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NYC-Parents in Action, Inc. recognizes that effective parenting in early childhood is a primary form of substance abuse prevention for children and teenagers. We provide parenting education, information and a communications network to help parents prepare their children and teenagers to cope with social pressures and make sound choices towards a future free of alcohol and drug abuse.
Our programs are designed to promote:
This year, NYC-Parents in Action will offer three seminars, a luncheon speaker series, over 250 facilitated discussion groups in member schools and more. Our programs are designed to inform parents about alcohol and drug abuse and to facilitate communication among parents, young people and schools.
PUBLICATIONS
Newsletters
Our Newsletter is published three times a year and has a print and email circulation of over 26,000 families. It covers our seminars, featuring information on child and adolescent development, health, and the effects of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs on children and adolescents.To download a copy of our latest newsletter, click here.
FOCUS: A Practical Parenting Guide
"FOCUS: A Practical Parenting Guide" is designed to help parents communicate more effectively with their children and to prepare families to cope with critical issues facing children and adolescents in New York City today. This publication provides information on a variety of topics, including health and safety, media influences and substance abuse. NYC-PIA now offers a revised and expanded edition of FOCUS to participating independent schools in New York City. For a copy, please contact your NYC-PIA School Rep.
Online Exclusives
From time to time, NYC-PIA will put helpful information from psychologists, educators and physicians up on our web site as an "online exclusive."
FACILITATED PARENT DISCUSSION GROUPS
Our Parent Discussion Groups help in the development of parent-parent and parent-child communication. Parents are encouraged to share their parenting strategies, experiences, and concerns with other parents in their grade in a facilitated meeting. These meetings are designed to promote better understanding and awareness of social, developmental and parenting issues. Facilitated Parent Discussion Groups are scheduled at the request of New York City independent schools.
We are always looking for talented volunteers to go through our facilitator training. If you are interested, please e-mail us at facilitation@parentsinaction.org. SEMINARS
TEEN SCENE
NYC-PIA is grateful for the support and expertise of our Advisory Board. We thank the following Advisory Board members serving for the 2007-2008 school year. Below is a list of our distinguished Advisory Board members for this year:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman Emeritus: Lynn Manger
Chairman: Celeste Rault
President: Aimee Garn
Secretary: Nicky Grant
Vice President School Relations: Kathleen Harper
Vice President Publications: Veronica Bennett
Vice President Seminars: Margot Ziegler
Vice President Public Relations and Outreach: Mary Beth Harvey
Vice President Development: Fran Poole
Nominating Chair: Debbie Feller
BOARD MEMBERS 2007-2008
Ana-Rosa Aboitiz, Elena Atkin, Lisa Levaggi Borter, Barbara Brennan, Carolyn Cohen, Peggy Ellis, Phyllis Emanuel, Susan Fisher, Laurie Freeman, Lucy Martin Gianino, Lib Goss, Barbara Greene, Nancy Hebert, Carmen Knoepffler, Beth Lee, Martha Leitner, Stacy Lippin, Marie Marolda, Tessa Namuth, Amelia Ogunlesi, Ani Bedrossian Omer, Nancy Orenstein, Carol Papper, Kathy Posner, Wendy Schwarz, Randy Smolian, Robin Straus, Pamela Weinberg, Melanie Wells, Merle Wolff
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL
Chair: Sacha MacNaughton
Polly Carpenter, Linda Fraser, Fran Laserson, Erna O'Shea
Participating Schools 2007-2008
Alexander Robertson SchoolAllen-Stevenson School Berkeley Carroll School Birch Wathen Lenox Brearley School Browning School Buckley School Caedmon School Calhoun School Chapin School Claremont Preparatory School Collegiate School Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School The Convent of the Sacred Heart Dalton School Dwight School Ethical Culture Fieldston School Fieldston Schools Friends Seminary Gateway School Grace Church School Abraham Joshua Heschel School Hewitt School Horace Mann School Loyola School Little Red Schoolhouse and Elisabeth Irwin High School Marymount School Nightingale-Bamford School Packer Collegiate Institute Poly Prep Country Day School Professional Children's School Ramaz School Riverdale Country School Rodeph Sholom School Saint Ann's School Saint David's School Spence School St. Bernard's School Town School Trevor Day School Trinity School United Nations International School Winston Prep York Preparatory School |