Next Steps: Life After First Steps

Don't Let Your Child's Transition to Preschool Get Messy!

Sometimes children may still need therapy after they have completed the First Steps Program. The next public option for children older than three years of age to receive therapy services is through the special education preschool program provided by every local school district.

Join us for the "Next Steps: Life After First Steps" free, informative meeting that will help you understand what services are provided by your local school district and the process to access these services. This event will also allow you to meet and greet available school representatives from local school districts in Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Tipton Counties.

At this event, you will be able to:

• Get your questions answered about Preschool Special Education Services
• Learn about School Bus Services and see the type of bus your child could ride
• Tour a Special Education Preschool
• Witness a mock case conference
• Gather resources from various programs and services
• Participate in a "make it & take it," hands-on preschool activity

Date: February 8, 2012

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Fishback Creek Public Academy

                 8301 West 86th Street

                 Indianapolis, IN 46278

YOU MUST RSVP TO Kathy at 472-6104 by 2-1-12

    

Hidden Sugar in Food Labels

The Many Names of Sugar

Want to cut down on the sweet stuff? You have to find it first.
By Heather Lee

If you feel like your eating is out of control, one of the most important steps you can take is to reset your taste buds' sensitivity by avoiding flavor overload, says weight loss expert David Katz, MD, director of the Yale Prevention Research Center. That means cracking down on hidden sugar in foods that you don't even think of as sweet--such as pasta sauce or potato chips.

Unfortunately, sugar hides behind many different names on food labels. Here is a list of its aliases:

• sucrose
• fructose
• glucose
• dextrose
• galactose
• lactose
• maltose
• invert sugar
• raw sugar
• turbinado sugar
• brown sugar
• confectioner's sugar
• granulated sugar
• corn syrup
• high-fructose corn syrup
• honey
• maple syrup
• molasses

FREE Stewards of Children Training

Join the Movement to End Child Sexual Abuse

Stewards of Children is a powerful sexual abuse prevention training program that educates adults to prevent, recognize, react responsibly, and take courageous action.

Visit: www.mccoyouth.org/Intervention/stewards-of-children.html or contact Shanna Martin at
shanna.martin@Mccoyouth.org or 317-921-1233 for more information about Stewards of Children trainings.
2012 Trainings:

• February 11, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• February 21, 1-3:30 p.m.
• March 15, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• April 3, 8:30-11 a.m.
• August 7, 1-3:30 p.m.
• November 13, 8:30-11 a.m.