Organizing the Disorganized Child Marcella Moran, M.A., LHMC Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:30pm Rye Middle School Multipurpose Room  1 Parsons Street, Rye, NY 10580 Marcella Moran will help answer a very common question that parents have today:  “How can I help my child get organized without waging a battle?”  In her presentation, Moran will explain the roots of our children's organizational problems, and the parents' role in fixing them.  She’ll outline different organizational styles used by different students and how to set up the study area.  She will also discuss: · How to stop the procrastination and increase motivation  · No more missing homework and classwork · Easy time management techniques · Study and test taking skills · Refining the morning and night time routine By educating parents about how to interact with the school, supervise their children without being intrusive, and speak to their children and get a response other than, "Okay Mom”, Moran will provide several pearls of wisdom for parents of children of all ages.

CrazyBusy:  Overstretched, Overbooked and About to Snap Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:30 pm Rye High School Performing Arts Center 1 Parsons Street, Rye, NY 10580

Young Child Parent University I Nature Deficit: Why Today's Children are Losing Touch with Nature and What We Can Do About It Monday, November 8, 2010 9:30 am Rye Nature Center 873 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580

Raising an Ethical Child:  Turning What We Believe into What We Do Peter Nelson Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:30 pm Rye Neck High School Auditorium 300 Hornidge Road Mamaroneck, NY 10543 As adults, how do we choose what we stand up for, and how do we impart lessons about taking action to our children?   How can we help guide them to become "upstanders" and not bystanders?  Please join Peter Nelson, New York Director of Facing History and Ourselves,www.facinghistory.org, for an interactive evening discussing examples in both history and today of individuals who stood by and those who stood up.  We will discuss strategies for parents to help impart these ideas and lessons into their families and homes. Facing History's Raising Ethical children series aims to stimulate your thinking about how the issues of identity, inclusion and exclusion, respect for differences, participation and other key Facing History concepts relate to parenting your children.

Young Child Parent University II Simple Steps to Protect Your Family from Toxins in Our Everyday World Tuesday, February 1, 2010 9:30 am Rye Presbyterian Nursery School 882 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580

Growing Up Global: Raising Children to be at Home in the World Homa Sabet Tavangar Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:30pm Blind Brook High School Auditorium 840 King Street, Rye Brook, NY 10573

Parent University Speakers on the following topics: Drugs & Alcohol, Teen Dating & Abusive Relationships, Internet Safety, Body Image, Sex Education, and Stress Thursday, April 14, 2010 7:30 pm Rye High School Performing Arts Center 1 Parsons Street, Rye, NY 10580