Summer Therapeutic Day Treatment Program

This program is free for children with Medicaid and we provided transportation. Our program serves both males and females between the ages of 5 and 17. In addition youth need to meet one or more of the following criteria:


Students who require year-round treatment in order to sustain behavioral or emotional gains, or

Have behavioral/emotional problems so severe they cannot be handled in self-contained or special classrooms (ED) without this program during the school day or

As a supplement to the school day/year; would otherwise be placed on homebound instruction because of behavior or

Have deficits in the following areas: social skills, peer relations, dealing with authority, are hyperactive, have poor impulse control, are extremely depressed, and marginally connected with reality.

Summer Program Activities Include:

Provide 2 nutritious meals

Activities,

Evaluation

Medication education and management

Learn and use daily living skills

Enhance social and interpersonal skills, such as

Problem solving

Anger management

Community responsibility

Increased impulse control

Appropriate peer relations

Respecting authorities

Community Outings,

Wall climbing,

Field trips to museums,

Team building

Kings Dominion trips,

Swimming,

African-American cultural activities and much more …

Call: (804) 322-0020

Date: June 20 to August 26, 2011

Time: 9am-2pm or 12 pm-5pm

Monday thru Friday

Location: Petersburg, Va

Diabetes Workshops

Date: May 18 and 25

Location: Petersburg Health Department - 301 Halifax Street, Petersburg, Virginia

Time: 1:00 - 3:00

This is a live telecast from the Diabetes Management Program at the University of Virginia.

Learn how to manage your diabetes through meal planning and other helpful tips.

Call (804) 862 - 7637 to register

Blood Pressure Measurement Class for Non-professionals

Date: July 23 and July 30, 2011

Time: 8am – 4pm both Saturdays

Location: Appomattox Area Health & Wellness Center, 321 C Poplar Drive, Petersburg, VA

Registration required

Call Betty Smith at 804-896-5813
or email vze535bw@verizon.net

Must attend both days for certification.

Diabetes Self-management Workshop

The next free Diabetes Self-management Workshop will begin Tuesday, March 29th from 9AM - 11:30 AM and will meet each Tuesday through May 10th from 9 AM - 11 AM in the conference room at the Appomattox Area Health & Wellness Center, located at 321-C Poplar Drive, Petersburg (between the Children's Treatment Center and Poplar Springs Hospital).

This is a 6 week program and will complement and enhance your doctor's recommended
treatment plans as well as your condition management.

Participants in this workshop have experienced lower HbA1c levels as well as a decrease in diabetes-related symptoms.

The workshop will be co-taught by Cathy Marcum, LPN, Community Health Educator at
the Hopewell-Prince George Community Health Center & Betty Smith, RN, Community
Health Educator at the Appomattox Area Health & Wellness Center. Both took the dual
Diabetes and Chronic Disease Self Management Master Training developed by
Stanford University and provided through the Virginia Dept.
of Health's Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!

Register now or request being placed on a waiting list for the Diabetes Self Management Workshop.
Please specify if you prefer a morning or evening class. You can also be placed on a waiting list for a chronic disease self management workshop. Specify morning or evening for this as well.

Register now by contacting either:
Cathy Marcum at 804-318-6673 or cathymarcum@cvhsinc.org
or
Betty Smith at 804-896-5813 or bettysmith@cvhsinc.org

LAY HEALTH PROMOTER PROGRAM

These are 12 week programs aimed at teaching community members how to be health

advocates for themselves and their families, friends, neighbors and co-workers.

These programs are offered free to the Tri-Cities and surrounding counties by Central Virginia Health Services through the Appomattox Area Health and Wellness Center. Classes meet once weekly and concentrate on chronic diseases, promotion of making healthy lifestyle choices and prevention of disease.

• Do you have a thirst for knowledge?
• Do you volunteer with Crater Community Hospice, or would like to do so?
• Are you a nurse's aide or caregiver of someone with a chronic disease?
• Do you wish to increase your health and longevity and nurture the growth of others?

 If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, I challenge you to take the Lay Health Promoter Program.

Two programs are being held.

The first will begin Thursday, April 7th from

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at the Appomattox Area Health & Wellness Center, located at

321-C Poplar Drive, Petersburg. We are located between the Children's Hospital

Petersburg Treatment Center and Poplar Springs Hospital.

The second program will begin Wednesday, May 25th from 9AM - 11 AM at the

Crater Community Hospice, located at 3916 S. Crater Road, Petersburg. This is

Just past the Walmart on S. Crater Road.

All who complete 80% of the program (attending 10 of the 12 classes & completion of

paper work) will receive a certificate of completion & a graduation program, a quarterly

newsletter & a gift from CVHS of a blood pressure cuff & stethoscope.

Advance registration is required!

For more information or to register for either program

Contact Betty Smith RN, Community Health Educator/Coordinator @ 804-896-5813 or

804-279-9516 or email BettySmith@cvhsinc.org or vze535bw@verizon.net .