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Community Calendar

When you see this symbol you will be able to register online anytime of the day. Bookmark us and check in regularly to see what is going on with your total health care provider, Stormont-Vail HealthCare.

In case of winter weather, please call Health Connections, (785) 354-5225, to confirm Boy to Man or Girl to Woman classes are scheduled. If you have registered and class is cancelled, we will contact you the following week to reschedule.

From Boy to Man

Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010
9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. • Pozez Education Center
$25 parent/son couple

Between the ages of 8 and 12, boys experience dramatic physical and emotional changes. These changes can be challenging and sometimes embarrassing for kids and adults. From Boy to Man is a parent/son class that focuses on the physiological changes of puberty, the developmental tasks of early adolescence and ways to improve communication between boys and their parents. Class is not exclusively for father/son. The boy's mother or other significant adult are encouraged to attend.

register online

From Girl to Woman

Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010
9 a.m. to noon • Pozez Education Center
$25 mother/daughter couple

The time in a girl's life between ages 8 and 12 is one of dramatic physical and emotional changes. This program is for girls and their mothers or the supportive adult in their life. The class will address menstruation and other physical changes of puberty, the emotional changes of adolescence, and communication strategies for adults and daughters.

register online

Free Depression Screening

Free depression, bi-polar, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder screenings will be offered Oct. 7 in Topeka. The screenings are provided by Family Service and Guidance Center, Stormont-Vail Behavioral Health Services and Valeo Behavioral Health Care.


National Depression Screening Day
Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 1 pm
Valeo, 330 Oakley, 2nd Floor, Topeka

Screenings are 1 to 4:30 p.m. Adolescents are encouraged to come after school between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

For more information, call (785) 215-8863

From Girl to Woman

Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010
9 a.m. to noon • Pozez Education Center
$25 mother/daughter couple

The time in a girl's life between ages 8 and 12 is one of dramatic physical and emotional changes. This program is for girls and their mothers or the supportive adult in their life. The class will address menstruation and other physical changes of puberty, the emotional changes of adolescence, and communication strategies for adults and daughters.

register online