Our Lady of Peace to Host Free Seminar on Managing Difficult Behaviors for Parents in Oldham County - Archived

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Our Lady of Peace to Host Free Seminar on Managing Difficult Behaviors for Parents in Oldham County

Louisville, Ky. (October 15, 2013) —The Kosair Charities Children’s Peace Center at Our Lady of Peace, part of KentuckyOne Health, will host a free seminar for parents in Oldham County on managing difficult childhood behaviors as part of the Peace for Parents series.

Michael O’Brien, intervention specialty and behavior analyst graduate student and Celese McGinnis, behavior analyst practicum student will co-host a seminar on managing difficult childhood behaviors at home and school. The seminar will take place November 14 at 6 p.m. in the Library Media Center at LaGrange Elementary, located at 500 W. Jefferson St. in LaGrange.

Peace for Parents is open to parents, teachers, counselors and other concerned individuals that would like to learn more about how to face challenging issues with children and adolescents.

“Parents face a variety of challenges throughout the life of their child, and societal pressures are greater than ever before,” said Jennifer Nolan, president, Our Lady of Peace. “This Peace for Parents program aims to provide tools and information to educate parents on how to best manage difficult behaviors.”

Interested individuals are encouraged to register in advance. Registration is free and can be done by calling Lisa Prewitt at 502.432.2011 or email at [email protected]

About Our Lady of Peace

Our Lady of Peace, a part of KentuckyOne Health, is a private, not-for-profit psychiatric hospital in Louisville, Ky.  The hospital was originally founded in 1951 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and is currently operating 261 beds, one of the largest in the nation. The Kosair Charities Children’s Peace Center at Our Lady of Peace is the largest and most comprehensive private provider of child/adolescent inpatient psychiatric care in the country.  Our Lady of Peace operates a full continuum of psychiatric services for patients from young children to seniors.  There are specialty programs for children and adolescents who have complex treatment needs, such as intellectual or developmental disabilities; forensic issues; and/or co-occurring substance abuse.  Patients come to Peace from all over Kentucky and the surrounding region, visit www.kentuckyonehealth.org/OurLadyOfPeace.

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