Teaching & Parenting with Wit & Wisdom
The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) will host a training session with international bestselling author and educator Barbara Coloroso on Wednesday, October 20, at the Hilton Austin Hotel, 500 E. 4th St., from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Coloroso will provide two hours packed with solid practical advice on:
- how to create a home and school climate in which kids can become self-disciplined, compassionate, responsible, resourceful, resilient human beings who can act in their own best interest and stand up for themselves;
- how to help students exercise their own rights while respecting the rights and needs of others; and
- the keys to good parenting and teaching
Sponsored by the Dell Children's Medical Center, the Council on At-Risk Youth and the Hilton Austin, the training is for parents, educators, social workers, counselors and anyone else who wants to make a difference in kids' lives. The cost is $25 a person or $35 for two parents. Purchase your tickets online or mail a check to CARY, 3710 Cedar St., Box 23, Austin, TX 78704.
For 38 years Coloroso has been an internationally recognized speaker on bullying, school discipline, positive school climate, nonviolent conflict resolution, restorative justice, parenting and teaching. Coloroso’s website is kidsareworthit.com.
There will be a book-signing following the luncheon. Coloroso is the author of four international bestsellers: kids are worth it! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline; Parenting Through Crisis — Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change; The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander and Just Because It’s Not Wrong Doesn’t Make it Right. Her most recent book is Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide… and Why It Matters.
Proceeds will benefit CARY’s Aggression Replacement Training offered to middle school students referred for bullying or fighting. Participants will qualify for CEU's.
CARY is a 501-(c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to help youth promote safe schools and safe communities. CARY youth advisors provide a 12-month program of social and cognitive skills training, emphasizing violence prevention, to at-risk youth. For more information please contact Adrian L. Moore, Executive Director, at 451-4592 or amoore@councilonatriskyouth.org.