Cowlitz Community Network

10/15/2026

✨Looking for simple, practical ways to build a stronger relationship with your children? CORE Health is offering an in-person Love and Logic Parenting Class!

🤍Love and Logic is an easy-to-learn parenting approach that teaches responsibility and character while helping parents build lifelong, positive relationships with their children.

Class Details:
When: Fridays, 10 AM–12 PM
Dates: October 16 – November 27 (six weeks)
Where: Ascent Youth Center
Who: CORE Health clients only
Ready to sign up? Email Selah at [email protected] to reserve your spot!

We look forward to helping families grow, learn, and build stronger connections!🙌🏻

www.corehealthwa.org

10/05/2026

READY! for Kindergarten online workshops are available now through Nov. 30. These are for families with children born between 9-1-21 and 8-31-26. Adults attend the workshop, learn how to use the "READY! Toolkit" 10min. a day every day, and receive the "READY! Toolkit" to give their children a chance to enter kindergarten at or above grade level. Free. Call 360-414-9212 if you would like to attend an in-person workshop.

10/04/2026

AuDHD is not simply “a bit of ADHD and a bit of autism”.

When ADHD and autism occur together, characteristics can interact, overlap and sometimes seem to pull a child in completely different directions.

They may crave novelty and need predictability. Seek stimulation and become overwhelmed by it. Act quickly in one situation and need much longer to process in another.

Understanding that push and pull can help us make sense of what might otherwise look confusing or contradictory.

Not every characteristic will apply to every child, and this post is for awareness rather than diagnosis.

10/01/2026

DEPENDENCY 201 CLASS FOR PARENTS 💙
Support. Skills. Connection.

Are you a parent involved in the child welfare system? You don’t have to navigate the process alone.

Join us for Dependency 201, a supportive class designed to help parents develop skills, exchange ideas, and take meaningful steps toward advancing their case.

📚 Topics include:
• Overcoming barriers
• Understanding the child welfare process
• Setting healthy boundaries
• Building support networks
• Parenting skills and strategies
• Sharing ideas and learning from others

✨ FREE for CORE Health clients!

📅 Every Wednesday
🗓️ October 7 – December 16
⏰ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📍 CORE APEX
1128 Broadway Street
Longview, WA 98632

📩 Registration is required.
Contact Sonja Rakoz, Parents for Parents Coordinator:
📧 [email protected]
📞 360-703-2069

💙 Your journey matters. Your voice matters. Your family matters. Join us, build your skills, connect with support, and take the next step forward.

09/29/2026

09/29/2026

Self-control takes time to grow. Toddlers have big feelings, but the parts of their brain that help manage emotions, behavior and impulses are still developing.

“Putting on the brakes” can be especially hard. They may know they shouldn’t grab your phone or hit when they’re frustrated, but knowing the rule and stopping themselves are two different things.

Curious about that amazing little brain? Explore our Baby Brain Map to learn more: https://bit.ly/4y5nGa2

09/21/2026

It's tempting to jump straight to solving …"stop crying, it's fine." But feelings need to be felt before they can be worked through. Naming it and staying present usually gets a child to calm faster than any fix would!

09/21/2026

A new study reveals how infants use their own motor skills to make sense of what they see others do.