Anxiety in Preschool Children: Identifying and supporting anxious young learners, by Dr. Sarah Taylor Vanover

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Latinx Parenting – Fostering and Elevating the Strengths of our Latinx Children

Episode 5: Latinx Parenting – Fostering and Elevating the Strengths of our Latinx Children

Monday, November 27, 2023, 3 – 4:30 PM ET / 12 – 1:30 PM PT

How do multilingualism/biculturalism, familismo, personalismo, and respeto, help develop and foster strong cultural identities for our children? How do we create pathways that build on the strengths of our children and families?

Join us as we create a Latinx parent community of mutual learning and support.

Latinx Parenting – Supporting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Episode 4: Latinx Parenting – Supporting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Monday, November 13, 2023, 3 – 4:30 PM ET / 12 – 1:30 PM PT

What does mental health mean for our Latinx babies and young children? What does it look like, and what makes it happen? How do we create safe and nurturing spaces in our families to support social and emotional well-being and children’s mental health? How might the COVID-19 pandemic, other community-wide events, and our children’s cultural identities come together to impact our children’s emotional health?

Join us as we create a Latinx parent community of mutual learning and support.

Latinx Parenting – Learning from Our Latinx Fathers

Episode 3: Latinx Parenting – Learning from Our Latinx Fathers

Monday, October 30, 2023, 3 – 4:30 PM ET / 12 – 1:30 PM PT

How do Latinx fathers navigate gender norms, biases, and cultural beliefs as they parent their children? What is it like for Latinx fathers to raise children in the U.S.? We’ll listen to Latinx fathers to find out! Join us as we create a Latinx parent community of mutual learning and support.

Autism Society Drive Thru Fall Event- West Des Moines

Join us on October 22 for a Drive Thru Fall Event in the Valley Community Center Parking Lot in West Des Moines. Designed for those with Autism and other special needs to enjoy from the safety of their vehicles! Free entry to drive thru! Goody bags will be passed out to the first 100 registered participants.

https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ek0a36s81fe62f87&oseq=&c=&ch=

Dia De Los Muertos

Capital Park Neighbors – Dia De Los Muertos: Sunday October 29, 2023 3PM-6PM – Burke Park, 601 E. University Ave.

http://www.polkdecat.com/2023%20DDLM%20Flyer.pdf

Beyond Birth: Baby’s First Year

Blank Children’s Hospital’s Advocacy & Outreach is excited to bring back Beyond Birth: Baby’s First Year, a free postpartum support group in partnership with the Des Moines Public Library.

2023 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! Summit

Learn from experts from across the state implementing 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! in schools, early care, out-of-school programs, health care clinics and communities. Sessions focus on how to adopt strategies that support the healthy choice as the easy choice and create policy, system and environmental changes within all sectors.

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