Schedule
of Workshops (for parents),
Groups (for
children and parents)
and
Education for Parents and
Professionals)
(let
us know if there is a subject you would like to see addressed
in one of our programs that is not represented here contact
us)
SEPARATION
and DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUPS FOR
CHILDREN
and ADOLESCENTS
All programs are offered at Kids First Center, 222 St. John
St., Suite 101 in Portland, ME unless otherwise indicated.
Group I
grades 1 - 3 |
Meets 4:30 - 5:45
pm
Tuesdays, June 24- July 29, 2008
Tuesdays, September 16 - October 21, 2008
Tuesdays, November 4 - December 9, 2008
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Group II
grades 4 - 6 |
Meets 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Mondays, June 23 - July 28, 2008
Mondays, September 15 - October 27, 2008
Mondays, November 3 - December 8, 2008
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Group III
grades 7 - 9 |
Meets 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Mondays, September 15 - October 27, 2008
Mondays, November 3 - December 8, 2008 |
Group IV
grades 10 and above |
Peer
Facilitator Training - Four week session for teens
who may then co-facilitate a support group for younger
children if interested
This group is FREE
Meets 5:30
- 7:00 pm
Wednesdays,
October 8 - October 29, 2008
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To
register your child(ren) for a group please call the Center.
Both parents must provide written consent for their child
to attend Groups I - III.
Course Fee: $60.00 / $45.00 per child if more than one child
attends.
Financial assistance is available.
GROUPS
AND PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS
All programs are offered at Kids First Center,
222 St. John St., Suite 101 in Portland, ME unless otherwise
indicated.
| KIDS
FIRST PROGRAM |
Meets Saturdays at 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Portland
(directions) |
August 2, 2008 (this class is full);
August 16, 2008 (this class is full);
September 6, 2008; September 20, 2008;
October 4, 2008; October 18, 2008;
November 1, 2008; November 15, 2008;
December 6, 2008; December 20, 2008;
January 3, 2009; January 17, 2009 |
Course
Fee: $60
Register
online.
Financial assistance is available for people unable
to pay the full fee for a program. |
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| KIDS FIRST PROGRAM |
Meets Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. |
| Biddeford
(directions) |
August 9, 2008; October 11, 2008;
December 13, 2008 |
(location
of program: Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford)
Course Fee: $60
Register
online |
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| KIDS FIRST PROGRAM |
Meets Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. |
Farmington
|
July 12, 2008; September 13, 2008;
November 8, 2008; January 10, 2009 |
For
more information call Children's Task Force at 207-778-6960
Course Fee:
$60
(location of program: Franklin Memorial Hospital,
1 Hospital Drive, Farmington) |
you
cannot register online for the Farmington program
Print out
registration form and send to:
Children's Task Force
113 Church Street
Farmington, ME 04936 |
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| KIDS FIRST PROGRAM |
Meets Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. |
Topsham
(directions) |
July 12, 2008; September 13, 2008;
November 8, 2008; January 10, 2009 |
For
more information call Kids First (Portland) toll-free
@ 866-543-7347
(location of program: Woodside Elementary School,
42 Barrows Drive, Topsham)
Course Fee:
$60
Register
online |
Kids
First is also offered in the following locations. Please
call local numbers for current dates and registration information.
| Augusta-Waterville-Skowhegan |
859-1514 |
| Belfast |
338-2200 x109 |
| Lewiston |
783-3990 |
| Lubec-Machias |
773-1090 x3114 |
KIDS
FIRST PROGRAM FOR WOMEN
This program will be offered in Portland, Biddeford
and Lewiston. Please call 207-761-2709 for specific dates
and times
Course Fee: $60 Register
online.
(Financial assistance is available)
NEXT
STEP PROGRAM: PUTTING CONFLICT ASIDE
Meets for four consecutive weeks; 6:00-9:00 p.m.
PORTLAND: Thursdays, September 25
- October 16, 2008
TOPSHAM: Mondays,
October 27 - November 17, 2008 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Course Fee: $180 per person Register
online.
(Financial assistance is available)
KIDS
FIRST PROGRAM FOR STEPPARENTS
Meets Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
August 9, 2008; October 25, 2008;
December 13, 2008
Course Fee: $60.00 per person / $100.00 per couple
Register
online.
(Financial assistance is available)
SEPARATION,
DIVORCE and DADS' GROUP
Meets the first Tuesday evening of each month,
6:30 - 8:00 pm. Please call 761-2709 to confirm attendance,
or to be put on an email reminder list.
Course Fee: $10.00/session, collected at end of each session.
(Financial assistance is available)
KIDS
FIRST PROGRAM FOR PARENTS IN HIGH CONFLICT
Meets for nine consecutive weeks. Parents must
be court-ordered to attend this course by a judge or magistrate
and parents must send a copy of the court order to Kids
First Center, 222 St. Street, Suite 101, Portland, Maine
04102.
PROGRAMS
FOR PROFESSIONALS and/or parents
All programs are offered at the Kids First Center
222 St. John Street Suite 101 Portland ME (unless
otherwise indicated)
upcoming
programs for professionals and/or parents:
FINANCIALLY
NAVIGATING THROUGH DIVORCE
A
team of four professionals from the fields of finance advising,
mortgage lending, real estate and accounting will join together
to present clients with an overview of helpful steps for
separation and division of assets, refinancing, selling
and/or buying a home, financial planning and the tax impact
on both parties. This informative evening will enlighten
parents as to some ofthe choices available in order to streamline
the financial aspect of the process during this transitional
time. (This is a non-solicitous presentation)
This
workshop is free (please call ahead to let us know you're
interested)
Monday,
September 22, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 pm
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
- TOOLS FOR WORKING WITH HIGHLY CHALLENGING CLIENTS:
AXIS II - WHAT DO YOU DO?
speaker:
Nancy Williams OlesEn, PhD (for professionals only)
This
workshop will provide professionals with the tools needed
to identify clients who have characteristics of personality
disorders and how best to help them as they navigate and
parent through the separation, divorce and post divorce.
Suggested audience: judges, magistrates, family law attorneys,
guardians ad litem and mental health professionals.
CEU and CLEs will be awarded.
Harraseeket
Inn, Freeport
Friday,
October 3, 2008 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
FEE:
$175.00/pp (included gourmet lunch)
Register
online
IMPACT
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN (for professionals
only)
This
workshop is designed for professionals working with separating
and divorcing parents who are coping with the impact of
domestic abuse, including physical, emotional and verbal,
and its effects on their children. This workshop will
be a forum for hearing your experiences working with this
population.
This
workshop is free (please call ahead to let us know you're
interested)
Monday,
October 20, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 pm
past
programs:
SEPARATION,
DIVORCE AND THE ADOLESCENT
This workshop is appropriate for an audience of
parents and professionals faced with the challenges
of supporting an adolescent through a separation or divorce.
This is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let
us know you're interested)
Monday, April 7, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 pm
INTRODUCTORY
INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING FOR COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE
A
Two-Day Workshop Providing Training
for Financial, Legal and Mental Health Professionals on
the Collaborative Divorce Process
Friday
March 28 and Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:00 am
to 4:30 pm Woodlands Club, 39 Woods Road,
Falmouth, ME cost: $275
see
brochure
SEPARATION,
DIVORCE AND THE VERY YOUNG CHILD
This
evening workshop is designed for parents
and professionals and will illustrate the challenges
faced by families going through separation and divorce whose
children are infants through early school years age.
Handouts will be made available. The latest research
will be shared with the audience.
This
is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let us
know you're interested)
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 pm
FORGIVENESS
WORKSHOP - LEARNING TO LET GO
This
evening workshop is designed for professionals
and parents to attend. Join Kids First for this first
time offering for family members touched by divorce and
others who may find that letting go is a challenge in any
relationship.
This
is a FREE workshop (please call ahead at 761-2709 to let
us know you're interersted)
Wednesday,
January 30, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 pm
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE (professionals
only)
ANNUAL
FALL CONFERENCE Tools for Working with Highly Challenging
Clients: Axis II - What Do You Do?
Friday, October 3, 2008, 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, Maine cost: $175.00
THE
TEAM APPROACH TO COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE
An Interdisciplinary Workshop Providing Strategies for Financial,
Legal and Mental Health Professionals (presented by Marsha
Schechtman, LCSW, and Stuart G. Webb, Esq.)
Friday, November 2, 2007, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main Street, Freeport, ME
cost: $165.00 (see
brochure)
IMPACT
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN
This
evening workshop is designed for professionals
only. THe curriculum will be pressented by
a team of professsionals who are well versed in the area
of domestic emotional and physical abuse and its impact
on children. This is appropriate for anyone whose
practice brings them in touch with a child whose life has
been impacted by any form of domestic abuse.
This
is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let us
know you're interested)
Wednesday,
October 17, 2007 7:00-9:00 pm
SECOND
CIRCLE a.k.a. RELATIVES GONE WILD!
This
evening workshop by a mental health and legal professional
is open to any grandparents, aunts, uncles, sibling, or
other family members or close friends who are touched by
separation or divorce. The role of the extended fmaily
or friends can be quite challenging due to allegiances and
alliances; this evening will help illustrate helpful boundaries,
appropriate "Kids First" language and ways in
which the "second circle" can provide meaningful
and positive support.
This
is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let us
know you're interested)
Monday,
September 24, 2007 7:00 - 9:00 pm
GAY,
LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER FAMILIES: PARENTING THROUGH
SEPARATION, TRANSITION AND DIVORCE
description
This
is a FREE workshop open to both parents and professionals
in the field (please call ahead 761-2709 to let us know
if you'd like to attend)
Tuesday,
May 15, 2007 6:30 - 8:00 pm
SEPARATION,
DIVORCE AND THE ADOLESCENT
This workshop is appropriate for an audience of
parents and professionals faced with the challenges
of supporting an adolescent through a separation or divorce.
This is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let
us know you're interested)
Monday,
April 9, 2007 7:00-8:30 pm
SEPARATION,
DIVORCE AND THE VERY YOUNG CHILD
This
evening workshop is designed for parents
and professionals who touch the lives of children,
infants through early school years, whose families are going
through separation and divorce.
This
is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let us
know you're interested)
Monday,
March 12, 2007 7:00-8:30 pm
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE (professionals
only)
"Busting
the Myths About High Conflict Divorce: An Interdisciplinary
Workshop Providing Strategies for Legal and Mental Health
Professionals,"
Friday, November 3, 2006 8:00 am- 4:00 pm,
Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, Maine see
brochure
IMPACT
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN
Evening
workshop designed for professionals
only . Suggested audience,: attorneys, guardians
ad litem, mediators, guidance counselors, therapists, child
care providers, pediatricians ~ anyone whose practice brings
them in touch with a child whose life has been impacted
by domestic abuse. This is a FREE workshop open to
professionals (please call ahead 761-2709 to let us know
you're interested)
October 18, 2006 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER FAMILIES: PARENTING
THROUGH SEPARATION, TRANSITION AND DIVORCE
This
is a FREE workshop open to both parents
and professionals in the field (please call ahead
761-2709 to let us know if you'd like to attend)
September
27, 2006 7:00 - 9:00 pm. description
SEPARATION,
DIVORCE AND THE ADOLESCENT
This workshop is appropriate for an audience of parents
and professionals faced with the challenges of supporting
an adolescent through a separation or divorce.
This is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let
us know you're interested)
Thursday,
April 6, 2006 7:00-9:00 pm
SEPARATION,
DIVORCE AND THE VERY YOUNG CHILD
This
workshop is designed for parents and
professionals who touch the lives of children, infants
through school years, whose families are going through separation
and divorce.
This
is a FREE workshop (please call ahead 761-2709 to let us
know you're interested)
Wednesday,
March 8, 2006 7:00-9:00 pm
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE (professionals
only)
SAME SEX PARENTING - THE CREATION AND SEPARATION
OF FAMILY, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES FOR PARTNERS AND THEIR
CHILDREN
Friday, November 4, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. at the Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME.
Registration fee: $145.00, includes lunch. (see
brochure)
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