Concord Counseling Updates

Seminars Available for Parents and Educators At West County Psychological Associates 12125 Woodcrest Executive Drive in Creve Coeur Understanding how to help your child become more organized both at home and at school. A Make- it -and -Take -It Workshop! Saturday, February 12 9:00-11:00a.m. $45(includes materials) Presented by Educational Consultants Donna Garcia and Deborah Jordan

If you would like to donate items to our Lindbergh families in lieu of our recent tornado , please take your items to 3915 South Lindbergh, Sunset Hills Community Center. Drop off hours: Monday -Friday 5:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. For families that lost items due to the tornado, please take proof of residency to 12450 West Watson to pick up items for replacement.  Please call ahead of time before going to the pick up location to make sure service can be given,  314-842-7265. Dana and Velina   Tornado Relief Fundraising Update   Thank you to everyone who donated during our online fundraiser last week to benefit tornado victims in the Lindbergh district. The grand total was $1,771.65 -- all of which will be specifically directed to American Red Cross relief efforts in Fenton, Sunset Hills and Crestwood.   Some people have asked me about sending in additional checks from group fundraisers. We will be accepting those checks

http://www.fema.gov/ http://www.redcross.org/ http://www.ready.gov/ . Helping Children Cope with Disaster This booklet offers parents, caregivers, and other adults suggestions on how to help children cope with the effects of disaster, as well as how to be prepared before a disaster strikes. Helping Children Cope with Disaster Children can feel very frightened during a disaster and afterward some children will show temporary changes of behavior. For most children these changes will be mild, not last long, and diminish with time. However, reminders of what happened could cause upsetting feelings to return and behavior changes to emerge again. Watching scenes of the disaster on television can be distressing for children, especially for younger children. Younger children may return to bed-wetting, have difficulty sleeping, and not want to be separated from their caregivers. Older children may show more anger than usual, find concentrating at school harder, and want to spend more time alo