.

Teachable Moments for Families

Parents can feel overwhelmed with the task of building character in their children. Teachable Moments presents activities that focus on positive traits parents want to instill in their children. Resource: $16.50

Teaching Children Responsibility

Parents will understand how responsibility or self-direction develops in preschoolers and how to involve their child in household tasks.

Building Character in the Home

Provides practical advice for helping children develop good character. The discussion will focus on role modeling as well as setting and enforcing appropriate behavior.

Caregiving Relationships for Those Who Care for Adults

Description: 15 copy ready brochures can be duplicated for family caregivers. Curriculum includes brochure masters and leader's guide. The cost for the curriculum with facilitator's guide: $40.

Topics: Emotional Impact – Frustration, Fear and Guilt; Relationships – Changing Relationships, Distance Care, Family Support; Grief – Coping with loss, Grief in Caregiving, After the Death; Communication – When Families Disagree; Listen Carefully; Speak Clearly; and Taking Care of Self – Respite Care; Self-Care; and Eldercare Services.

Audience: Professionals who work with family caregivers.

Suggested Delivery Method: Day long train the trainer for agency staff or short programs for caregiver support groups.

Taking Care of You: Powerful Tools for Caregiving

Description: Six week class series held once a week and co-taught by trained leaders. This is an educational series but often leads to a support group. Participants are encouraged to purchase The Caregiver Helpbook, $25.

Class Topics: Taking Care of You; Identifying and Reducing Stress; Communicating Feelings, Needs and Concerns; Communicating in Challenging Situations; Learning From Our Emotions; and Making Tough Decisions.

Audience: Family caregivers who are providing care of any type. Caregivers might be adult children, spouses, friends, etc.

Suggested delivery method: Cooperate with agencies who work with family caregivers to identify participants

Train – the –Trainer for Licensed Class Leaders: Family Life Educators who cover Knox County are licensed Master Trainers and can offer a three day workshop to license class leaders from the community.

Building a Better Memory

Many people give in to the myth that with aging comes memory loss. However, people of all ages complain about forgetting. Although there are some changes in memory as we age, we can often improve memory with training and practice. This program discusses how memory changes as people age, identifies what is normal and not, and explores different strategies for improving memory.

Looking at the Funny Side of Life

An important key to mental wellness is the use of humor and laughter. This program examines various ways humor and laughter can help persons deal with stress and change. Participants will look at benefits of humor and discover ways to include more laughter in their lives.

Retirement Realities

Science, medical technology and improved lifestyle habits are adding new years to our lives. Many of us may be retired for almost 1/3 or our adult lives. This lesson will cover the changes in lifestyle and relationships that occur after retirement and provide some ideas for charting a plan to make the rest of your years the bestthey can be.

Fact Sheets and Newsletters

Connecting With Kids: quarterly newsletter written for parents of elementary children.

Nibbles: fact sheets for parents and teachers of pre-school children. Twelve topics are provided annually.

Working Familes: quarternly newsletter written for working families.