The first EIP of the session was on ‘SITUATIONS’ MOTHERS FACE IN THE INITIAL SETTLING DOWN PERIOD for the children, 231 parents attended the programme on 10.04.10 of Nursery-I

SOME FEEDBACK SUGGESTIONS FROM PARENTS are given below :

• This programme will enable us to create a better understanding between teachers and parents for the benefit of the child.
                                          ------- Purnima Jodder (NI )
• This programme will increase the Teacher --- Child --- Parent bonding more and will give rise to good human-beings in future.
                                          ------ Ambika Ray (NI)

• As a parent we are Proud that our children are studying in such a school that they can think about the child in this manner.
                                          ------- Tripti Banerjee (V )
• This is a well designed discussion which will help all parents to wake up to the current demanded situation complicative society.
                                          ------ Anjana Ghosh (VI)

Helpline on Personal Health & Hygiene and Counselling Service

The school offers a full fledged Counselling Service for the students with regular programmes. The chief cornerstone of the programme is Emotionally Intelligent Parenting.


“EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT PARENTING”

Being parents is the most pleasurable but toughest experience of life. Parenting nowadays has become very difficult & complicated due to the changes in the attitude & behaviour of today’s children. The communication gap between parents & children seem to get broadened & add up to the already existing problems of everyday life. The resultant feature is ‘problem children’ & ‘confused parents’.

In order to bridge the gap between children & their parents our school regularly conducts a programme named ‘Emotionally Intelligent Parenting’. The programme is a comprehensive guide for growing children & their parents. The three cornerstones of the programme consists of a child’s basic emotional needs, his various emotional problems & the emotional management through dynamic parenting skills. The structure of the programme revolves around four basic emotional needs such as emotional security, recognition & appreciation, independence & discipline. The programme also focuses on the causes & effects of various emotional difficulties faced by the child from time to time. Conflicts between parents & children have become inevitable as children struggle through ‘terrible two’s through adolescence to develop their own identities. ‘Emotional Management’ & ‘Relationship Management’ are the two major aspects of the programme. The former teaches the child to control his feelings so that they remain appropriate to a given situation & the latter emphasizes on developing the child’s ability to anticipate, understand & appropriately respond to the emotions of others.

The programme takes recourse to a comprehensive power point presentation, various activities such as debates, preparing charts, and collage etc. followed by a written feedback from parents regarding the content of the programme.


Topics of EIP covered:

# Home-School Bonding
# Principles of development & parenting
# Sibling rivalry
# Creating a caring home
# On working mothers
# Adolescence crisis
# Common behavioural problems of children
# Exam phobia

We hope to develop many more programmes on various uncovered aspects of parenting in our upcoming sessions.

The purpose of this interactive workshop is to discuss problems, share experiences bring out solutions, & act as an information channel to other parents in need.

The students are advised to contact the counselors as and when needed.
 

Report on EIP

Developing Learning Foundations

The foundation given to the child’s learning during his initiation into academics is no less important than that built in for an edifice. But it is the ‘hand that rocks the cradle’ which needs to be strong – morally, physically and emotionally in order to create a beautiful life which in turn can “rule the world”. In the nuclear family structure of the present day society mothers perhaps find it stressful to grapple with everyday situations of guiding the child through his basic emotional needs. In doing so there is at times confusion between need and demand. As a result the child becomes stubborn, aggressive, and difficult to handle. The child takes a long time to settle down in his school and to adjust with others. In order to guide the mother in giving the child the right foundation to his learning a session was organized by VMS recently. The school psychologist, Ms. Anamika Sen stressed on the need to allow the child to develop his individual identity and self-esteem. She traced the causes of various chid-related problems which the mothers faced at home to understand the effects and develop their own strategies like perceiving the child’s feelings avoiding negative behaviour , manifestations, spending quality time and avoiding programmes that exhibit violence on TV. In their feedback forms at the end of the programme, the mothers admitted that “a child that hurts is a child that is hurt” and therefore needed gentle care and quality time at home.

                                                                                                     Ref. No.: R/52/3288
                                                                                                     Date: 03/08/2008
To,
Sri C.G. Chandra
Secretary / Rector
Vivekananda Mission School
Vivek-Ville (Opp II MC)
P.O. Joka
Kolkata – 700 104, W.B.
E-mail: vivtech@giascl01.vsnl.net.in


Dear Sri Chandra,

We thankfully acknowledge receipt of the donation for Rs.10,100/- (Rupees ten thousand one hundred) only by DD, being the amount contributed by Vivekananda Mission School towards our Flood Relief Work. Please find enclosed our official Receipt No. RLF 01134 dated 02/08/2008 for the same.

A brief report of our ongoing flood relief work is also enclosed for your kind information.
Please accept our sincere thanks for your participation in this noble endeavour and kindly communicate the same to all the teachers, staff-members, students & their parents, and well-wishers of “Vivekananda Mission School", Kolkata.

May the blessing of the Lord be upon you all.

With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,

(Swami Prabhananda)
General Secretary
Encl: As stated.