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How to manage emotions under pressure: Mindful Awareness

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Parenting Under Pressure

A two hour workshop for parents and/or carers with children in the Goulburn Region (Greater Shepparton, Moira, Strathbogie, Mitchell and Murrindindi).

Would you like to learn how to:

  • Identify emotions
  • Relax
  • Manage anger outbursts from distressed children
  • Think positively and feel positive
  • Understand problem thinking
  • Apply mindfulness techniques

This evidence based program will address the above learning areas to support you to manage emotions more effectively when caring for your children, promoting better development and working towards more harmony in the home with common challenges faced in parenting.

Call Liza on 0429 908 731 to register your place or register online here

The Importance of Play

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Playing together is one of the most effective tools for building strong relationships with your child.

The two hour workshop by FamilyCare, aims to help parents and carers learn more about:

  • The importance of play with your child.
  • How play impacts on your relationship and connection with your child.
  • How play impacts different stages of your child’s development.
  • Ideas around various play styles and techniques you can use with your children

This workshop is aimed at parents and/or carers in the Goulburn Valley Area, with children aged from infancy to 10 years of age.

For any questions please contact: Liza on 0429 908 731

There is no cost for this workshop.

Baskets of Joy – for the City of Greater Shepparton 2020

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FamilyCare, Greater Shepparton City Council and the Greater Shepparton Foundation would like to thank you for your support for the virtual Baskets of Joy 2020. Even with this year’s challenges and with many experiencing financial difficulties for the first time, the generosity has been extraordinary and went above and beyond our expectations.

The Baskets of Joy’s aim is to help provide families with a better and brighter Christmas.  All monetary donations were converted into grocery cards and delivered together with donated gifts and gift cards to 208 families in readiness for Christmas.

WIN News story 17 December 2020

    

How do I donate?
There are two ways you can support Baskets of Joy this year:
1. Click here to go to our ‘virtual’ shopping list (payment via PayPal)
2. If you would prefer to make a straight donation to the appeal please click here (this may be an option if you take a collection around your workplace)

For more information please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions sheet here (or click on it to download a copy).  To download a Baskets of Joy flyer click here

or contact Katie Huddleston on 5823 7079, Belinda Whitelaw on 5832 9790 or Cheryl Hammer on 0410 561 934.

You can also follow this link to watch a recent story on WIN News to find out more.

Here are some fundraising ideas for schools.

Helping to provide families with a better and brighter Christmas.  Thank you for your support and stay safe.

Drumbeat

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Due to Covid 19 restrictions, FamilyCare is offering an ON LINE Drumbeat program in Term 4 for mothers who have experienced family violence.   

Drumbeat is a therapeutic group intervention aimed to improve relationships, self-worth, lowering psychological distress and improve self-esteem.

The sessions will include activities and discussions to support the healing of one’s sense of harmony, identity, communication, emotions and feelings and relationships.  Participants will receive a recycled water cylinder and materials to decorate their own drum with glue and material in the first session – a  meet and greet.  

Pre-made drums are also available and participants can join in and watch. 

All drums will be delivered to the home/letterbox to minimize contact as soon as possible after registration. Drums can be kept and played with the family.

Registration is required and will be followed by a link sent by email to the participant

If you have any questions please contact Kate Fielding on 0407 840 386

 

Life Hacks

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Life Hacks – PARENTING UNDER PRESSURE

Are you struggling with day to day pressure of life, finding a balance between the demands? Problem solving day to day issues overwhelming?

Come and join us for this online workshop to learn more about:

  • Financial Planning and budgeting
  • Diet, nutrition and exercise
  • Centrelink – tips on new COVID-19 payments and benefits
  • Centrelink – how to use MyGov and link your accounts
  • Discover other supports available
  • Action plan the changes you want in your life.

This two hour online workshop delivered by FamilyCare is for parents who would like to learn more about the above areas and take greater control over these often challenging life areas.

Contact Liza on lcostigan@familycare.net.au or 0429 908 731 for more information

 

 

Tuning in to Kids – emotionally intelligent parenting

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A six session parenting program for parents.

Would you like to learn how to:

  • be better at talking with your child?
  • be better at understanding your child?
  • help your child learn to manage their emotions?
  • help to prevent behaviour problems in your child?
  • teach your child to deal with conflict?

Tuning in to Kids shows you how to help your child develop emotional intelligence.

Children with higher emotional intelligence

  • have greater success with making and keeping friends
  • have better concentration at school
  • are more able to calm down when upset or angry
  • tend to have fewer childhood illnesses

Emotional intelligence may be a better predictor of academic and career success than IQ!

This workshop is for parents and/or carers in the Goulburn Region (Greater Shepparton, Moira, Strathbogie, Mitchell and Murrindindi) only.

Contact Liza on 0429 908 731 or lcostigan@familycare.net.au to book in for our next workshop commencing 4 February 2021.  Or register here

Tuning into Kids Session 1 handouts

Tuning into Kids Session 2 handouts

Tuning into Kids Session 3 handouts

Did you attend this workshop?   Please fill in this survey to let us know what you thought :  Group Work and Client Satisfaction Surveys

Emotion Coaching – Connecting with our Kids

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      Help your child to:

  • Understand their emotions and be able to communicate how they feel
  • Regulate their emotions and calm themselves
  • Develop resilience and positive self-esteem
  • Develop problem-solving and social skills
  • Develop kindness and empathy towards others

This two hour online workshop delivered by FamilyCare is for parents and carers of children 2-10 years of age who would like to learn more about emotion coaching, understanding their children’s emotional development and how they can connect with their children.

This workshop is for parents and/or carers in the Goulburn Region (Greater Shepparton, Moira, Strathbogie, Mitchell and Murrindindi) only.

Contact Liza on 0429 908 731 or lcostigan@familycare.net.au for any questions

Workshop Resources

New Support for Victorian Carers from April 6

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FamilyCare’s response to COVID-19 – Monday 23 March 2020

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Like the rest of Australia, our region is also being affected by the COVID19 pandemic. This information will help people who use FamilyCare’s services to understand our responses.

From Tuesday the 24th of March, FamilyCare’s offices will be closed to all visitors. Please telephone us to discuss the service options that remain available, on:

ChildFIRST Shepparton:        1300 854 944

ChildFIRST Seymour:            1800 663 107

Other contact numbers for our various offices are available on the Contact Us page.

We will return to normal services as soon as we can. At the moment, this is the best way to maintain access to some support but stick to the rules for social distancing.

Here are some other sources of reliable and up-to-date information.

DHHS VIC – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Health Direct – Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Paddock to Plate – postponed

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With the rapidly changing situation regarding the COVID-19 outbreak we have decided it is in the best interests of our local community to postpone our upcoming Paddock to Plate Event scheduled for 24th May 2020.
FamilyCare would like to thank all those involved with the event for their support.
During this time Family Care wish you, your families and colleagues all the best and look forward to sharing with you the Paddock to Plate Fire and Feast Event at a later date.

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