Medway & Millis November 2018
Medway & Millis November 2018
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Page 14 <strong>Medway</strong> & <strong>Millis</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com <strong>November</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>Medway</strong> Police, Schools Attend<br />
D.A. Morrissey’s Collaborative<br />
Problem Solving Seminar<br />
Nationally acclaimed speaker<br />
and author Dr. J. Stuart Ablon,<br />
a Psychologist at Massachusetts<br />
General Hospital, was the guest<br />
of Norfolk District Attorney Michael<br />
W. Morrissey at an all-day<br />
training modeled after Ablon’s<br />
“’Think: Kids’ Collaborative<br />
Problem Solving,” to help school<br />
districts deal with and find durable<br />
solutions to the most challenging<br />
and disruptive behaviors.<br />
More than 110 educators,<br />
school nurses, psychologists and<br />
adjustment counselors – including<br />
40 school resource officers<br />
– took part in the September 20<br />
event, including <strong>Medway</strong> Director<br />
of Wellness Ryan Sherman,<br />
teacher Ellen Wettengel, Middle<br />
School Psychologist Sarah<br />
Lind and Police Officer Lauren<br />
Swarthout.<br />
“Dr. Ablon’s methods are simple,<br />
but not easy. They start from<br />
the premise, rooted in research,<br />
that most kids ‘do well if they<br />
can’,” Morrissey said. “When<br />
they act out in school, the adults<br />
around them can be trained to<br />
work with them to identify, then<br />
teach the skills they need to succeed.”<br />
The “Think: Kids” method is<br />
the opposite of permissiveness,<br />
but also avoids ineffective punishment<br />
models, Morrissey said.<br />
Instead, educators and school<br />
resource officers are trained in<br />
Collaborative Problem Solving<br />
– meaning the students are strategically<br />
engaged in coming up<br />
with resolutions to the conflict. In<br />
doing so, they improve skills that<br />
will prevent the problem from<br />
recurring.<br />
The research shows that collaborative<br />
problem solving creates<br />
more durable solutions to<br />
problematic behavior than either<br />
permissiveness or punitive action,<br />
and the District Attorney<br />
also sees benefits for the students<br />
as they age into adulthood.<br />
“Helping students overcome<br />
The <strong>Millis</strong> Lions and Leos<br />
join together to say THANK YOU to our Veterans<br />
On Veteran’s Day <strong>2018</strong><br />
<strong>Millis</strong> will honor our Veterans with a<br />
"Field of Flags"<br />
displayed in front of Town Hall.<br />
All monies raised will benefit<br />
Fisher House Boston<br />
Please join us in thanking all Veterans by buying a Flag(s)<br />
Flags: $10 each<br />
Fisher House is a home away from home where our military families can stay while a loved one is<br />
receiving in house treatment at one of our medical centers. Any veteran or active military personnel,<br />
wartime or peacetime, is eligible to stay at the Fisher House. These homes are built on the grounds<br />
of major military and VA medical centers. The homes enable family members to be close to loved<br />
ones at the most stressful times. There is at least one Fisher House at every major military medical<br />
center to assist families in need and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a<br />
supportive environment. There is NO Charge for any military family to stay at a Fisher House.<br />
Fisher House Boston was the 46 th Fisher House to be built in the United States. They recognize not<br />
only the special sacrifices made by our men and women who serve in uniform, but also their loved<br />
ones. The <strong>Millis</strong> Lions and Leos are proud to support Fisher House Boston and hope to display<br />
1,000 flags in front of Town Hall to honor all Veterans. Please help support these men and women<br />
who have sacrificed so much by buying a flag(s) in honor of or in memory of, a Veteran.<br />
poor impulse control, inability to<br />
Fisher House is a Four Star Charity, with an A+ rating.<br />
manage irritability or disappoint-<br />
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Send attached form and payment to:<br />
<strong>Millis</strong> Lions - PO Box 247, <strong>Millis</strong> MA 02054<br />
Please return forms and checks by <strong>November</strong> 6, <strong>2018</strong><br />
(note “Flags” on the memo line)<br />
and join us at Town Hall as we honor all Veterans.<br />
ment, or help them learn to manage<br />
conflict – all while still in the<br />
safe environment of a school –<br />
can only help their future,” Morrissey<br />
said. “Spend a morning in<br />
any district courtroom and you<br />
will see petty assaults, property<br />
destruction and other crimes that<br />
arise from the same skill deficits.”<br />
Name & Address: _______________________________________________________________<br />
Number of Flags: _____________________ Amount Enclosed: _________________<br />
The conference was held in * In HONOR or MEMORY of: _________________________________________________<br />
(P (please circle one)<br />
seminar space donated by the<br />
Bank of Canton at its corporate<br />
For more information on Fisher House Boston go to: www.fisherhouseboston.org<br />
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