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Healthy Start

Unit 1-175 Waterloo St.

New Hamburg, ON N3A 1S3

Phone: (519) 662-2731

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Healthy Start is a series of Relationship Skills programs for children and their families. This asset-building program equips children with healthy relationship skills to develop a solid foundation to serve throughout their life. The program’s pro-active focus instils a belief in themselves by giving children the ability to solve their own problems, make wise choices, and have the confidence for self-expression. As a result, family communication and parent-child relationships are strengthened.

The Wilmot Family Resource Centre has offered this program in local school, daycares, parenting groups, and community settings since 1997 with amazing results.

Sessions:

· Making Friends: respect, manners, self-esteem

· Feelings: identifying, understanding, and empathy

· Listening / Communication: expressing, noticing others

· Resolving Conflict: peacekeeping, problem-solving, decision making

· Anger Management: self-awareness, making choices

· Safety: personal and emotional safety

· Bullying and Violence in the Media: optional in the parent program

Children’s sessions include:

· Discussion

· Songs

· Games

· Crafts

· Special ideas, such as the Peace Box, Feelings Cube, Puppets, and more

Parent’s Sessions include:

· Discussions

· Support

· Exchange of Ideas

· Laughter

“All feelings are Okay…as long as you do not hurt anyone or break anything.”