Wednesday, November 14, 2012

2012-2013 Music Season

Note: Apologies for the lack of posts here WHO / WHAT: The Home Oxygen Parent Exchange is a program dedicated to providing safe social outings for graduates of the NICU and their families in order to meet other families with similar issues of transitioning to life after the NICU. The class is offered one time per month from October through May and has a target audience of children ages 0-3 years old. We will be offering two music classes with a parent discussion group in between. The goal is that one group will attend the first music class and stay for the parent group. Then the second group will come for this same parent discussion time and attend the second music class. A sibling program will be offered for older siblings who wish to attend. WHEN: 2012-2013 dates are: November 17th* December 15th January 26th February 23rd March 16th April 20th* May 11th - last group *These classes will be held in a different room than we usually meet. Please read below for more details. The timeline will be as follows: 9:15 arrival for the first group 9:30-10:20 first music class 10:15 arrival for the second group 10:30-11:00 parent discussion 11:00-11:50 second music class WHERE: November and April classes will be held in the Garden Conference Room. To get there, enter through the Main Entrance of the hospital and either take the stairs or the elevator to your left one floor up to Floor 1. Head right down the hallway (following signs for the Farley Building) and then take a left at the Farley Elevators. The Garden Conference Room is just past the double doors on the Right. December, January, February, March, and May classes will be held in Byers A and B on the first floor of the Enders Research Building, the building just to the right of Children's as you enter the Parking Circle. Free parking stickers to the Children's Hospital Garage will be provided to all attendees. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: ***When you RSVP, please indicate whether you prefer to attend the first or the second class. It is critical that you RSVP because we will be limiting each group to no more than 14 children. Once you reply, you will receive a confirmation. If the time slot that you chose is already full, you will be invited to attend the other time or will be asked to wait until next month. ***Please note if there is one class has less than 8 participants, this group will be canceled. Families will be invited to join the other group. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. ***Please bring a blanket for your child to sit on during the class. ***In the event of a snow storm in winter, please check your email before driving in for class. We will inform parents of a cancellation through email. ***Please let me know if you will be able to make the November date and if any siblings will be coming so we can prepare our Child Life volunteers.