It Takes a Village, a local non-profit organization located in Cummington, MA, is hosting a special workshop with author and positive discipline educator Scott Noyes. The talk on Thursday, October 3 at Gateway Regional Middle School, “Helping Children Resolve Conflict and Manage Anger,” will focus on the valuable lifelong lessons learned from childhood disputes, helping children learn to disagree, and resolving conflict through mediation, triads, and supportive intervention. This workshop is presented along with the Gateway Regional Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) and the Hilltown Community Health Centers.

Scott Noyes is the owner of “Empowering Programs,” which organizes workshops, classes, consultations, and mentoring for parents and teachers. Scott has been professionally working, playing, writing and talking about children for thirty years, and his book “Positive Discipline – That Works!” is in its fourth publishing. His newest reader, “This Child is Driving Us Crazy – What Should We Do?” helps adults develop an effective behavior plan for children with feisty behaviors.

“Helping Children Resolve Conflict and Manage Anger” is part of It Takes a Village’s Parent Support and Education Program, sponsored by The United Way of Hampshire County, and is also funded in part through the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care through the Hilltown Community Health Centers.

The workshop is free and open to the public, and food and free childcare will be provided. Parents with children of all ages are encouraged to join in the discussion. Thursday, October 3, 6 pm—8 pm, Gateway Regional Middle School, 12 Littleville Rd, Huntington. Please RSVP to Karen Malinowski at [email protected], and visit www.hilltownvillage.org for more information.