Consolidated Agencies of Human Services (CAHS) 924 5th Street Hawthorne, NV 89415
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Breast Cancer Awareness 2016
DVAM2016 Go Purple
Purple symbolizes courage, persistence, honor and commitment to ending
Domestic Violence. We have distributed purple(some look pink or orange)
lights to various businesses and organizations throughout Hawthorne for
the month of October. We do this every year to bring awareness to
Domestic Violence. We will have "Go Purple Day" this Friday, October
21st. We ask that you all wear purple to show your support in bringing
awareness and helping to end Domestic Violence. Thank you all for your
support!
CAHS is a Domestic Violence agency. If you need help please call us @945-2471.
CAHS is a Domestic Violence agency. If you need help please call us @945-2471.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Stopbullying.gov
Stopbullying.gov gives some great tips and advice about bullying
" How to Talk About Bullying
Parents, school staff, and other caring adults have a role to play in preventing bullying. They can:
" How to Talk About Bullying
Parents, school staff, and other caring adults have a role to play in preventing bullying. They can:
Help kids understand bullying. Talk about what bullying is and how
to stand up to it safely. Tell kids bullying is unacceptable. Make sure
kids know how to get help.
Keep the lines of communication open. Check in with kids often. Listen to them. Know their friends, ask about school, and understand their concerns.
Encourage kids to do what they love. Special activities, interests, and hobbies can boost confidence, help kids make friends, and protect them from bullying behavior.
Model how to treat others with kindness and respect.
Help Kids Understand Bullying
Kids who know what bullying is can better identify it. They can talk about bullying if it happens to them or others. Kids need to know ways to safely stand up to bullying and how to get help.
Encourage kids to speak to a trusted adult if they are bullied or see others being bullied. The adult can give comfort, support, and advice, even if they can’t solve the problem directly. Encourage the child to report bullying if it happens.
Talk about how to stand up to kids who bully. Give tips, like using humor and saying “stop” directly and confidently. Talk about what to do if those actions don’t work, like walking away
Talk about strategies for staying safe, such as staying near adults or groups of other kids.
Urge them to help kids who are bullied by showing kindness or getting help.
Keep the Lines of Communication Open
Research tells us that children really do look to parents and caregivers for advice and help on tough decisions. Sometimes spending 15 minutes a day talking can reassure kids that they can talk to their parents if they have a problem. Start conversations about daily life and feelings with questions like these:
Keep the lines of communication open. Check in with kids often. Listen to them. Know their friends, ask about school, and understand their concerns.
Encourage kids to do what they love. Special activities, interests, and hobbies can boost confidence, help kids make friends, and protect them from bullying behavior.
Model how to treat others with kindness and respect.
Help Kids Understand Bullying
Kids who know what bullying is can better identify it. They can talk about bullying if it happens to them or others. Kids need to know ways to safely stand up to bullying and how to get help.
Encourage kids to speak to a trusted adult if they are bullied or see others being bullied. The adult can give comfort, support, and advice, even if they can’t solve the problem directly. Encourage the child to report bullying if it happens.
Talk about how to stand up to kids who bully. Give tips, like using humor and saying “stop” directly and confidently. Talk about what to do if those actions don’t work, like walking away
Talk about strategies for staying safe, such as staying near adults or groups of other kids.
Urge them to help kids who are bullied by showing kindness or getting help.
Keep the Lines of Communication Open
Research tells us that children really do look to parents and caregivers for advice and help on tough decisions. Sometimes spending 15 minutes a day talking can reassure kids that they can talk to their parents if they have a problem. Start conversations about daily life and feelings with questions like these:
What was one good thing that happened today? Any bad things?
What is lunch time like at your school? Who do you sit with? What do you talk about?
What is it like to ride the school bus?
What are you good at? What would do you like best about yourself?
Talking about bullying directly is an important step in understanding how the issue might be affecting kids. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions, but it is important to encourage kids to answer them honestly. Assure kids that they are not alone in addressing any problems that arise. Start conversations about bullying with questions like these:
What does “bullying” mean to you?
Describe what kids who bully are like. Why do you think people bully?
Who are the adults you trust most when it comes to things like bullying?
Have you ever felt scared to go to school because you were afraid of bullying? What ways have you tried to change it?
What do you think parents can do to help stop bullying?
Have you or your friends left other kids out on purpose? Do you think that was bullying? Why or why not?
What do you usually do when you see bullying going on?
Do you ever see kids at your school being bullied by other kids? How does it make you feel?
Have you ever tried to help someone who is being bullied? What happened? What would you do if it happens again?
Get more ideas for talking with children about life and about bullying. If concerns come up, be sure to respond.
There are simple ways that parents and caregivers can keep up-to-date with kids’ lives.
Read class newsletters and school flyers. Talk about them at home.
Check the school website
Go to school events
Greet the bus driver
Meet teachers and counselors at “Back to School” night or reach out by email
Share phone numbers with other kids’ parents."
What is lunch time like at your school? Who do you sit with? What do you talk about?
What is it like to ride the school bus?
What are you good at? What would do you like best about yourself?
Talking about bullying directly is an important step in understanding how the issue might be affecting kids. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions, but it is important to encourage kids to answer them honestly. Assure kids that they are not alone in addressing any problems that arise. Start conversations about bullying with questions like these:
What does “bullying” mean to you?
Describe what kids who bully are like. Why do you think people bully?
Who are the adults you trust most when it comes to things like bullying?
Have you ever felt scared to go to school because you were afraid of bullying? What ways have you tried to change it?
What do you think parents can do to help stop bullying?
Have you or your friends left other kids out on purpose? Do you think that was bullying? Why or why not?
What do you usually do when you see bullying going on?
Do you ever see kids at your school being bullied by other kids? How does it make you feel?
Have you ever tried to help someone who is being bullied? What happened? What would you do if it happens again?
Get more ideas for talking with children about life and about bullying. If concerns come up, be sure to respond.
There are simple ways that parents and caregivers can keep up-to-date with kids’ lives.
Read class newsletters and school flyers. Talk about them at home.
Check the school website
Go to school events
Greet the bus driver
Meet teachers and counselors at “Back to School” night or reach out by email
Share phone numbers with other kids’ parents."
Bullying Prevention Month
Bullying Prevention Month
Be aware of the different types of bullying.
Be aware of the different types of bullying.
What is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology.
Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell
phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including
social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.
Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.
Why Cyberbullying is Different?
Kids who are being cyberbullied are often bullied in person as well. Additionally, kids who are cyberbullied have a harder time getting away from the behavior.
Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night.
Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source.
Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent.
Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.
Why Cyberbullying is Different?
Kids who are being cyberbullied are often bullied in person as well. Additionally, kids who are cyberbullied have a harder time getting away from the behavior.
Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night.
Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source.
Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent.
Feed the Need Campaign
Please help support your local CAHS Food Pantry! Purchase a prepacked $10 "Feed the Need" bag from Safeway! 
The "Feed the Need Campaign" runs from October 5th through December 27th. When you visit your local Hawthorne Safeway grocery store you will have the option to purchase a $10 pre-loaded bag that will be donated to the CAHS Office. These bags will be filled with: Skippy Peanut Butter, Safeway Kitchens Pasta Spaghetti, SK Chicken Breast White Premium Chicken, SK green Beans Cut, Value Corner Chicken noodle Soup, VC Traditional Pasta Sauce, SK Corn Whole Kernel, and VC Tomato Soup. Thank you for your support!
The "Feed the Need Campaign" runs from October 5th through December 27th. When you visit your local Hawthorne Safeway grocery store you will have the option to purchase a $10 pre-loaded bag that will be donated to the CAHS Office. These bags will be filled with: Skippy Peanut Butter, Safeway Kitchens Pasta Spaghetti, SK Chicken Breast White Premium Chicken, SK green Beans Cut, Value Corner Chicken noodle Soup, VC Traditional Pasta Sauce, SK Corn Whole Kernel, and VC Tomato Soup. Thank you for your support!
Friday, October 7, 2016
Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2016 "Go Purple"
What is Domestic Violence #DVAM
Domestic violence generally is defined as a violent crime committed in
the context of an intimate relationship. However, domestic violence is
no longer just a family matter. It is a crime involving the use of
power, coercion and violence to control another. This crime is
recognized by state law and prosecutable by law enforcement.
Domestic violence is different from other random crimes because a perpetrator and victim are not strangers. Instead
they are intimate partners, family members or parents of common
children. This relationship, therefore, binds a victim to his or her
perpetrator. For example, the victim may rely on the perpetrator for
economic support or child support. Ongoing domestic violence is
characterized by a pattern of escalating abuse in which one partner in
the relationship controls the other through force, deprivation and/or
the threat of deprivation or violence.
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