Parents, Teachers, Adults

If you would like a speaker to address your group about healthy friendships, romantic relationships for girls or other critical issues affecting children,

or

If you would like to work with a group of girls on the Ophelia Project Friendship Program,

or

The Affection Connection

Contact

Speaker@gsnc.org


Upcoming Events & Workshops

October 29, 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Leaders, 7-10 PM, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Service Center

October 22, 2008 The Sugar That Bites, Washington Street School, Franklin Square, 7:30-9 PM, hosted by the Washington Street School PTA

October 13, 2008 Write Your Own Love Story, for Girl Scout Cadettes, 9 AM to 2 PM, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Service Center, $10 program fee, pre-registration required

August 25, 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Leaders, 7-10 PM, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Service Center

May 31, 2008 The Affection Connection, a one day workshop at Molloy College.  Open to girls in middle school and high school.  Visit the Affection Connection page for more details.

May 7 and May 8, 2008 RA 101, Covert Aggression in Girls,and Turning People Into Power, Grassroots Organizing for Transformational Change, Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana, Louisville, KY.  Staff and Volunteer development.

April 30, 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case, 7-9 PM and RA Training for Leaders, 9-10 PM LaSalle Regional School.  Open to LaSalle parents and all Girl Scout volunteers.

April 29 , 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Leaders, 7-10 PM, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Service Center

April 9, 2008 Critical Issues Committee meeting. 7-9 PM, GSNC Service Center, 110 Ring Road West, Garden City.  New members are always welcome. Call 516.741.2550 ext. 254 for more details.

March 18, 2008 Mothers and Others: Courage and Confidence in the Face of Social Bullying, 7:30 PM, Floral Park Bellerose Elementary School PTA presentation.

March 13, 2008  Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Leaders, 10 AM- 1PM, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Service Center

March 12, 2008 Critical Issues Committee meeting. 7-9 PM, GSNC Service Center, 110 Ring Road West, Garden City.  New members are always welcome. Call 516.741.2550 ext. 254 for more details.

Feb.13, 2008 Critical Issues Committee meeting. 7-9 PM, GSNC Service Center, 110 Ring Road West, Garden City.  New members are always welcome.

Call 516.741.2550 ext. 254 for more details.

Feb. 9, 2008 Presentation Skills Workshop for potential Critical Issues trainers, presenters, and presentation assistants.  Training includes RA 101: Covert Aggression in Kids, Telling Your Story--Inspiring Others to Take Action, and Mothers and Others:  Courage and Confidence in the Face of Social Bullying.  New volunteers are welcome; sign up under Training.

Feb. 7, 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Leaders, 7-10 PM, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Service Center

Feb. 5, 2008 RA 101, Covert Aggression in Kids, Washington Street School PTA meeting, Franklin Square.  PTA meeting begins at 7 PM, presentation begins at 8 PM

Jan. 30, 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Leaders, 7-10 PM, Village Church of Bayville, Fellowship Hall

Jan. 23, 2008 Critical Issues Committee meeting, 7-9 PM, GSNC Service Center, 110 Ring Road West, Garden City

Jan. 17, 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Leaders, 10 AM-1 PM, Girl Scouts of Nassau County Service Center

Jan. 15, 2008 RA 101:  Covert Aggression in Kids , Floral Park PTA meeting, 7:30 PM, presentation begins at 8 PM

Jan. 10, 2008 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, St. William the Abbot Church, 6:30-9:30 PM, Seaford

Jan. 7-9, 2008 Relational Aggression Confence at Edith Macy Center for Leadership and Organizational Excellence.  Open to Girl Scout volunteers and staff.  Girl Scouts of Nassau County will be presenting several workshops including RA 101, Covert Aggression in Girls

Dec. 12, 2007 Critical Issues Committee meeting, 7-9 PM, Panera Bread, 165 Old Country Road, Carle Place

Dec. 5, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case and Ra Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, Congregational Church of Manhasset, 6:30-9:30 PM.

Dec. 5, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, Manorhaven Elementary School, Port Washington, Staff Development

Nov. 29, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School, cafeteria, 6:30-9:30 PM, Bellmore

Nov. 26, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, Washington Street School, multipurpose room, 7-10 PM, Franklin Square

Nov. 26, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case and RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, Brookside School, art room, 7-10 PM, Baldwin

Nov. 17, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case Update Workshop for Critical Issues trainers and presenters, 10 AM-2 PM, GSNC Service Center

Nov. 15, 2007 The Sugar That Bites, Hicksville Community Center, 8-9 PM, for Girl Scout Leaders in the Hicksville Association

Nov. 14, 2007 Glen Cove Rotary Club, a brief overview of relational aggression and its impact on youth

Nov. 7, 2007 Critical Issues Committee meeting, 6-8 PM, Panera Bread, 165 Old Country Road, Carle Place

Nov. 1, 2007  Ophelia Project Make the Case, Long Island Counselors Annual Conference, St. Anthony's High School


Oct. 24, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, Oceanside Schools, Staff Development

Oct. 24, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, and RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, GSNC Service Center, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Oct. 23, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, and RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, GSNC Service Center, 7-10 PM.

Oct. 22, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, George Washington School PTA, West Hempstead

Oct. 17, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case,

Hempstead High School, PTA

Oct. 13, 2007 GSNC Oktoberfest, Ophelia Project Make the Case and The Affection Connection

Oct. 10, 2007 Critical Issues Committee meeting, 7 PM

Oct. 9, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, Oceanside Schools, Staff Development

Oct. 5 and 6, 2007 Bullying Conference, Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada, Grounding What We Believe about Addressing Relational Aggression with Research

Sept. 24, 2007Ophelia Project Make the Case, and RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, GSNC Service Center

Sept. 13, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, RA Training for Girl Scout Leaders and Volunteers, GSNC Service Center

Sept. 10, 2007 Community Breakfast for Legislators, release of research study, Long Island University at CW Post

Sept. 10, 2007 Ophelia Project Make the Case, CAPS volunteers


Workshops-Available for schools, community groups, and places of worship.  A modest honorarium helps defray our costs and allows us to continue to reach out to groups on these important topics.

Make the Case--Peering into the World of Covert Aggression (90 minutes): Created by the Ophelia Project, the national organization addressing relational aggression and presented by Girl Scouts of Nassau County.  This workshop will raise your awareness about social bullying, a hidden behavior that often flies under the radar of adults. Designed to be interactive, this workshop will increase your understanding of RA and the harm it does to individuals, schools and communities. Appropriate for middle and high school students and adults. Available in Nassau County only.

The Sugar That Bites
: (60 minutes) Friendship is the relationship that adds sweetness to life. Indeed, it is the currency of the school yard, often predicting social status and success. Friendships help children transition from childhood to adulthood but when used as a weapon, friendships can bring terror not only to a target, but the bystander as well. This workshop looks at the behaviors children commonly use to terrorize their peers in order to establish social status. Includes cyberbullying . (Suitable for students in grade 4 and above, including adults)

Mothers and Others: Courage and Confidence in the Face of Social Bullying: (60 minutes) Designed for parents and other caring adults seeking tools and simple tactics to help a child survive the social warfare of relational aggression. It is recommended as a follow up to Make the Case or The Sugar That Bites.

Teens Before Their Time: (20-40 minutes) Based upon a study by the Girl Scout Research Institute examining the physical, cognitive and emotional development of girls ages 8-12. Girls are developing physically and cognitively at a much faster rate then generations before them, but their emotional development still lags behind. Girls can be pressured into situations and behaviors they are nowhere near ready to address. Whether it is the unwanted attentions of an older boy or pressures from girlfriends to look and act a certain way, girls feel they have no choice but to take on the attitudes and behaviors of teens before their time.


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