O-YA's Parenting Teens & Tweens Workshop Series

Parenting Teens & Tweens Can Be Tough ... But, there's help! O-YA's NEW Parenting Teens & Tweens Workshop Series can guide you through some of the challenges.

NOTE! Your children don't need to be Teens or Tweens for you to attend - you will learn something GREAT no matter what age your children are!

My Teenager Will Only Eat Bagels ... Is That a Problem?
Tuesday, June 26; 7 pm - 8:30 pm

Practical and sensible nutrition advice for parents with the always lively and engaging Holistic Nutritionist, Sarah Green (delicious samples, recipes and laughs included!).

Worskshop Host: Holistic Nutritionist & Personal Trainer, Sarah Green. To learn more about Sarah, her Meal Plan service or upcoming Seminar Information please visit: www.sarahgreennutrition.ca

Drug & Alcohol Awareness Workshop For ParentTuesday, July 3, 2012; 7 pm - 9 pm

A frank and honest discussion about the real challenges youth face with drugs and alcohol - and what role parents play.

Workshop Host: Counsellor Amanda Nielson of Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services. To learn more about Rideauwood, please visit: http://rideauwood.org/website2/

Real & Gorgeous: The Truth About Beauty & Our Body
Tuesday, July 17, 2012; 7 pm - 8:30 pm

As parents, we face a tremendous challenge helping our teens build self – esteem and a healthy body image. They are bombarded with negative media messages daily suggesting they aren’t tall enough, thin enough or pretty enough. Alarming statistics indicate that over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives. 

Over 27% of Ontario girls 12-18 years old were reported to be engaged in severely problematic food and weight behaviour. Eating disorders are now the third most common chronic illness in adolescent girls.

"Real...& Gorgeous" takes a close look at the limits society places on tweens and teens, and inspires each of us to look beyond appearance and get on with a more empowering life! In this upbeat presentation, Jen exposes the myths about beauty and our bodies and shares encouraging strategies for all parents. Sadly, many adults don't like their bodies. But helping tweens & teens love and accept themselves because of who they are and not what they look like will help them grow into adults who do!

Workshop Host: Jen Charbonneau of So Glad 2 Be Me. To learn more about Jen or So Glad 2 Be Me, please visit: www.soglad2beme.com.

SafeTALK - Suicide First Aid
Date & Time TBD

Learn to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and how to connect them to suicide first aid resources.

Don't Stop Loving Me
Tuesday, October 2, 2012; 7 pm - 8:30 pm

Teens complain that parents nag, lecture and attempt to control their lives. Parents complain that teens do not listen and/or change annoying behaviours. Is it possible we talk too much and listen too little in our family relationships? As parents, we all wish to create a safe, strong and positive relationship with teens. In order to accomplish this we must offer messaes that demonstrate respect and a willingness to listen and negotiate. This presentation will present strategies which can influence rather than control teenagers.

Cathy Lumsden, psychotherapist, researcher, international speaker has 25 years plus of experience touching over 100,000 individual adults, families, teenagers and children’s lives. In the fall 2012, Cathy is hosting a TV show on Rogers called The Best Advice Your Mother Never Gave You. She has been an Associate with the Adlerian Counselling and Consulting Group since 1993. Prior to opening her practice in psychology, Cathy worked at the Ottawa-Carleton School Board and the Royal Ottawa Hospital. Cathy was the Director of Training at the Mind/Body Connection in Philadelphia for several years where she also presented internationally. During her three years in Philadelphia she hosted a Parenting Show on the local TV network.

Recently, Cathy has launched a new book called The Best Advice Your Mother Never Gave You: A Guide to Finding Love in the 21st Century. She has also created two guided mediation audios based on brainwave therapy – ‘Deep Relaxation’ and ‘Tapping Into Your Inner Wisdom’. She has blended the science of the brain with the psychology of the mind and body, creating products with immediate and long-term benefits.

Workshop Host: Cathy Lumsden, Psychotherapist, researcher and international speaker, from Adlerian Counselling. To learn more about Cathy or Adlerian, please visit: http://adleriancentre.com/our-team/cathy-lumsden/

To attend any or all Workshops, please register by email: o-yacentre@rogers.com;
or phone: 613-826-0726

Admission is free • Donations to O-YA graciously accepted at the door.
Funding for O-YA’s Parenting Teens / Tweens Workshop Series has been provided by a grant from The City of Ottawa.

For more details, visit: http://www.o-ya.ca/parenting-teens--tweens-workshop-series.html