Parenting Strengthening Families For parents and middle-schoolers This 7-week class series, taught by Encompass, will help your middleschooler learn skills to deal with peer pressure and stress. Learn ways to let your children know you care, along with the rules and consequences when they misbehave. Both parents and children attend this series. A free meal is served. Orientation 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sept. 28. • Wednesdays, Oct. 5-Nov. 16 • 5:30-8 p.m. • Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive, Issaquah Highlands • Free • 425-888-2777
Emotion Coaching For parents of preschoolers and grade-schoolers This 2-hour workshop will show you how to be your child’s emotion coach. Learn how to (1) tune into your child’s feelings and your own, (2) use emotional moments as opportunities to connect with your child, (3) respect your child’s feelings by taking time to listen (4) help your child identify and name emotions and (5) explore solutions to problems together. • Wednesday, Oct. 5 • 6-8 p.m. • YMCA Family Village Commons, 949 N.E. Ingram St., Issaquah Highlands • Free • 425-888-2777
Parents of Teens Parent your 13-19-year-old teenager without yelling, grounding or bribing! Join Friends of Youth to learn: communicating respect and encouragement, cooperation and problem solving, building responsibility and strategies to deal with sex, drugs & alcohol. Register early, spaces fill quickly. Based on STEP: Systemic Training for Effective Parenting • 6 Thursdays, Oct. 6-Nov. 3 • 7-9 p.m. • Issaquah Friends of Youth, 414 Front St. N. • $60 Individual/$80 Couples, Scholarships available • Friends of Youth, 425-392-6367 or casey@friendsofyouth.org
Happiest Baby on the Block Learn to calm and soothe your newborn in just minutes. Babies welcome! Pre-registration required. • Saturday, Sept. 24, Oct. 22 or Nov. 19 • 10 a.m. - Noon • Overlake Hospital Medical Center, 5708 E. Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE #103, Issaquah • $60 includes kit and DVD • 425-688-5259 or www.overlakehospital.org/classes
“Technology and Kids: How much is too much?” Learn about the most recent scientific evidence on how technology is affecting our children and teens. Learn how much is “enough” while still promoting healthy brain, social and academic development. Learn how to set and enforce effective limits on all forms of technology. • Thursday, Sept. 29 • 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. • Issaquah Friends of Youth, 414 Front St. N. • $10 individual/$15 couple – materials included • Friends of Youth, 425-392-6367 or casey@friendsofyouth.org
Hop to Signaroo ® - Baby Sign Language Hearing families can use American Sign Language to communicate with hearing babies as young as 5 months old. Signing greatly reduces frustration, promotes faster language development, stimulates intellectual growth and brain development, enhances motor skills and strengthens your parent-child bond. Details at www.hoptosignaroo.com. • Four sessions, Saturdays, Nov.5, 12, 19, Dec. 3 • 11 a.m. • Swedish/Issaquah, 751 NE Blakely Dr. • $128 + $19 materials fee, for one or two parents of same baby • www.swedish.org
You and Your New Baby New Mothers with Infants up to 12 weeks Five-week class designed to encourage group interaction and support. Topics include comforting your baby, coping with crying, feeding and weaning, choosing and managing childcare, changing family roles, infant development and stimulation, identifying illness in infants, safety, parenting styles and community resources. Pre-registration required. • Wednesdays and Thursdays during the day. Check online for details • Overlake Hospital Medical Center, 5708 E. Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE #103, Issaquah • $55 • 425-688-5259 or www.overlakehospital.org/classes