Offering speakers and workshops on parenting since 1991

Welcome to Parent to Parent!

This not-for-profit network, based in Andover, Massachussetts, has offered more than one hundred valuable sessions on parenting to thousands of participants since its founding in 1991. 

**Please note: January Speaker, Ann Helmus, has been moved to January 19th**

2011-2012 Calendar at a Glance (printable version)

DateTime

Topic

Location

10/187:00

When Things Get CRAZY with Your Teen: The Why, The How, The What to Do NOW!  Dr. Michael Bradley

Pike School

11/167:30

Positive Parenting: Do I Have To?  How Chores Empower Confident, Competent Young PeopleSusan Tordella

West Elementary School

11/97:30

Worried About Your Worrier:  Creating Calmer Kids in a Stress Filled World.  Lynn Lyons, LICSW

Wood Hill Middle School

12/67:00

Teens and Risky Behavior - A Panel Discussion. 

Bill Fahey, Director Andover Youth Services,            Toni Kirby, AHS Social Worker, Cleo Thompson, AHS Social Worker, Chuck Edgerly, Andover Police,         Alan Woolf, Director, Pediatric Environmental Health Center, Children's Hospital, Boston
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.

Andover High School Library

01/197:00Supporting Children and Adolescents With Weak Executive Functioning Skills .  Ann Helmus, Ph.D. 

Wood Hill Middle School

01/247:00

The Gift: LD-ADHD Reframed. Jonathan Mooney

Rogers Center at Merrimack College

02/077:30

I'd Listen to My Parents if They'd Just Shut Up:  What to Say and Not Say When Parenting Teens.  Anthony E. Wolf, Ph. D., 

Pike School

03/157:30Normal vs. Problem Anxiety:  Helping Children and Teenagers Cope.  Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D.  Co-sponsored by SEPAC. 

West Middle School

04/067:30

Practical Methods for Developing Self Confidence in Children.   Rick Irving, LICSW

Andover School of Montessori

 4/10 7:30

 Managing Children Skillfully and Successfully,  Rick Irving, LICSW

 Andover School of Montessori

      

Review the 2011-2012 Speaker Series for more details and mark your calendar for the events that interest you.  Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about speakers or topics.

Sessions are free and open to the public in Andover, Massachusetts and surrounding communities.

We would like to sincerely thank the participating schools of Andover, along with our 2010-2011 sponsors, who help make Parent to Parent programs possible:

Andover Pediatrics

Andover Spine Center

Lawrence General Hospital

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January speak