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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 />

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

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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