Kav l'Noar Center for Familes and Young Adults

Summer Program For Teenage Girls- תוכנית קיץ לנערות

admin — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:00:35 +0000

SOUNDBYTES –A TASTE OF THE ARTS

Led by talented professionals, SOUNDBYTES gives teens a chance to experience a new type of artistic expression each week. SOUNDBYTES will provide exposure to teenage girls seeking to develop healthy coping mechanisms for emotional and stressful challenges, to enhance their self-concept and self-esteem, and to improve their interpersonal communication skills. SOUNDBYTES will provide them with a safe and fun environment designed to foster healthy and positive relationships and to provide them with social skills that will hopefully extend beyond this summer experience. The program will end with a ‘gallery presentation’ of their successes which they will share with their invited guests and a celebratory outing as the closing event. The program is open to both Hebrew and English speakers.

The Robert Hendel Teen Summer Program

SOUNDBYTES –A TASTE OF THE ARTS

על שם ראובן נחום בן סנדר לייב ובריינה הנדל נ”י

A One of a Kind Summer Opportunity for Girls 13-18 Years Old.

7 Amazing Activities !

Monday-Thursday

July 30^th – August 23^rd

12 noon until 3 pm (ages 13-15)

3pm – 6pm (ages 16-18)

Hip Hop / Modern Dance

Cosmetology / makeup

Photography

Scrap-booking

Self Defense & Assertiveness Training

Art Expression

Drama/Improv

Soundbytes happens at the Merkaz Kehilati WIZO “Habrer”

20 Rechov Yossi Ben Yoezer

Gonen, Jerusalem.

Space is limited!

For more information and to sign up: Contact –Yael Solomon-054-842-0628

Email-Soundbytes2012@gmail.com

תוכנית קיץ לנוער של רוברט הנדל

“סאונדבייטס”

-חובבת לאמנויות
על שם ראובן נחום בן סנדר לייב ובריינה הנדל נ”י

הזדמנות מיוחדת בקיץ לבנות בגיל 13-18 .
בראשות מקצועי מוכשר, ‘SOUNDBYTES’ נותן בני נוער הזדמנות לחוות סוג חדש של ביטוי אמנותי מדי שבוע.

7 פעילויות מדהימות!
יום שני עד חמישי
יולי 30 – אוגוסט 23
(גילאי 13-15) 12:00-15:00
03:00-18:00 (גילאי 16-18)

-הייפהופ/ ריקוד מודרני

-קוסמטיקה/איפור

-צילום

-סקרפבוקינג (SCRAPBOOKING)

-הגנה עצמית והדרכה אסרטיבית

-ביטוי אומנותי

-דרמה

מרכז קהלתי ויצו 20 רחוב יוסי בן יועזר גונן, ירושלים.

מספר המקומות מוגבל!

למידע נוסף או להירשם: צור קשר עם יעל סלומון-054-842-0628

Email-Soundbytes2012@gmail.com אמייל -

Kav L’Noar Mentoring Program: New Frontiers

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:55:21 +0000

Kav L’Noar has ventured into the Israeli school system with two new programs to aid students with integration and social issues.

Our group mentoring model has surpassed even our expectations. This is a weekly group for 7^th grade olot who have adjustment issues exacerbated by learning disabilities. The group is facilitated by a veteran KLN mentor who meets with the girls in the school during regular school hours. She very successfully assisted the girls with adjustment to and integration into their Israeli homeroom, while maintaining their individual identities and appreciating their values.

Our “in the classroom” model has also proven highly successful. One of our Israeli male mentors works with classrooms who have a challenging population to both assist individual students and to help improve classroom dynamics. He works with individual students academically and behaviorally, and is able to intervene both in and outside the classroom.

Series Of Parenting Workshop to start after Pesach

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:57:46 +0000

Series Of Parenting Teens Workshops To Start After Pesach

PARENTING TEENS TODAY

Topics to be covered include:

Understanding Teens
Our Changing Roles and Relationship
Improving Communication with your Teen
Peer Pressure
Cell phones, Facebook and the Internet
School, Motivation and Self-Esteem
Love and Limit setting
Identifying and dealing with tough issues

Confidentiality strictly observed.

Women Only.

Beginning Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Time: 9:30 – 11:00

Location: Kav L’Noar Center, Keren Hayesod 25, Jerusalem

Phone/Email 02 622 3039 kavlnoarcenter@gmail.com

Facilitator: Joy Epstein, MSW, Individual and Family therapist, ADHD Coach, Aliyah specialist

Cost: 30nis per session or 200nis for 8 sessions

Purchase the CD/DVD from our Latest Conference

From the January Kav l’Noar Conference CONFRONTING ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY

Speakers : Rabbi Zev Leff and Dr. David Pelcovitz

http://www.kavlnoar.org/2012/03/purchase-the-audio-from-our-latest-conference/

Kav L’Noar on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kav-lNoar/166241323471712

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN: ADVICE FOR PARENTS Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:29:03 +0000

These days many parents wonder: “What can I do to protect my child from being abused?”

Fortunately, while we have no guarantees, there are many things we can do as a parents to safeguard our children from abuse.

1) Encourage your child to talk to you about anything – anytime. This requires that you be a good listener and that you not be judgmental about what you are hearing. Your child needs to feel comfortable talking with you, and this should begin as soon as he can talk.

2) Teach your child that his body is his/her own and that those parts usually covered by a bathing suit are private, not to be touched or viewed by others except for specified caregivers. Empower your child to refuse touching that makes him uncomfortable, including vigorous hugs by well meaning relatives.

3) Let your child know that he should tell you immediately if anyone did something with him that made him uncomfortable. He should also tell you immediately if anyone suggests that he should keep something a secret.

4) If your child is telling you about a suspicious incident, believe him. A common reason children do not tell a parent is they don’t expect to be believed. Tell him he will not be punished for whatever he tells you.

5) Open communication is the best deterrent – and by the way, makes for a richer more rewarding parent-child relationship in general.

Purchase the Audio from our Latest Conference

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:12:58 +0000

From the January Kav l’Noar Conference

CONFRONTING ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY DVD

Speakers : Rabbi Zev Leff
and Dr. David Pelcovitz

30₪

CONFRONTING ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY CD

Speakers : Rabbi Zev Leff
and Dr. David Pelcovitz

25₪

It Can Happen in Our Community: Fighting Child Abuse

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:23:46 +0000

There is growing awareness in religious circles of the need to educate children about abuse. Kav L’Noar meets the challenges.

By Rochel Sylvetsky

First Publish: 1/29/2012, 2:27 AM

Observant Jews know what behavior is forbidden by the Torah, that it eschews violence, lays down clear guidelines that forbid physical contact or intimacy outside permitted marital relationships and that its laws of modesty are meant to prevent situations where such contact can occur.

These laws would not be necessary, of course, if there were none who transgressed them, but the phenomenon is considered rare in the religious sector where the family is the nucleus for teaching values and ethics. In this environment, shame can prevent perpetrators and victims from admitting, confronting and dealing with abuse. Modesty can make it difficult for parents to bring up the subject or understand signs of abuse, and children, taught to respect elders and avoid slander (called lashon hara in Jewish law) may find it just as hard to talk to their parents.

However, the religiious community is not immune to abberant behavior, and is becoming more cognizant of the need to raise awareness levels. Just recently, Israeli media reported that police had apprehended a pedophile ring which had been preying for years on over 100 children in the closed Jerusalem religious community of Nahalaot. Shocked and saddened parents had not recognized the signs of the children’s victimization and did not know how to talk to their children about it once it became public.

This is where Kav L’Noar, the Center for Families and Young Adults on Keren Hayesod Street in Jerusalem, stepped in. Originally founded in 2004 to help English speaking religious families and their teenaged children (hence the organization’s name, Hotline for Youth), it now helps all types of Israeli families develop healthy relationships.

Its book Let’s Play Safe, published by Artscroll, does not talk about the expected rules for safe toys, traffic hazards and household cleaning products, but about teaching children how to avoid child predators and unwanted physical contact.

And what happened in Nahalaot led to Kav L’Noar’s eighth one-day conference on January 22 at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel in Jerusalem being centered on “Confronting Abuse in Our Community: Awareness, Education and Prevention.”

“A child can be told that any parts of his body that are covered by a bathing suit should not be touched by anyone”, said Dr. David Pelcovitz, scion of a known rabbinic family and Professor of Education and Psychology at Yeshiva University, who spoke at the conference. The audience also heard Rabbi Zev Leff, rabbi of Moshav Matityahu and Dean of the yeshiva there, as well as Dr. Ronald Wachtel, founding director of the organization, who stressed having open lines of communication in a family and learning to listen between the lines.

The more than 800 parents, educators and mental health professionals who attended are evidence that the religious community is looking for professional direction that is in line with halakhah. One question asked was whether a rabbi should be consulted before turning to the police, another what signs to look for in a shidduch (arranged date) for one’s children.

As a service to our readers, Arutz Sheva brings you the question and answer period at the Kav L’Noar conference, whose aims included how to educate children about appropriate behavior between adults and children, how to learn to listen when children speak and to notice changes in their behavior, when and how to take action when someone has broken normal boundaries, and how to implement community resources to prevent children from being victimized.

Kav L’Noar Child Abuse Conference – mp3 of Rav Leff & Dr. Pelcovitz

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:44:35 +0000

I attended the Kav L’Noar Child Abuse Conference in Jerusalem tonight – Sunday January 22, 2012. The presentations were excellent and are a reflection of the progress that is occurring in our communities. I am just providing the recordings of the two main speakers. Click on link to listen or right click and save link to download mp3 files

Rav Zev Leff as the halachic adviser to Kav L’Noar is clearly aware of the issues. He focused on the various conflicts involved – without offering a nice neat resolution. He addressed briefly the need for calling the police and mandated reporting and clearly and forcefully acknowledged that abuse is not the area of competence for rabbis. He ended up suggesting the need for a group involving rabbis, social workers, therapists and secular authorities such as is done in Los Angeles and Bnei Brak. He also graciously acknowledged using and benefiting from my books which he recommended to everyone interested in the topic of abuse.

Dr. David Pelcovitz is a consultant to Kav L’Noar. He presented a sensitive and informative presentation which gave clear practical advice as to how to protect children and shared his extensive experience regarding specific problems. He also stated that rabbis are not the total solution to the problem since they have often focused on what is best for the abuser rather than the victim.

originally posted by Daas Torah at 8:20 PM

Kav L’Noar Conference: Confronting Abuse in Our Community – From Yeshiva World

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:51:37 +0000

Re-posted from The Yeshiva World

Photos from Kuvien Images

Over eight hundred people gathered by the Ramada Renaissance Hotel in Jerusalem for the eighth annual Kav L’Noar Conference promoting healthy family relationships. The topic of the conference this year was ‘Confronting Abuse in Our Community’ and was geared for parent, mental health professionals, and educators. The keynote speakers of thee evening were Rabbi Zev Leff, Rav of Moshav Matityahu and Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Matisyahu and Dr. David Pelcovitz, Professor of Education & Psychology, Yeshiva University. Opening remarks were made by Dr. Ronald Wachtel, Founding Director of Kav L’Noar, as well as Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Welfare and Social Services.

Different topics were touched upon at the event, including how to educate children about appropriate behavior between adults and children, how to train ourselves to listen when children speak and to notice changes in their behavior, when and how to take action when someone has broken normal boundaries, and implementing community resources to prevent children from being victimized.

Click here for more photos

Videos:
Rabbi Zev Leff – Confronting Abuse in Our Community

Dr. David Pelcovitz – Confronting Abuse in Our Community

Q&A with Rabbi Leff & Dr.Pelcovitz – Confronting Abuse in Our Community

A Mentor Reflects on her Experience

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:23:18 +0000

A Kav L’Noar Mentor Reflects on her Experience

Dear Mrs. Gordon:

When I started working as a mentor for Kav L’Noar, I had my doubts as to the program’s success, especially since I thought that tutoring helps a lot more. Instead, I found that creating a personal relationship not only empowers the personality but also provides tools for coping with life’s challenges. I thought that meeting with someone twice each week is too short a time in which to convey normative content and life habits, especially in the critical teen years. I could not believe that three hours weekly, taken from a disorderly routine, can influence a person to become organized especially when, following each meeting, they go back to their home and regular environment which is usually characterized by instability and difficult emotional challenges.

But, with the help of proper guidance, support and continuous sharing of information, while maintaining a warm relationship with my mentee, my young lady advanced, one step at a time, and reached places that I could not believe we would reach at the beginning of our journey. The meetings I had with my mentee included setting boundaries, discussing behavior problems, assisting with personal hygiene, helping develop organizational skills for daily living, building self esteem and understanding the ramifications of negative behavior. Slowly, and with the amazing support that you, Mrs. Gordon (Kav L’Noar’s Mentoring Supervisor) provided at our monthly supervision meetings and informal phone conversations, my mentee and I created a positive and mutually satisfying relationship.

She began to understand that it pays off to communicate and to run her life and social relationships in a normative and positive way. This included being more relaxed when speaking with others, being aware of feelings and acting out of awareness and not out of impulse or a need to vent emotionally. She learned to recognize her strengths and improved her self esteem to the point where she was able to compliment herself and to accept compliments from others. She began to appreciate the value of positive behavior which enabled her to compliment others and, in effect, give something of herself to another person. She learned to take responsibility for keeping a schedule and to make sensible financial decisions. She learned to delay immediate gratification and to behave properly in public such as when eating at a restaurant and being in a new, unfamiliar venue.

I learned many new things and developed greater personal empowerment both from our monthly supervision meetings and from the group supervision and professional development workshops held every other month. I got to know myself better during these meetings, something for which I will always be grateful. Since there is really no end to this story, I can only thank you and hope that your avodat hakodesh will be blessed by Hashem who should fulfill all of your wishes in good health and happiness.

Zahava

January 22nd ,2012 – 8th Annual Conference “Promoting Healthy Family Relationships”

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:27:38 +0000

The Topic of This year’s conference is “Confronting Abuse In Our Community” and will focus on keeping our children safe.