Exhibits --- Child Care (free) --- Workshops --- Information --- Food and Fun

In an effort to help prepare and encourage parents for the incredibly challenging task of parenting, the Simcoe County Children's Aid Society and the Barrie Huronia Rotary Club have once again joined together to present the 6th annual Barrie Parenting Fair.

All members of the community are invited to attend a day of education and entertainment. Parents will have the opportunity to meet and hear people who are committed to serving children and their families. There will be 15 workshops and more than 25 exhibitors displaying products and services that can help enrich the lives of our families.

Staff from the Barrie YMCA will be on site to provide quality child care to toilet-trained children.

Pre-registration is required. The fee for the day is $20. Registration forms are available at any Children's Aid Society Office in Simcoe County. Payment can be made by cash or cheque.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

• TAO of Parenting - Barbara Coloroso - Author: Our children need our time, our affection and our sense of optimism. This session will cover ways to help our children become more compassionate, responsible, resourceful, resilient human beings.

• The Sandwich Generation: The challenge of caring for our children and our parents - Dr. Peter Marshall - Psychologist

• Discipline: Doing What Works - Roberta Beecroft - Individual and Family Counsellor

• Attention Deficit Disorder & Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Dr. Umesh Jain - Head of Adult and Adolescent ADHD Program, Director of Children's Medications Clinic, University of Toronto

• Sound Readers - Martha Petrie - Teacher, Creater of Sound Readers

• Kids and Internet Safety - Constable George Cabral - Barrie City Police Service, Schools Unit

• Raising Resilient Children - Mary Lou Kneeshaw - M. Ed. BSW Cert. SW. BA.

• Kids and Anger - N. Zoe Hilton - Ph. D., Research Psychologist, Mental Health Centre, Penetanguishene

• Planning for your Child's Future - Mark Herbst - Financial Planer, Investors Group; James McIntosh and Lorene McDougall - Burgar Rowe, LLP Law Firm

• How to talk to your Kids about Sex - Sue Johanson - RN, Author, Broadcaster

• Building Self Esteem Through Sport - David Carmichael - Sport Development Consultant, Creator of "Sportability and Skills 'n Thrills."

• Violence in Our Schools - Constable George Cabral, Barrie Police Services - Schools Unit

• Let's Talk about Communication in Babies, Toddlers, and Pre-Schoolers - Chris Guest - Speech-Language Pathologist, Simcoe County Pre-school Speech and Language Program

• Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change - Barbara Coloroso - Author

• Surviving Stepfamilies With a Fairy Godmother - Dr. Peter Marshal - Psychologist