A weekly opportunity to socialize with other parents and learn important skills that will help guide parents through the everyday blessings and challenges of parenthood. Each session will be facilitated by Dr. Dahlia Topolosky, a licensed psychologist, with topics focusing on positive parenting techniques and addressing ways to build your child’s self-esteem and encourage a healthy nurturing family environment.

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The NOPC will meet every Monday from 9:15-10:45am at the Uptown JCC, beginning on September 13th, through the 2010-2011 school year.  Each session will be facilitated by Dr. Dahlia Topolosky, a licensed psychologist, with topics focusing on positive parenting techniques and addressing ways to build your children’s self-esteem and encourage a healthy nurturing family environment. Light refreshments will be served and your child is welcome to play beside you in our warm and kid-friendly space. Membership is $100 a year and gives you access to 30 sessions.

For more information or to register, please call Suzy at 831-8475 or email suzy@jfsneworleans.org.

Volunteer Job Description: Teach a 3 day lesson plan on suicide prevention to students in area high schools

Responsibilities:
• Attend a 2 day training program to learn lesson plan content and methods
• Teach the lesson plans in at least two area high school classes each semester
• Attend volunteer meetings
• Maintain records as specified in the lesson plans
• Must be available to help in the training with new volunteers by sharing teaching experiences with them
• Adhere to all agency policies and procedures

Qualifications:
• 21 years of age or older
• Experience in working with adolescents
• Successful completion of the training program

Training and Supervision:
Volunteers will be supervised and trained by professional staff of Jewish Family Service of New Orleans.

For more information or to register for the training, please contact TLC Coordinator Ellie Wainer by phone at (504) 831-8475 or by email at ellie@jfsneworleans.org.

Teen Life Counts, a school-based suicide awareness and intervention program, was established by Jewish Family Service in 1984.  It is designed for use in upper schools and can be adapted for middle school use.  The impetus for the program came from the belief that youth suicide can be prevented through educational programs aimed at developing awareness of risk factors and resources for help.

We are looking for kind, compassionate and patient individuals with good communication skills and an open heart who are retired or semi retired and who would like to make a new friend. Time commitment is one year, visiting your friend in their home every other week and calling your friend every other week.

Our mission is to help create relationships in order to have every individual feel alive, to give and receive wisdom, enjoyment and companionship, and to feel value through each stage of his or her life.

April 15 signals the launch of a revolutionary new technology from Philips Lifeline that offers subscribers an added layer of protection. Lifeline with AutoAlert is a medical alert service which incorporates advanced technology into a new pendant-style Help Button that can automatically place a call for help when a fall is detected—even when the subscriber can’t or won’t push the button.

After working with scientists and engineers from NASA for over 3 years.  Philips Lifeline has developed this new technology that uses multiple sensors to measure the velocity of a fall.  Because a fall can be detected within minutes–even if a button is not pressed–AutoAlert offers increased protection for people with a history of stroke, heart disease, dementia, and Alzheimer’s.

For brochures or more information, please call Marilyn Kline, Lifeline Program Manager, at (504) 831-8475 or email: marilyn@jfsneworleans.org.

Co-Leaders: Carol Miles, LCSW & Kimberley Christensen, LCSW

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training has proven effective for a range of problems, including Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is effective particularly for those struggling with overwhelming emotions or difficulty managing distress.  This group will focus on four key areas for creating lasting life changes:

• Emotional Regulation
• Distress Tolerance
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Mindfulness

The weekly 90 minute group sessions will offer step-by-step exercises for learning these concepts and putting them in place for real and lasting change.  By participating in a skills-oriented group, group members benefit from a structured, positive peer experience geared towards learning and finding solutions to ongoing life stressors.

Length of group: 14 weekly sessions

Beginning Date:  Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Meeting Time:  Tuesdays, 10-11:30am

Location:  1426 Amelia St, New Orleans, 70115

Cost:  $1050 total (to be paid on or before the first meeting); sliding fee scale available.

**All group members must be in individual therapy (with the therapist of their choice) and must commit to attending and paying for all group sessions.

For more information or to make a referral, please call Kimberley Christensen at Jewish Family Service (504) 831-8475.