Notes from Home Summer 2017 | Page 5

Program Spotlight: PASS Most parenting is learned through experience. How parents were treated when they were young is often how they treat their children – that’s not always a good thing. The Parents Acquiring Skills and Strength (PASS) program is now entering its second decade and has helped hundreds of parents. The goal of the program is to prevent child abuse and neglect — educating parents to break the cycle can prevent many such incidents. The program uses the Nurturing Parenting Program curriculum to offer parent education, self-help, and support groups for all families in our community. Class members may include those who may be looking for new parenting skills to deal with the tough job of raising children in a healthy environment; those who are parenting while coping with stresses such as single parenting, leaving domestic violence, divorce, parenting sober for the first time; those who are raising grandchildren or may be at-risk and have some involvement with the Department for Community Based Services (also known as Child Protective Services). Download a referral form on our website, and for more information, call 502.596.1303. Did you know? We have an award-winning swimming class for those with Arthritis in our 92 degree saltwater therapy pool! If you suffer from arthritis and would like to sign up to take part in this class, call 502.596.1141. In April, mural artists Often Seen Rarely Spoken painted a mural for us on the side of Butchertown Market while assisting the community in painting a mural that has been installed on our campus.