Riley Child Development Center will host a special Child’s Play workshop on Friday, Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for families of children with disabilities, professionals who work with them, and students. The workshop, “Partnering with Families: Keys to Success,” will be presented at the Riley Hospital for Children Conference Center Rooms A-B, 702 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis.
The morning will focus on family-professional relationships, and the afternoon will focus on issues of grief and denial in the family experience. Riley Child Development center Family Leadership Coordinator Rylin Rodgers and Beth DeHoff, family trainee at the center, will present, helping participants:
- Understand how family dynamics and issues interact with the development of successful family/professional partnerships
- Contemplate characteristics of positive relationships between professionals and families
- Enhance understanding of parent/family issues through personal reflection and group discussion
- Explore the issues of grief and denial
To register for this Child’s Play workshop, visit http://pediatrics.iupui.edu/body.cfm?id=1131 . Complete course and presenter information is available at http://pediatrics.iupui.edu/body.cfm?id=1124 . For additional information, call the Riley Child Development Center at 317-944-8167, or email Rylin Rodgers at ryrodger@iupui.edu .