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Thursday, September 8th, 2011Groups
Thursday, August 18th, 2011Group therapy is conducted both at our Center and offsite. The purpose of group therapy is to help children develop skills for positive peer interaction. This is accomplished by providing insight on reaching consensus and handling conflict, as well as encouraging young people to talk about their feelings through appropriate means of expression instead of screaming, fighting, or withdrawing. The group also provides feedback for the children about how other children perceive them.
The following groups are being offered for the fall of 2011. Call 512-451-2242 to inquire about and sign up for any of these groups.
2/15/2012 – 4/11/2012, 6-7:30 PM, Wednesdays ADHD Parenting Group (for parents of children 5-12 year olds)
This group has multiple objectives. Members will work to improve parenting skills for children’s behavioral problems. It will raise parents’ knowledge about causes of defiant behavior. The group will work to increase children’s compliance with commands and rules. Lastly, concepts will help improve family life through positive attention, consequences, rule-setting, and appropriate discipline.
2/15/2012 – 4/11/2012, 6-7:30 PM, Wednesdays
Conflict and Anger Management (9-12 year olds)
The children in the anger management group will participate in activities that correspond to that week’s topic. The issues presented will cover: identifying triggers to anger, taking responsibility for mistakes, learning positive coping skills, exploring feelings that may be underneath anger, and making good choices through problem solving steps. Our activities will focus on establishing trust within the group, developing solutions to common problems, exploring consequences, and practicing how to diffuse a heated situation. Kids who anger easily, have difficulty with peer relationships because of anger, or struggle with impulsiveness would benefit from this group.
3/1/2012 – 4/26/2012 Social Skills Building (6-9 year olds)
This group will be based on the program Superflex: A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum and will teach topics such as how your body language shows if you are part of the group, learning about other people by observing them, etc. The group is appropriate for kids with diagnoses such as high functioning autism, PDD-NOS, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disability, or any kids who struggle with understanding what other people mean in social situations and responding appropriately.
Parent Education – Other Workshops
Friday, August 12th, 2011Children’s Healing Garden
Friday, August 5th, 2011Community Open House
Monday, July 11th, 2011The Community Open House was a smashing success! We avoided the wrath of Tropical Storm Don, and hosted over 120 people at our center. KUT did an article on the Open House, which can be found HERE.
Some pictures from the event (special thanks to Chris Bolin for taking such wonderful pictures):
The Austin Child Guidance Center is celebrating our 60th Anniversary of serving the children, youth, adolescents, and family members of Central Texas.
On Saturday, July 30th from 10 am – 1 pm, we hosted the community for an Open House at our center at 810 W. 45th Street.
The free Open House featured children’s activities (bouncy house, animals, art activities, and more); food; music; door prizes; tours of the facility; and much more!
Austin Child Guidance Center is grateful of the support of the following businesses for our Community Open House:
60th Anniversary Celebration
Monday, July 11th, 2011 
The Austin Child Guidance Center is celebrating our 60th Anniversary of serving the children, youth, adolescents, and family members of Central Texas. On Thursday, October 27th, we gathered the community (including many of our over 300 former board members) at an evening celebration at the Four Seasons.
The 60th Anniversary was generously sponsored by the following partners:
Underwriting Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Bronze Sponsors
Other Sponsors
Program Staff
Friday, May 20th, 2011Carolina Arroliga, LPC
Keith Caramelli, MD
Jill Chrisman, Ph.D.
Audrey Parker Gonzalez, LCSW
Diane Hoffman, LPC-I, LMFT-A
Jana Jernigan, LPC-S
Shawn Kent, LPC
Stephen Kolar, Ph.D.
Lea Kruger, LCSW
May Matson, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow
Shilpa Mutyala, LMSW
Cathey Reynolds, LPC
Jessica Sandoval, LMSW
Janet Saul, Psy.D.
Libba Skarnulis, LPC-I
Arnie Slive, Ph.D.
Tracy Tanner, LPC, LMFT-A
Louse Tedford, Ph.D.
Melanie Walter-Mahoney, LMSW
Statesman Story on ACGC Client
Monday, March 28th, 2011The Austin American Statesman’s Andrea Ball writes about a family who received services through ACGC’s work at local childcare centers. Read the full story:
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