BE THE PARENT YOU WANT TO BE! A New Way of Understanding and Parenting Kids
Do you ever feel frustrated with your child? Find yourself shouting often and imposing punishments or rewards in reaction to challenging behavior? Do you wish you had a more effective parenting approach that also helps to build a better relationship between you and your child?

Think:Kids Collaborative Problem Solving approach, based in MGH’s Department of Psychiatry, provides parents with concrete tools to better understand and parent their kids in the face of day-to-day challenges – e.g., getting to school, homework, bedtime – and more serious challenges. It’s based on the understanding that many kids lack the skill, not the will, to behave well – specifically skills related to problem solving, flexibility and frustration tolerance.

Parents who attend the training learn to:

• Shift their thinking and approach to foster positive relationships with their child
• Reduce their child’s challenging behavior
• Solve problems collaboratively and proactively
• Help their child develop skills related to self-regulation, communication and problem-solving

For more information and to register for the September or October training in Newton, please visit: http://www.betheparentyouwanttobe.weebly.com

BC Graduate available for tutoring. Degree in Secondary Education/English and now pursuing a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction at BC. Available for homework help, college essay writing, reading/writing practice, etc. Experience working with multiple children at once as well as with children with special needs. Families looking for a reliable, respectful, and qualified tutor for their child(ren) please contact, Lindsay Hogan, at 631-275-3203 or at hoganld1@gmail.com to discuss rates, availability, and locations.

Academic Tutoring
Tutoring sessions for math, science, history, and English. Sessions can be either thirty minutes or one hour and are offered in West Roxbury (easily accessible by bus). Thirty minute sessions are $25 and hour sessions are $40.

Music Lessons
Instrumental and music writing lessons for beginning and intermediate middle school and high school students offered in West Roxbury (easily accessible by bus). Lessons are thirty minutes and are $30.

Specialization for these instruments:
• Flute
• Clarinet
• Alto/Bass Clarinet
• Saxophone
• Trombone
• French Horn (Horn in F)

If  interested, please contact Christopher at ccatalfamo@berklee.edu.

Thank you,
Christopher Catalfamo
Berklee College of Music 2015
Boston Latin School 2010

Bachelor of Music in Composition from Berklee College of Music, Master of Music in Jazz Studies from New England Conservatory with 30+ years of teaching experience. Learn Jazz/Blues/Classical, theory, sightreading. Build a high quality musical foundation with a patient, upbeat, and caring instructor. Beginners especially welcome. Have a positive and successful learning experience.

Please contact Gloria Jasinski at 617-566-9704 or email piano566@comcast.net.

Plugged In is a unique nonprofit youth rock band program in Needham where young musicians of all levels and needs are welcome. Fall session band classes begin the week of September 21st. More information and online registration can be found at www.pluggedinband.org.

Founded in 2002, Plugged In now has over 150 students from all over Massachusetts. Some of the students experience emotional and learning difficulties, such as ADD, depression, and low-self-esteem and/or have special needs such as autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. In the loving and non-competitive atmosphere at Plugged In, all differences are transcended through a shared passion for music, the teamwork involved with using music to help others and an atmosphere of compassion and fun.

In addition to weekly ensemble band classes, private lessons, songwriting workshops, summer camp and community performances, five times a year Plugged In students perform in benefit concerts that raise money for causes and organizations chosen by the students themselves. Plugged In provides a nurturing and supportive community to which young musicians feel a sense of belonging, an opportunity to express and be acknowledged for their musical interests and a chance to use their music to help others around the world.