This year, NYC-Parents in Action will offer two seminars, a luncheon speaker series, Teen Scene and 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 ParentTalk™ 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
Our Seminars are held as an educational service for parents and educators. Seminars discuss such topics as adolescent alcohol and drug abuse, parent-child relationships, parent communications, and social and learning issues. Due to the generosity of our donors, we offer these seminars FREE OF CHARGE. Due to the high profile nature of our speakers these events can be very popular.
To see our upcoming events, click here.
Teen Scene
Teen Scene is our yearly event offering a moderated panel of teenagers (9-12th grade) who discuss social issues in the high school years. Teen Scene takes an in-depth look at what teens think, where they go, how they handle life. This is always one of our most popular events of the year and we encourage parents to attend and be informed about what our teens have to say.