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This FREE support group offered by the Center for Early Relationship Support® is a twins group, a triplets group – it’s a support group for all parents of multiples up to the age of one.
Come share the unique experiences of parenting twins, triplets, or more, ask questions, gain support, and develop your own community.
When: Tuesdays 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Please note that this group is on hiatus until Fall 2019.
Where: Eliot Church 474 Centre Street, Newton
FREE. Registration is not necessary, walk-ins welcome. For more information, please contact Diane Gardner at dgardner@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-1351.
Offered by the Center for Early Relationship Support®, all parents with a baby (or babies) under the age of one are invited to attend our FREE new parent support groups.
Our new parents groups (formerly known as "new moms groups") provide safe and nurturing spaces for mothers and/or fathers with their babies to give and receive support, ask questions, and begin building a parent community.
Since 1989, our new parents groups and services have been empowering parents to find what works best for them and for their babies. All CERS support groups and services are non-sectarian and open to all parents in the community. Please let us know if you require any accommodations to participate. Registration is not necessary; please come when you can.
(Portuguese and Spanish speaking group) Fridays, 10:30 a.m. - noon This group will not meet on September 20, 2019. St. Anthony's Church 43 Holton Street For more information, call Jacqueline Caceres at 781-693-5022.
Fridays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Calvary United Methodist Church 300 Massachusetts Avenue There are 3 floors in the building. If you use the elevator, push the button for the first floor, not the second. If you are not using the elevator, enter the door facing Linwood Street and proceed straight down the hall and through the double doors. We are in the large room on the right.
Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. This group will not meet on October 1, 2019. Temple Ohabei Shalom 1187 Beacon Street Temple Ohabei Shalom has two entrances (office entrance on Beacon Street and the preschool entrance on Marshall Street). Please enter via the office entrance on Beacon Street. Ring the bell, announce that you are coming to the New Moms group, and you will be buzzed into the building. The group is held in the library.
Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Congregation Eitz Chayim 134-136 Magazine Street
Tuesdays, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. This group will begin on November 5, 2019. Epiphany ELC 230 Centre Street For more information, contact Jen Roberts at 781-434-9544.
Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. This group will not meet on October 9, 2019. Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library - Community Room 30 South Street
Tuesdays, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Medford Family Network (at Medford High School) 489 Winthrop Street Come straight up the driveway toward Medford High School. At the left hand corner of the building is a fenced-in children's play area. The Medford Family Network is right there (the only purple door in the building) with a large round sign with the MFN logo and name. You can park anywhere across the street (one long row of parking spaces). There is a ramp up to the door for strollers, and a doorbell to gain entrance.
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon. This group will not meet on October 9, 2019. Temple Beth Shalom 21 E. Foster Street
Parents of Twins, Triplets, and More: Come share the unique experiences of parenting more than one baby. Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. This group is on hiatus until Fall 2019. Eliot Church 474 Centre Street For more information, please contact Diane Gardner at dgardner@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-1351.
Wednesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. This group will start meeting on September 11, 2019. Chelsea Jewish Lifecare (Tanzer Room) 240 Lynnfield Street
Sharon New Parents Group Fridays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Temple Israel of Sharon 125 Pond Street
Waltham New Parents Group (Portuguese and Spanish speaking group) Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon Temple Beth Israel (Behind Hannaford Supermarket) 25 Harvard Street For more information, call Jacqueline Caceres at 781-693-5022.
For mothers suffering from postpartum depression or anxiety. Tuesdays, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. This group will not meet on October 1, 2019. JF&CS Headquarters 1430 Main Street For more information, please contact Debbie Whitehill at dwhitehill@jfcsboston.org or 781-647-JFCS (5327) x1925.
Fridays, 9:15 - 10:45 a.m. Watertown Family Center Phillips School 30 Common Street
Separation and divorce, custody, visitation, and litigation are stressful for children, putting them at high risk for depression or behavioral issues. Most children, with the help of their parents, will adjust to living in a two-household family.
This five-hour educational program for parents is required by the state of Massachusetts for all divorcing parents with minor children. It is completed by attending two 2½ hour sessions and is conducted by JF&CS clinicians. The focus of the program is on the varied needs of children during the challenging time of disruption and transition that often accompanies divorce.
September 13 & 14 October 11 & 12
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
September 26 & 27 October 24 & 25
646 Salisbury Street, Worcester
Cost: $80 per person
Pre-registration is required. To register, please call 508-755-3101. State regulations prohibit joint attendance by divorcing couples at the same session. Childcare is not provided.
The Center for Early Relationship Support offers this twice-monthly support group for adoptive parents. Come share the unique experiences of parenting a child through adoption. The group is open to parents and babies up to one year old.
Fridays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Second and fourth Fridays of the month First Church in Belmont 404 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
FREE. Registration is not necessary, walk-ins welcome. For more information, contact Adoption Resources at 617-332-2218 or at mkahan@adoptionresources.org.
The JF&CS Center for Early Relationship Support® is offering parents whose babies or young children spent time in the NICU an opportunity to share their experiences, listen to each other, and join in community. Parents will have the chance to hear each other's voices about expectations, loss, surprises, and challenges of the journey of parenting a child born prematurely or under special circumstances. This parent-centered group will be led by a clinician from the JF&CS Oliver, Ian, and Serenity Wolk Fragile Beginnings program.
Who: This evening is intended for parents whose babies and young children had a NICU experience. Babies in arms welcome.
Where: JF&CS Headquarters 1430 Main Street, Waltham
When: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public but registration is required.
To register or for more information, please contact Wendy Hurwitz at whurwitz@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-5623.
This evening is offered by the JF&CS Oliver, Ian and Serenity Wolk Fragile Beginnings program.
Becoming a parent can feel overwhelming. In this program, you will learn and practice essential skills of mindfulness and meditation used for centuries and supported by modern science. These tools will nurture a kindhearted presence for you and your expanding new family.
This six-week mindfulness program will help expectant parents with balancing the mind, body, and heart before their baby arrives. The program will be led by Lauren E. Rubin, MA. Since 2004, Lauren has volunteered in the Lauren & Mark Rubin Visiting Moms® program and facilitated a weekly drop-in new parent support group. She holds a BA in psychology and an MA in mindfulness studies. Lauren practices Insight/Vipassana meditation and is currently participating in Mindfulness Teacher Training with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: JF&CS Headquarters 1430 Main Street, Waltham, MA
Cost: $150 for the series of six sessions. Registration and payment via check or credit card are required before the first session. As with all CERS services, reduced fees are based on need.
RSVP: To register or for more information, please contact Gabrielle Jacobs at gjacobs@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-5652.
Presented by Don Meyer, Director, Sibling Support Project
Sibshops reflect a belief that our communities need to acknowledge the difficulties faced by brothers and sisters of children with special needs and provide them with the opportunity to connect with each other in the same way that many parents of children with special needs have benefited from sharing their experiences.
Open to interested participants across New England including adult siblings, parents, grandparents, and family members of children/teens as well as professionals, organizational staff who wish to facilitate a Sibshop in their local community, and social workers who work with families that have siblings as part of the family.
A Sibling's Perspective: Interviews with Don Meyer and Seven Young Siblings
If you are interested in your typically developing sibling participating in the demonstration sibshop, coordinated by Don Meyer during the conference, we are looking for children ages 8-13 year old to participate in Friday's Demonstration Workshop. During the Demonstration Sibshop, adult participants will put on their jeans, tee-shirts, and sneakers to join Don Meyer as he conducts a Sibshop for a group of 8-to-13 year old local brothers and sisters. This workshop provides participants with the materials and a first hand account of what they will need to start, plan, and conduct the activities for their own Sibshop group in their community. The Demonstration Sibshop can also be the “kick-off” for an on-going program in the host community. Following the Sibshop, trainees will debrief and finalize plans for creating Sibshops in their own communities. Email Doreen Cummings at dcummings@jfcsboston.org to sign up to participate.
The primary goal of this workshop is to train new Sibshops facilitators and administrators as well as adult siblings, service providers, and parents. During the two days of the Sibshop training, these participants will learn about sibs’ lifelong concerns, find out how to organize a local Sibshop, and experience what a Sibshop is as they join Don and local young brothers and sisters for a four-hour demonstration sibshop. Trainees who would like to become a Sibshops facilitator must attend both days of the Sibshops training. Upon completion of the two-day training, they may (upon registration) start their own local Sibshop.
The secondary goal of this workshop is to educate parents, service providers, and others about sibs’ ever-changing issues across the lifespan. This is an audience interested in sibling issues but not necessarily interested in how to run a Sibshop. This audience attends the first day of the two-day training.
View a typical two-day Sibshops training schedule.
When: Thursday, May 4 and Friday, May 5 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Leventhal-Sidman JCC 333 Nahanton Street, Newton
Cost Day 1 Only: Parents/Students - $110, Professionals - $160 Days 1 & 2: Parents/Students - $160, Professionals - $210
Register
Please contact Doreen Cummings at dcummings@jfcsboston.org with questions.
Offered by Jewish Family & Children's Service in collaboration with the Massachusetts Sibling Support Network and thanks to generous funding from the Ruderman Family Foundation.
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