by Michele
Tryon BS, CCLS
and Donna LaTour-Elefante BS, BA
 Program
Description – Group Based but can be adapted to Home Based
- Eight 2 hour sessions meet one day a week for 8 weeks.
- Parents
and children meet concurrently in two separate groups.
- Two
facilitators run parents’ group; two facilitators run the children’s
group.
- Parents and children engage in a 30-minute Nurturing
Time (Program Family Time) with games, songs, snacks and more.
- Designed
for School-Age children but can be modified
Methods
– Adults - Group
Work: Brainstorming, Role-play, Suggestion circle.
- Experiential
Learning Activities: Art Activities, Visualization, Internal review.
- Family
Time: Program and Home: Snack, Sharing Weekly activity, Family
Home Practice Assignment.
- Home Practice Assignments
and Review Parent Handbook – Worksheets, Reading.
Session
Topics - Adults Orientation; Assessing
Parenting Strengths; Parenting; Family Structure; Grief and Loss; Personal Power
and Independence; Discipline; Health and Healing; Feelings and Needs; Communication
and Stress; Closure and Celebration Methods
– Children - Social/Emotional:
Expressive and Dramatic Play – Puppets, Story time, Cooperative Play –
Hello Time, Circle Time
- Physical:
Sensory Stimulation – Art Activities, Visualizations, Large and Small Motor
Activities – Games, Relays, Art Projects, * Brain Gym – PACE Tune-up
- Cognitive: Assimilation and accommodation
of new information related to health care, grief and loss concerns – Circle
time
- Creative: Art activities,
Music – Song and Dance
Session Topics
- Children Orientation: Me and My Family;
Feelings:
Understanding Change; Praise and Self-Esteem; Personal Power
& Independence;
Hope and Healing; Understanding and Expressing Anger;
Expressing Worry and Stress; Saying Good-Bye; Celebration >>
Order the Nurturing Program for Parents and Their Children with Health Challenges
For training in the Nurturing Program for Parents and Their Children with
Health Challenges contact Michele Tryon at (757) 668 -7609 or email mtccls1@aol.com
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