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Phone: 203-324-6127
 
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Phone: 203-983-5294
 
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Phone: 203-662-9380

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Phone: 203-324-6127
 
 
 
 
 
  CGC Happenings
 

CGC OPEN HOUSE

August 14, 2008

9:30am-11:30am

Enjoy a light breakfast, tour our facility, and meet members of our management team.

Kindly RSVP by Monday, August 12th

jeannine.egdorf@childguidancect.org or (203) 517-3320

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Raising Happy and Reasonable Children

Topic of Presentation at Darien Library

“Positive Parenting – Raising Happy and Responsible Children” will be the topic of a free presentation at the Darien Library on July 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The program will be presented by Susan Jasko, LCSW, Clinical Director of the Darien Community Office of the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut (CGC). As part of the Q&A session immediately following her presentation, Jasko will answer questions about specific challenges attending parents may be facing.

Jasko has 18 years of experience with children and families in outpatient mental health settings. She is an adjunct faculty member at New York University and a clinical instructor at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. She is currently completing analytic studies at The National Institute for Psychotherapies in New York City.

For more information about the presentation, please call CGC’s main office at (203) 324-6127.

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First County Bank Foundation Awards $10,000 to CGC

First County Bank Funds will support Emergency Mobile Crisis Services.

CGC's Executive Director Sherry Perlstein with First County Bank President Thomas L. Bartram.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CGC Starts Voices Group for Adolescent Girls
  Starting in December, CGC will offer Voices, a weekly group for adolescent girls ages 11-13 that encourages girls to seek and celebrate their "true selves" by giving them a safe space, encouragement, structure and support to embrace their important journey to self discovery. Topics of discussion will include relationships, trust, environmental and peer influence, and building self esteem.
For details, click here.
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Process Group for Teenage Girls at CGC
  Starting in November, CGC will offer a weekly process group for teenage girls ages 15-17 suffering from anxiety and/or depression.
For details, click here.
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CGC's Director of Crisis Services & Clinical Operations Writes Guest Column
 

Deborah Matthews, PhD., Director of Crisis Services and Clinical Operations at CGC wrote a guest column on Domestic Violence for the New Canaan Advertiser. The column highlights the New Canaan Domestic Violence Partnership and their campaign to promote domestic violence awareness in New Canaan through "Painting the Town Purple."

CGC provided services for children impacted by domestic violence are supported in part by the Victims of Crime Act and contributions for individuals, corporations and foundations.
To view Deborah's article, click here.

 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CGC Unveils Donor Recognition Wall
 
          
      
 


As with many artists, Lina Morielli’s creations tell a story through design, color and texture.  When she was commissioned to create a donor recognition piece for the newly expanded Child Guidance Center she was inspired by the uniqueness of CGC itself, the services it provides, and the people that make it all happen.

The result was a wood assemblage wall piece designed to recognize those who generously contributed their money, time, expertise and heart.  Its quilt motif reflects the agency’s culture and values, while symbolizing how its contributions to individual children, families and the community will be handed down to future generations.

The “Restoring Childhood” Quilt is constructed of individual squares from unique pieces of wood. Each piece comes from a different type of tree, and is a different color and size. Each was discarded and rediscovered.  While no two squares are alike, each is thought to be as beautiful as the next particularly when they are grouped together.  The symbolism is clear – the Child Guidance Center and its supporters share in the belief that while children and families may seem beyond repair in dealing with issues such as domestic violence, divorce, sexual abuse and depression among others, there is always hope for restoration and beauty in the end.  Each person involved in the CGC’s work be it child, parent, social worker, clinician or donor is essential to the fabric of the agency.

To view more of Lina's artwork, visit www.linamorielli.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SART Hosts "Sexual Abuse in the Latino Community" Presentation
The CGC coordinated Lower Fairfield County Sexual Abuse Response Team (SART) organized a presentation on sexual abuse in the Latino Community. Maria Gallagher, MSW of the Northeastern Regional Children's Advocacy Center, facilitated the presentation.
For more information, click here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CGC Attends the United Way Septemberfest


CGC psychology interns, Jackie Freedman and Maria Gaudio, fill balloons at the CGC table during the 35th Annual United Way Septemberfest. Each year, the United Way of Greenwich marks the end of summer and welcomes friends and neighbors to town to celebrate all that the Greenwich Community has to offer. For more information about the United Way of Greenwich visit www.unitedway-greenwich.com



Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Inc.
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