Parent-Child Communication

 

 

Parent-Child
Communication

Parents and other
caring family members play a key role in the health education of their
children. Ongoing and open family communication about values, healthy
relationships, decision-making, and sexual development are important elements
to helping children develop into sexually healthy adults.

The NEA Health Information
Network has developed Can We Talk?,
a program for parents and educators to help them address self-esteem,
puberty & sexuality, mixed messages and peer pressure with their late
elementary and middle school aged youth.

Conversamos is now available!

NEA HIN is proud to
announce the much anticipated release of ¿Conversamos?, a Spanish-language
parent-child communication program. ¿Conversamos? is the Spanish-language
adaptation of the National Education Association Health Information Network’s
(NEA HIN) successful parent-child communication program, Can We Talk?
The program is a four-part, interactive workshop series for parents, designed
to help them enhance their role in educating their children about difficult
topics such as puberty & sexuality, peer-pressure, self-esteem and mixed
media messages. Since its release in 1998, thousands of parents in over
50 communities nationwide have participated in the Can We Talk? program.
With ¿Conversamos?, NEA HIN hopes to extend the program’s reach to the
millions of Spanish-speaking parents in the United States. The Conversamos?
package includes the same components as the English version and can be
ordered by calling the number listed below.

To learn more about
the ¿Conversamos? program or how to set up a training in your community,
contact Robert Kaiser at 202/822-7723.
Or check out the Can We Talk? website
for more information.

 

The Can
We Talk? package includes:

• Planning and Training
  Manual
• Family Activity
  Book
• Video with five
  animated short stories
• Tote bag

Contact the NEA
Professional Library online or at 1-800-229-4200 to order. Bulk discounts
available.

To learn more about
Can We Talk? and to find out where trainings and parent workshops are
taking place around the country, contact HIN or visit our new website:
www.canwetalk.org.