To support improved child care, United Way Success By 6® offers scholarships for employees of participating local child care centers to pursue degrees in early childhood education. United Way Success By 6 also coordinates a network for early care and education directors. The network provides training on a variety of management and leadership topics and offers directors an opportunity to share their experience and expertise. Various trainings and activities occur throughout the year as part of the United Way Success By 6 focus on quality local child care. 

United Way Success By 6® Raising Children with Conscious Discipline Series

Join us for free monthly sessions for parents, grandparents and other primary caregivers and professionals who work with children ages birth to six. Learn about the core principles of Conscious Discipline and how to move ourselves and our children from surviving to thriving. New and returning learners are welcome!

Where: Wyatt Park Christian Church Fellowship Hall {2623 Mitchell Avenue - enter on the west side of the building}
When: 6-7:30 p.m.

May 11
If I Could Only Find the Right Consequence: Secrets and Myths about Effective Consequences
The skill of empathy is needed to teach children how to cope with disappointment and minimize whining, foot stomping and back talk. Learn how to access our empathy, strengthen empathy in our children and help them build a strong internal compass.

For more information, contact Bobbie Cronk, Director of Children's Initiatives, at bobbie.cronk@stjosephunitedway.org or 816.364.2381.