What: Guilding Good Choices parent education course

Who: Parents of 4-8th graders in the Snoqualmie School District

Why: To learn valuable tools to strengthen family bonds and reduce risk factors associated with teen drug use

When: Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:00pm for 5 weeks,

Please note new dates, due to winter storms

January 21 - February 18, 2020

Snoqualmie Valley Community Network in partnership with the Snoqualmie Valley School District is hosting this parent education course to provide resources for parents, enhance bonds within families and community and accomplish our mission of promoting the safety, health and success of our youth in the valley. Parents are the most valuable advocates our children have. Join us for this 5 week free course to learn some proven methods of increasing the communication in your family unit around important topics and making safe choices for everyone in the family.

In partnership with the Snoqualmie Valley School District and King County Library.

About the instructor:

Mary Haling Jensen is the owner/therapist of In Touch Pediatric Therapy, PLLC. Known as "Molly" to friends, family and clients, Ms. Jensen is a graduate of Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI, and has served children with special needs and their families in Wisconsin, Utah and Washington States since 1986. Her background as an Occupational Therapist gives her a unique perspective on health and wellbeing related to our various “occupations”. Whether it is our role as parents, employees, students, mentors, or even how we care for ourselves, our physical and mental health impacts how we participate in the community we live. Contributing to the Snoqualmie Valley Community Network is a natural extension of her career and life work, and gives a voice to those that may not be heard.

Ms. Jensen and her husband met on the slopes of Snowbasin ski resort (Utah) and he proposed to her while sailing around the Hawaiian Islands. They have raised two daughters and hosted several exchange students from all over the world. The Jensen's have been Snoqualmie Valley residents since 1997 and their daughters have attended schools in Fall City and Snoqualmie. One is a recent graduate of SDSU and is choosing to stay in San Diego, while the other is living locally at Snoqualmie Pass.