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FOR THE PARENTS OF KINDERING CHILDREN
SEPTEMBER
CALENDAR
2015
SEPTEMBER 3 EARLY INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS RESUME
SEPTEMBER 7 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
KINDERING CLOSED
SEPTEMBER 9 IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY,
PLEASE COMPLETE THE
PARENTS SURVEY!
SEPTEMBER 12 FATHERS NETWORK
KINDERING BELLEVUE
“ALL FAMILY KICK-OFF
PANCAKE BREAKFAST”
9:00 a.m.– 12:00p.m.
SEPTEMBER 30 SPEAKER SERIES
KINDERING BOTHELL
The Terrible/Terrific Ones, Twos and Threes…
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
OCTOBER 23 SALUTE TO COURAGE
LUNCHEON
THE WESTIN BELLEVUE
12:00-1:30 PM
WELCOME TO 2015-2016
SCHOOL YEAR
We are excited to kick off the new school year and would like to welcome all new and returning families to KINDERING at both locations!
"Kindering embraces children of diverse abilities and their families
by providing the finest education and therapies to nurture hope,
courage, and the skills to soar.”
SAVE THE DATE:
KINDERING’S 10TH ANNUAL
SALUTE TO COURAGE
LUNCHEON
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015 The 10th annual Luncheon is to be chaired by Lauren
Silvernail and Gretchen Burks. Kindering’s Salute to Courage Luncheon, hosted by King5’s Dennis Bounds, is a chance to gather with family, friends and the community to celebrate the courage of the amazing children that walk through our doors every day! We are thrilled to announce that our keynote speaker will be Ms. Karen Gaffney!
Seating is Limited! For more information on the luncheon and to reserve your seats today, please contact Kayleigh Williams at [email protected] or 425-289-7506.
EXTENDED DEADLINE:
KINDERING PARENT SURVEY 2015 Please tell us how we’re doing! We count on you to let us know what we do well and where we can improve. Parent Surveys are very important to Kindering. We use these to get feedback on how we are doing and what kind of improvements families would like to see.
Please complete this online survey by September 9th.
Go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2015KinderingParentSurvey
Thank you for helping us to evaluate and improve our services!
ALL FAMILY KICK-OFF-
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 Come join other families for a free pancake breakfast from 9:00 a.m. -12:00 pm at Kindering Bellevue to kick-off the new school year and meet the new Fathers Network Program Manager, Louis Mendoza. If you are able to help set up, please arrive at 8:30 a.m. All family members are welcome and encouraged to attend. RSVP to [email protected].
KINDERING and PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES:
FALL SPEAKER SERIES WORKSHOP
We’re pleased to announce the 2015 Pediatric Associates – Kindering Speaker Series. All of these talks are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., on the Wednesday evening indicated at the Kindering location listed beside the date. Come as early as 6pm for mingling and light refreshments. Individuals interested in attending RSVP to Colleen Willis at [email protected] or leave a message at 425.289.7527 so we can ensure space is available. Childcare is not available for the speaker series. September 30, 2015 – location: Kindering Bothell
The Terrible/Terrific Ones, Twos and Threes… Dr. Carol Baer, Pediatric Associates Many parenting challenges can arise as your child rapidly grows and develops during the first 3 years. Contradictory advice on how you handle those challenges is typical. This talk will focus on approaching behavior problems from a developmental perspective, applying the best research available to help you focus on meeting the social and emotional needs of your child.
October 28, 2015 - location: Kindering Bellevue
Successful Sleep Strategies Dr. David Reuter, Pediatric Associates This talk will focus on three important areas of sleep along with time for discussion and questions: Reading your child’s clues: Recognizing the subtle
behavioral hints your child provides to suggest they’re ready to sleep.
Routines: How to facilitate the transition, and nurture calm in your child.
What happens when your child is sleeping.
SEPTEMBER FAMILY NEWSLETTER
EI PROGRAMS RESUME
Thursday, September 3
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, September 7
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Tuesday, October 20
VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Wednesday, November 11
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, November 23-
Friday, November 27
WINTER BREAK
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, December 21– Friday, January 1
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
HOLIDAY
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, January 18
LATE START– - 11:00 AM
AM Classes/ therapies cancelled. Open for Classes/therapies that start 11am or later.
Tuesday, January 19
MID-WINTER BREAK
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, February 15- Friday, February 19
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Thursday, March 17
SPRING BREAK
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, April 4- Friday, April 8
MEMORIAL DAY BREAK
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, May 30
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Wednesday, June 15
JULY BREAK
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Monday, July 4– Friday, July 8
LAST DAY OF EI CLASS &
THERAPIES
Monday, August 15
GRADUATION
Tuesday, August 16
AUGUST BREAK
Classes & Therapies cancelled
Wednesday, August 17– Wednesday,
August 31
EARLY INTERVENTION
FAMILY CALENDAR (Does not apply to KidsClinic)
2015-2016
LOOKING FOR A WAY
TO ORGANIZE ALL OF
YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH
INFORMATION? Check out the free care organizer pages developed by the Center for Children
with Special Needs (CSHCN). The organizing pages have been completely revised and redesigned based on feedback from parents and health professionals. You may also order a care organizer, an expandable file folder, to hold the notebook pages and other care-related paperwork. Contact CSHCN at 206.987.3736 with questions.
SEPTEMBER FAMILY NEWSLETTER
KINDERING BELLEVUE PARKING Please enjoy our “RESERVED Kindering Only” parking spots in the front and side of our building. When you arrive at Kindering Bellevue please do not use the fire station’s entrance and driveway. Our entrance is the driveway just east of that. Please do not park in the “Fire Only” spaces that face the fire station. Never leave children unattended in a car.
ILLNESS EXCLUSION
AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE POLICY Kindering is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all children, staff and other volunteers of the agency. We view parents as our partners in promoting the safety and health of others by preventing the spread of communicable disease. Please read our Illness Exclusion policy in entirety, found in your Kindering parent handbook. Be sure to notify staff immediately if your child contracts a known infectious disease, in particular, those that can be harmful to pregnant women or medically vulnerable children or adults.
IMMUNIZATIONS Kindering requires an immunization record on file for all children. Please provide Kindering with a completed Certificate of Immunization Status Form. We encourage children enrolled at Kindering to meet these requirements. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/ For exemption information, go to page 9 of the Kindering Parent Handbook.
IMPORTANT PARENT REMINDERS
NO NUTS! Due to individual allergies to nuts and concerns for the health of our children, we ask families and staff not to bring any nut products into our building. This includes peanut butter, trail mix, candy bars and any other foods containing any type of nut. Thanks!
All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Please review the Early Intervention Parent Handbook for updated
policies and other information.
We expect that all parents and guests are respectful and appropriate. Please review appropriate behavior in the Parent Handbook.
We ask that you be extra careful with beverages and foods in the building. Cleaning supplies are available if spills occurs. We appreciate
your help in keeping our facility clean.
Classrooms, therapy rooms and the Motor room/indoor play area are for classroom and therapy use only. Families must be accompanied by a therapist.
Please check the Lost & Found, located in the classroom observation room, regularly. Unclaimed items will be donated.
Please be sure to flush toilet paper ONLY. Baby wipes and changing
table paper will clog the toilets. Please bag and dispose of diapers in
the proper receptacles, not in the trash cans. Thanks for your support!
RESOURCES
We have family waiting rooms at both locations that are a great place for kids to play and parents to visit.
The Parent Library within the family waiting room in Bellevue offers
resources and books just waiting to be checked out!
Kindering’s sensory garden and Crossroads Park are right outside
Kindering Bellevue’s front door with easy trail access to the play
equipment. Kindering Bothell has great walking trails.
A check-in phone is located at the front desk with a list of Kindering staff and their extensions. If the receptionist is unavailable please dial the
extension number of the person you are trying to reach.
Look for Kindering parent events such as Mothers’ Circle, Sibshops, and Fathers Network as well as Development special events on the bulletin board across from the indoor play area or on our lobby TV monitors.
Comenzamos un año nuevo lleno de entusiasmo y con muchas ganas de trabajar con sus hijos y sus familias. Sin duda este año será un año exi-toso y lleno de satisfacciones para todos. Nos gustaría presentarles a algunos miembros del equipo que hablan español. Ustedes pueden hablarles si tienen alguna pregunta ó si necesi-tan apoyo: Alicia-Terapeuta Familiar en Intervención Temprana 425.653.4322 Laura - Coordinadora de Recursos Familiares
425.653.4287 Sarah- Gerente del Programa de FRC
425.289.7512 Aileen- Coordinadora de Recursos Familiares 425.984.2631 Juan- Educador 425.747.4004 extensión 5431 Avery- Terapeuta del Habla y Lenguaje 425.289.4950 Marisa- Terapeuta Ocupacional 425.289.4945
SEPTEMBER FAMILY NEWSLETTER
¡BIENVENIDOS!
SIBSHOPS
Our first Sibshops of the year will be Friday, September 11, 2015, 4-7 pm, at Kindering Bellevue. If you have a 6-11 year old typically developing brother or sister in addition to a child with special needs, please consider Sibshops as a great place for siblings to connect with others who share some of their experiences. For more information, please call Deb Weiner at 425.653.4306.
MOTHERS’ CIRCLE
What is Mothers’ Circle? We are a community of women raising children 0-6years with special needs – sharing emotional support, promoting advocacy, and creating solutions.
Who can join Mothers’ Circle? We welcome all mothers who have children with special needs ages 0-6 years to join us for lively conversation, good humor and emotional support in the company of other women who truly understand the unique struggles and celebrations of raising a child with special needs.
Where? How do I join?
Location: Kindering Bellevue and Kindering Bothell Please contact your Family Resources Coordinator or therapist if you would like to sign up or for more information.
Calling all moms! Kindering Bellevue will be hosting three Mothers’ Circle gatherings in September for you to meet other Kindering moms:
On Thursday, 9/10/15, at 11:30 am, you are invited to meet at North Bellevue Community Center (4063 148th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98007) in the Multipurpose room. You are welcome to bring your children to this meeting; however, no separate child care can be provided at this time. There will be some toddler toys available in the room. This 2nd Thursday of the month group will coincide with other activities of the Indian Association of Western Washington. Traditional light lunch/refreshments will be available at 12:30.
On Monday, 9/28, and Tuesday, 9/29, you are invited to gather in Kindering’s conference room, 212, for light refreshments and to chat with other mothers about how we can support one another best, and when and how you’d like to have Mothers’ Circle meetings this year. No child care can be provided, and this space is not child-friendly, so only “babes in arms” are invited to these gatherings.
BABY STEPS
Have you wished you could meet other parents of infants/toddlers with special needs? Have you wondered where you could take your baby to experience socialization, play, and also have adult contact? Would you like new play ideas and songs?
If you answered yes to any of the questions, then Baby Steps may be for you!
Baby Steps is a parent/infant class that focuses on connection, play, support, and building relationships. In this class, the joys and challenges of raising a child with special needs will be shared, celebrated, and supported. Baby Steps is the first of many beginnings.
If interested, contact your family resource coordinator for more information.
OPEN
ENROLLMENT:
STEPPING STONES
TODDLER
PRESCHOOL We are currently enrolling in our Stepping Stones Toddler Preschool program at our Bothell and Bellevue campus. We are enrolling children who are currently receiving early intervention services as well as community preschoolers! Please refer friends or enroll siblings, ages 22-33 months. For more information, please contact your Family Resources Coordinator, your current providers or the Early Learning Coordinator Lauri Stoll @ 425.747.4004 ext. 4953 or email [email protected].
UNEXPECTED JOURNEY RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FALL 2015 TUESDAYS, OCTOBER 1, 8, 15, 22 AND 29 KINDERING BOTHELL- 6:30-8:30 PM
Moms and dads often discover raising a child with special needs has significant challenges. It is natural for spouses to have different perspectives on family issues, as moms and dads contribute different strengths to their families. Unexpected Journey helps participants understand this situation and many others in a five week structured discussion exploring the most important issues a family predictably experiences when having a child with special needs. In a safe, flexible, and fun environment, we will learn from our challenges and appreciate the joys of raising kids with special needs. Facilitators: Greg Schell, MEd, is the parent of a daughter with special needs and has been a teacher, principal, and parent educator for over 30 years. Greg was the Director of Washington State Fathers Network, a proud program of Kindering. Rosanne Carter, is a mother of two children and has been an Early Intervention Family Therapist for 9 years. Rosanne currently facilitates Baby Steps, Mothers Circle, and provides individual/family counseling at Kindering. Contact & Registration: Call, Rosanne Carter at 425.984.2623 or email: [email protected]
PARENTS PARTICIPATING IN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY HAVE SAID: “The most valuable… hours we have invested in our marriage.” “Very valuable class-wish we had taken it much sooner.” “I didn’t really know how much I needed this class until I took it!” “Life changing, and eye opening.” “This class brought me peace of mind.”
SEPTEMBER FAMILY NEWSLETTER
