St. Joseph, MO — United Way Success By 6 is offering free monthly information sessions for parents, grandparents and other primary caregivers and professionals who work with children ages birth to six. The next session in the series will take place on October 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Wyatt Park Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 2623 Mitchell Avenue.
The presenters will share principles of Conscious Discipline and how to move ourselves and our children from surviving to thriving. The October session will cover assertiveness and how to shift attention to desired behaviors to see greater success. Attendees will learn how assertiveness and boundaries create feelings of safety and strengthen relationships. The final session of the fall will be held on November 9 and will give attendees useful strategies to strengthen self-motivation in children.
Child care professionals attending in person will receive 1.5 Missouri Clock Hours Child Care Licensing credit for each session.
To register, go to stjosephunitedway.org/sb6parents. For more information, contact Bobbie Cronk at United Way, 816.364.2381 or email bobbie.cronk@stjosephunitedway.org. Learn more about Conscious Discipline at consciousdiscipline.com.
United Way Success By 6 is a community-based movement of public and private partners including business, government, labor, education, child care and parents working together to prepare children to be successful learners when they begin kindergarten.