Life from A to Z

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Children: The Formative Years

A. Early Influences on Child Development

Nutrition: Nicole Tracy RD, LDN

Fathers: Steve Hess MA LCPC

Nutrition is critical for brain and body development, fathers for self esteem and self reliance. Our speakers discuss how nutrition and
fathers influence a child for life.

Nicole Tracy is a registered dietitian who works at Edward Hospital.

Steve Hess specializes in working with parents/children and adolescents at Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center.

B. Free to Be: Helping Your Child Live Their Potential

Jeanne Dickerson LCPC, CPCC

This workshop will focus on parenting strategies that will assist your child in identifying their strengths, overcoming obstacles and
bringing their gifts to the world.

Jeanne Dickerson has a practice in Downers Grove and is a Certified Personal Life Coach.

C. Whose Homework is This?

Nancy R. Soro PhD

Are you and your children feeling stressed out over the struggle for academic achievement? Strategies that encourage realistic expectations and reduce stress in the family will be identified and discussed.

Nancy Soro is a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in Oak Park. She works with families on psychological concerns around family conflict and school performance.

D. You Can Get Along! Parents and Teens

Ken Potts M.S., D. Min., LCPC, LMFT

Adolescents and parents are often ticked off at each other. Learn: Why such emotions become so dominant. How to limit the number and intensity of these wasteful interactions. How to maximize your enjoyment of your teen.

Ken Potts is a licensed marriage and family therapist with Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center. He has an office at First United Methodist Church in Downers Grove.

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Adults

E. Skills for Loving Relationships

Carol Lysne M.S. LCPC

Loving relationships with family, friends, and co-workers occur when we employ basic principles that anyone can learn.

Carol Lysne is the Director of Mental Health Ministries at Downers Grove First United Methodist Church.

F. Mastering Act III

Jacqui Neurauter

Midlife offers us the opportunity to reinvent, reposition and reenergize ourselves. Learn how to create a meaningful vision for the second half of your life.

Jacqui Neurauter is a Personal and Professional Coach who specializes in helping people reach their highest potential.

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G. Brain Fitness

Judith Wolcott, LCSW

Learn how to exercise your brain to keep your mind healthy and active.

Judith Wolcott is Director of Memory Care, Meadowbrook Manor.

H. 20 to 80 Aging by the Decade

Sheila Hallman, R. N.

Know what your body needs to stay vigorous and healthy throughout the life cycle.

Sheila Hallman is the Parish Nurse at Downers Grove First United Methodist Church.