Success Under Stress
October 27th, 7:00-8:30 pm
Join this discussion about how our perceptions of stress affect our health. We’ll also discuss the topic of stress in The Beginning of Everything. Open to teens and adults. Cosponsored by Newton Youth Services and Newton Free Library. www.newtonma.gov/youth or http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/
Newton Reads Book Discussion
October 30th, 7:00 pm
Please join in an intergenerational discussion of the Newton Reads book, The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider. Star athlete and prom king Ezra Faulkner’s life is irreparably transformed by a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Community connection, shared information, and discussion are the keys to promoting good mental health. Join us in this cooperative dialogue to be led by Newton teens.
College Athletics Recruitment Process
November 3rd, 7:00 pm
Take control of the college athletic recruitment process. Learn about when to start looking at colleges, how to contact coaches and what to ask them, the recruitment process, and more. This session will be led by Kate Hurd, a former two-year softball captain at Colby College and member of the NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete team, and coach at Newton North High School and Kim Penney, a two-time Boston Globe and Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Coach of the Year, served as varsity girls’ basketball coach at Reading Memorial High School for fifteen years.
School Assignments: How Parents Can Help
November 5th, 7:00 pm
Learn how to avoid some common pitfalls when helping your kids with writing assignments. Professional writing tutor, Jane Hirschhorn will be demonstrating how to help in a way that is productive, respectful, and allows students ownership of their work. Jane tutored writing at the Mount Ida College Writing Center. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts University. Her children attend Newton public schools.
QPR for Teens and Young Adults
November 6th, 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Our community has been affected by suicide. Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health is working diligently to train as many people as possible in the suicide prevention technique called QPR – Question, Persuade, Refer. The more people who know how to act, the more lives may be saved. Please consider being trained.
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) teaches ordinary citizens how to recognize a mental health emergency and how to get a person at risk the help they need. Participants will learn how to: Recognize the warning signs of suicide, offer hope, and get help & refer.
This upcoming training is specifically being held for teens and young adults. Please check the website for other upcoming training dates. Cosponsored by Newton Youth Services and Newton Free Library. www.newtonma.gov/youth or http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/
Please register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QPRNov6
Teen Depression Workshop
November 12th, 7:00 – 8:15 pm
Learn how to recognize depression in teens and how to help by attending the Teen Depression Workshop from Families for Depression Awareness. The training covers what teen depression is, what are behaviors of concern, how to talk to teens about depression, what are treatment options, where to get help, and what to do if a teen refuses help. This event is cosponsored by Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention & Mental Health. Sponsored by Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, Newton Youth Services and Newton Free Library. www.newtonma.gov/newtoncares or www.newtonma.gov/youth or http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/
Programs held in the Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library