Somersworth Family Morning Out
2020-01-10 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-01-17 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-01-24 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-01-31 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-02-07 09:00 - 11:00, 2020-02-14 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-02-21 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-02-28 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Goodwin Community Health, 311 Route 108, Somersworth, NH, 03878, United States
Held each Friday morning at Goodwin Community Health on the second floor, this group is for children ages birth to six, with their parents or other caregivers. Children explore age-appropriate crafts and other activities, have positive play with peers and adults, and enjoy songs, snacks and story time. Facilitated by Kristin and Johanna.
Advance signup not needed

Learn more:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/somersworth-family-morning-out-2/all/

Contact:
603-422-8209

Resilience Film Screening
2020-01-10 10:00 - 12:00 | YMCA Strafford County, 35 Industrial Way, , NH, Rochester, NH, NH, 03867
RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE

EVENT DATE AND LOCATION:
Friday, January 10
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
at the YMCA of Strafford County
35 Industrial Way, Rochester, NH

CREATING TRAUMA INFORMED COMMUNITIES

The YMCA will be hosting two events where presenter, Jeanine K. Fitzgerald, will show the critically acclaimed documentary Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope. After watching the film, we will discuss how ACEs effects children and how we can help our community.

For questions contact Katie Soule, Early Learning Center Director at 603.994.4113 or ksoule@graniteymca.org

MEET OUR PRESENTER JEANINE K. FITZGERALD
Jeanine draws on more than 35 years of professional experience to empower teachers and parents to achieve more with children “at risk.” With experience as a certified teacher, mental health professional and mother of three children, she understands the promise of every child, as well as the diversity of their needs.
For more information, visit her website at:
www.jeaninekfitzgerald.com

Relative Caregiver Recharge
2020-01-13 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-02-10 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-03-09 09:30 - 11:00 | Goodwin Community Health, 311 Route 108, Somersworth, NH, 03878, United States
Are you a grandparent or a relative caring for children? If so, you are not alone. It is estimated that more than 13,000 grandparents in NH are raising grandchildren, and many feel they have no one to turn to for day to day support or helpful information. This monthly group (2nd Monday of each month) will provide a friendly, informal opportunity for relative caregivers and grandparents to connect and support one another and to learn more about available resources. Bring your successes, challenges, questions and ideas to share with the group! This group is open to all relative caregivers and grandparents, snacks and beverages are provided, and free child care is available with advance sign-up. To learn more, call Patrice at (603) 422-8209.
Learn more / Sign up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/relative-caregiver-recharge-2/all/

Emergency Cold Weather Warming Center
2020-01-20 18:00 - 2020-01-21 08:00 | St. Johns Methodist Church, 28 Cataract Ave, Dover, 03820, United States
Monday: 1/20 @ St. Johns Methodist Church in Dover 6p-8a

Emergency Warming Center - St. Georges Church in Dover
2020-01-21 18:00 - 2020-01-22 08:00 | St. Georges Church, 15 Chapel St, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Tuesday: 1/21 @ St. Georges Church in Dover 6p-8a

Cold Weather Warming Center
2020-01-22 18:00 - 2020-01-23 08:00 | St. Georges Church, 15 Chapel St, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Wednesday: 1/22 @ St. Georges Church in Dover 6p-8a

Keeping Our Kids Safe: Personal Body Safety
2020-02-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Learn how to talk to your child about personal body safety in a non-alarming, everyday way. We will discuss the facts about child sexual abuse, what situations put your child at risk, and how to strengthen your child’s awareness of boundaries and safety rules. With Erika Skoglund, Violence Prevention Educator from Haven.
Learn more & Sign Up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/teaching-personal-body-safety-2/

Keeping Our Kids Safe: Talking About Tough Topics
2020-02-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
We want to speak honestly with our kids, but how much information is too much? How do you answer kids’ tough questions and help them feel safe and secure? Kids have access to so much information about problems in the world like climate change, drug addiction, school shootings and bullying. This session will focus on how parents can help filter and shape perspective in their conversations with their children. With psychologist Laura Rubin, PhD.
Learn more and sign up here:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/talking-about-tough-topics/

Keeping Our Kids Safe: Protect Your Children Online
2020-02-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Learn about the dangers children face in their online lives, the risks of various technology platforms and social media, steps you can take to educate your kids and promote healthy online behaviors and how to be on the lookout for warning signs of inappropriate Internet use and take responsibility your children’s online safety. With Lt. John Peracchi of the Portsmouth Police Department and the NH Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Learn more and sign up here:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/protect-your-children-online/

Tre Maison Dasan - Film Screening and Panel
2020-02-21 16:30 - 19:30 | rochester community center, 150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, new hampshire, 03867
Tre Maison Dasan is an intimate portrait of three boys growing up, each with a parent in prison. Directly told through the child’s perspective, the film is an exploration of relationships, separation, masculinity, and coming of age in America when a parent is behind bars.
Free childcare and refreshments provided.
Contact SCPHN@GoodwinCH.org for more information
Friday
February 21
4:30-7:30pm
@ The Rochester Community Center
150 Wakefield Street Rochester, NH 03867
community center

Family Fun Night
2020-03-02 17:30 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Monday is Family Fun Night! Enjoy a family-style dinner and family-friendly activities, without the stress of making it happen at home! A fun, relaxing evening out for families with children from infants through teens. Join us on the first Monday of every month. Free! Please sign up in advance.
Sign Up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/family-fun-night/all/

4 Steps to Better Communication
2020-03-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Keeping the parent-child relationship strong can be complicated during the tricky tween/teen years when our kids are doing exciting new things, but also pushing boundaries and making impulsive decsions. This session will focus on effective tools for communicating with your tween or teen about risky behaviors without either of you losing your cool. With Parkie Boley
Learn more and sign up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/communicating-without-arguing-or-attitude/

Communicating Without Arguing
2020-03-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Keeping the parent-child relationship strong can be complicated during the tricky tween/teen years when our kids are doing exciting new things, but also pushing boundaries and making impulsive decisions. This session will focus on effective tools for communicating with your tween or teen about risky behaviors without either of you losing your cool. With Parkie Boley
Learn more and sign up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/communicating-without-arguing-or-attitude/

Coronavirus Business Information Session
2020-03-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Somersworth Middle School, 7 Memorial Dr, Somersworth, NH, 03878, United States
Strafford County Public Health, in conjunction with the Dover, Falls, and Rochester Chambers of Commerce, will host an information session about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on Tuesday, March 10 at 6 p.m. at the Somersworth Middle School. All local businesses are invited to attend. The session will provide factual information about the virus and what it could mean for business, as well as best business practices in the interest of public health. Light refreshments will be provided by Stewart’s Ambulance.
Please RSVP here:
dovernh.org/covid

Relative Caregiver Recharge
2020-03-16 09:30 - 11:00 | Goodwin Community Health, 311 Route 108, Somersworth, NH, 03878, United States
Are you a grandparent or a relative caring for children? If so, you are not alone. It is estimated that more than 13,000 grandparents in NH are raising grandchildren, and many feel they have no one to turn to for day to day support or helpful information. This monthly group (2nd Monday of each month) will provide a friendly, informal opportunity for relative caregivers and grandparents to connect and support one another and to learn more about available resources. Bring your successes, challenges, questions and ideas to share with the group! This group is open to all relative caregivers and grandparents, snacks and beverages are provided, and free child care is available with advance sign-up. To learn more, call Patrice at (603) 422-8209.
Sign up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/relative-caregiver-recharge-2/all/?tribe_paged=1&tribe_event_display=all

Being Your Child's Emotional Coach
2020-03-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Strong emotions can confuse and overwhelm our children, and result in inappropriate behavors, relationship problems and difficulties in school. One of the most important roles of parenting is to be an “emotion coach” and help kids manage their feelings. This two part series will include tools and activites to help kids understand their emotions and triggers, use calming tools, practice thinking strategies and make positive choices.
Sign up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/small-kids-big-feelings-part-1/

Focus on Food Insecurity in the Granite State
2020-03-19 13:00 - 14:30 | NH, United States
Please view NH Public Health Association’s Live Webinar: Focus on Food Insecurity in the Granite State
The link to the webinar can be found here: https://zoom.us/j/199578565
Due to the recommendations surrounding mitigating the risk of COVID19 and as leaders in public health, SCPHN has cancelled this event and will look to reschedule when it has been deemed safe to do so. We encourage you to view this webinar on your own and join our community discussion when it is rescheduled.
Enjoy a free lunch and join in a discussion with local partners about the impact of & plans to address food insecurity in Strafford County, NH.
Thursday, March 19th
from 12:30-3pm
at Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Contact Strafford County Public Health Network at SCPHN@GoodwinCH.org
SCPHN.org

Smart but Scattered with Dr. Peg Dawson
2020-03-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Families First Health and Support Center, 100 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
“Many youngsters who are considered ‘underachievers’ have a constellation of challenges that fall under the category of executive skills,” says Dr. Peg Dawson, co-author of the books Smart but Scattered and Smart but Scattered Teens.
As Dr. Dawson explains, “Executive skills refer to the processes required to plan and organize activities, start and finish tasks, sustain attention, control impulses, and persist to achieve goals.”
Are these processes hard for your child? If so, join us in March when Dr. Dawson, a psychologist specializing in children with learning and attention disorders, will be at Families First.
Come learn how executive skills develop throughout the first two decades of life and how to help your children and teens acquire the critical skills needed to be successful in school and in life.
Tuesday, March 24 @ 6 pm
Families First in Portsmouth
Free! Free child care with advance signup!
Sign up:
https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/event/smart-but-scattered/

Strafford County All-Partner Networking Meeting: Unpacking Community Priorities
2020-03-27 08:30 - 13:30 | Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, 789 Central Ave, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Friday March 27, 2020 8:30am – 1:30pm
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Garrison Wing Auditoriums

At this meeting we will provide an interactive review of the current needs that exist within our communities and SCPHN’s next steps in our Community Health Improvement Planning process! Your participation and feedback in this process is vital as we plan for the future.
We are excited to announce that will be providing a full breakfast buffet in the morning along with a moving presentation from Gail Gettens from the NH Division of Public Health Services.

Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LGK8L7G

If you have questions, please contact Ashley Desrochers at adesrochers@goodwinch.org.

We look forward to seeing you there!

CANCELLED - Public Health Legislative Breakfast
2020-04-03 07:30 - 09:30 | NH, United States
As leaders in public health, SCPHN is taking all recommendations and precautions to mitigate risks surrounding COVID-19 and has made the decision to cancel this event.
Please contact the Public Health network with any questions at:
SCPHN@GOODWINCH.ORG | 603-994-6357 | SCPHN.ORG
Join us to hear about the impact that your investment in prevention, treatment, and recovery has made and how further support can continue to improve our communities.

Friday, April 3
7:30am – 9:30am
at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s Garrison Wing Auditorium

2020-08-20 08:00 - 17:00 | NH
Sign Up for Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Group (online)
Held each Tuesday morning, Mother-to-Mother Connections offers support to mothers during their baby’s first year, when postpartum depression and anxiety are common. Come be with other mothers who know what it’s like! With Susan Remillard, PCD (DONA), CLC, who is trained in birth and postpartum care. Please email Susan to for more info or to sign up for this group.
