It’s been said many times. “If only there was an instruction manual for raising children!”
Family 411 airing on WHJJ every Saturday at 4 pm – is the next best thing. Now parents are able to tune in for an information-packed hour designed to answer their questions and offer support for the most demanding and difficult job in the world.
From everyday issues like discipline, bedtime and curfews, to help for parents of special needs children,
It’s Family 411 to the rescue!
RIPIN MISSION STATEMENT
Founded in 1991, the Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN) is a statewide, 501(c)(3), charitable, nonprofit organization with a collective programmatic reach that extends to every Rhode Island community, the state’s major family-serving systems, schools, associations, and agencies. Our mission is to inform, educate, support and empower all families to be equal partners in advocacy for the education, health, and socioeconomic well being of their children and families; and to achieve family-centered systems changes, which are culturally competent and community based. RIPIN offers eleven programs and services to families with children in RI, including families of children with special needs. We serve more than 65,000 Rhode Islanders each year.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO FAMILY 411!! We had a great time bringing the show to you each week---and we hope to be back again in the future. Until then, feel free to listen to past shows at www.RIPIN.org.
Thank you to our past guests...
1/26
Thank you to Dr. Betty Vohr from Women and Infants' Hospital and Amy Collins from the RI Parent Information Network. For more information, log on to www.RIPIN.org
1/19
Thank you to Melissa Madera, Director of Education at Huntington Learning Center in East Greenwich. www.HuntingtonLearningCenter.com
Thank you to Deb Belanger, Education Advocacy Coordinator at the RI Parent Information Network. www.RIPIN.org
1/12
Thank you to Deb Meiklejohn from the Parents as Teachers program at the RI Parent Information Network. Also, thank you to Dr. Judith Owens, Director of the Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic at Hasbro Children's Hospital.
1/05
Thank you to Dr. Roger Fazio, Pediatrician from Wakefield Pediatrics. Also, thank you to Megan Fisher, Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator from the Providence Childrens' Museum. For more information on their programs, log on to www.childrenmuseum.org
Say Hello to Amy Gray…
Wednesday 03-28-2007 8:40am ET
Host Amy Gray has a background in journalism, television news, marketing and public relations. But today, there are two roles that uniquely qualify her to be your friend and guide on the challenging journey of parenthood.
As the single parent of two young boys, ages 5 and 8, she has first-hand experience to share, having transitioned one of her own sons from Rhode Island’s Early Intervention program to its Special Education program.
“Helping parents navigate the many agencies out there is so rewarding,” says Amy.
“I know how frustrating it can be to find not just help, but exactly the right kind of help. Hosting Family 411 is an exciting opportunity to offer a forum for all parents, whether they have a special needs child or just a five-year-old with temper tantrums.”
Host Amy Gray has a background in journalism, television news, marketing and public relations.
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