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From YouTube: Episode 25: Preparing Your Child For a Successful Year
Description
On the latest episode of Chesterfield Behind the Mic, we talk to Valerie Fowlkes and Ginger Dotter from Chesterfield Mental Health Support Services about the ways that parents can best prepare and support their children and teens as they get ready to start a new school year. We talk through tips and strategies for homework, sleep, screen time and how parents can be involved in order to help their kids navigate what can be a stressful time.
For more information contact Prevention Services at 804-768-7800. For Counseling Services, contact Intake is 804-768-7318.
For assistance in a crisis: MHSS Crisis (24/7) is 804-748-6356 or contact The National Suicide Prevention Hotline by dialing 9-8-8.
Credits:
Director: Martin Stith
Executive Producer: Susan S. Pollard
Co-Executive Producer: Teresa Bonifas
Producer/Writer/Host: Brad Franklin
Director of Photography/Editor: Matt Boyce
Graphics: Debbie Wrenn
Promotions and Media: J. Elias O’Neal
Music:
Hip Hop This by Seven Pounds
Inspiring Electronic Rock by Alex Grohl
Guests:
Valerie Fowlkes, M.Ed.- Senior Clinician/Prevention Consultant with Chesterfield Mental Health Prevention Services
Ginger Dotter- Senior Clinician with Chesterfield Mental Health Support Services
Filmed in-house by the Department of Communications and Media
Chesterfield.gov/podcast
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Good
morning,
good
evening,
good
afternoon,
wherever
is
that
you
are
wherever
you
may
be.
Thank
you
very
much
for
making
us
a
part
of
your
day.
I
am
brad
franklin,
creative
content
writer
here
in
chesterfield,
and
very
glad
to
tell
you
that
cheshire
behind
the
mic
is
on
the
air
once
again
hard
to
believe
it.
But
the
school
year
is
right.
Around
the
corner.
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Summer's
almost
over
the
school
year
will
be
here
before
you
know
it,
and
we
thought
it
would
be
a
good
opportunity
today
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
maybe
helping
you
as
parents
getting
ready
for
that
school
year,
maybe
giving
you
some
tips
and
some
strategies
and
some
things
that
you
can
kind
of
think
of
to
prepare
your
students
for
a
successful
school
year.
I
want
to
welcome
in
first
valley,
folks
from
mental
health
support
services
valerie.
How
are
you
welcome
to
the
show
good.
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Services,
so,
let's
start
with
a
kind
of
a
big
picture
question
if,
if
as
parents
are
getting
ready
for
the
school
year,
what
kind
of
tips
and
strategies
can
you
kind
of
generally
offer
for
ways
to
kind
of
set
their
kids
up
for
a
successful
school
year?
What
kind
of
things
do
you?
What
kind
of
tips
and
strategies
do
you
think
would
work
for
that?
So.
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Education-
and
I
can
imagine
too,
you
know
from
from
your
point
of
view
that
the
best
thing
that
a
kid
can
have
is
consistency
right
and
so,
whether
we're
talking
about
you
know
whatever
that
consistency
might
be
in
this
specific
arena
right.
The
idea
of
you
know
you're
talking
about
like
without
hovering
right.
If
you're
consistently
involved,
you
know,
and
that
might
be
like
you
mentioned
homework.
You
know.
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I
can
imagine
that
if
you're,
if
your
parents
are
involved,
you
know
consistently
with
your
homework,
then
it
doesn't
come
across
as
like
this,
like
almost
punishment
kind
of
thing,
what
are
some
tips
and
strategies
of
folks?
You
know
how
how
involved
should
parents
be
in
homework?
I
guess
is
a
good
way.
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Starts
off
it's
better
to
actually
implement
a
homework
study
time
and
be
involved
early
on
in
the
academic
school
year.
Right
because,
like
you,
said
it's
easier
to
become
more
consistent
when
you
start
off
being
consistent
versus
when
you
let
time
go
by
and
there's
like,
oh
my
god,
they're
not
doing
so
well,.
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All
right,
so
you
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
paying
attention
to
their
grades
right.
I
know
chester
county
has
like
a
parent
view
system
where
you
can
check
in
on
your
students.
Your
child's
grades
also
show
up
for
show
up
for
them
right.
If
you
feel
like,
if
they're
coming
to
you
saying
hey,
I
need
help
in
a
particular
I'm
sorry,
a
particular
subject.
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And
providing
that
support
right,
you
know,
yeah
and,
and
in
terms
of
you
know,
consistency
can't.
You
can't
be
consistent
enough
in
some
ways,
especially
when
it
comes
to
kids,
because
they
they
key
off
that
so
much.
If
there's
anything,
I've
learned
in
the
eight
years,
I've
been
a
dad,
that's
the
that's
the
thing
right
and
in
terms
of
you
mentioned
earlier
patterns
right
setting
those
having
those
plans
in
place
those
expectations.
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Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
sleep,
you
mentioned
it.
You
know
having
a
good
bedtime
routine,
I'm
just
curious.
What
is
a
good
bedtime
routine
for
for
a
kid
or
a
teen?
Even
what
are
what
are
some
of
the
the
sort
of
best
practices
in
in
your
opinion,
in
terms
of
how
how
kids
should
go
to
sleep
and
what
kind
of
sleep
they
should
be
getting.
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You
know
possibly
have
you
kind
of
you
kind
of
stole
my
next
question,
because
I
was
actually
just
thinking
in
terms
of
you
know
your
shutdown
routine
right.
So
the
idea
that
a
kid
you
know
has
a
natural
sort
of
you
know
things
that
they
want
to
do
at
night.
You
know
their
brains
need
to
kind
of
come
down.
A
I
can
imagine
that
you're,
probably
going
to
tell
me
that
it's
best,
as
you
just
did
a
little
bit
right,
so
the
idea
of
like
screens
have
become
such
a
bigger
part
of
lives
and
I
think
for
a
lot
of
parents.
We
struggle
right.
We
struggle
on
how
much
they're
supposed
to
be
on.
Is
it?
Is
it
okay?
If
it's
educational?
Is
it
not?
Okay,
if
it's
educational,
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
what
you,
what
research
and
that
kind
of
thing
says
about
screen
time?
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How
much
is
too
much
where
what
should
what
sort
of
balance
should
there
be?
Certainly
at
night
there's
a
you
know,
obviously,
a
very
different
sort
of
mint
kind
of
situation
around
that
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
screen
time.
What
should
parents
know
and
what
should
they
be,
what
kind
of
practices
should
they
be
involved
in
when
that,
when
it
comes
to
that.
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Maybe
parents
out
there
trying
to
maybe
change
some
of
the
things
that
maybe
they've
done
in
the
past
or
trying
to
you
know,
use
some
of
these
tips
and
strategies
before
we
get
started
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
you,
your
your
areas
of
expertise
and
stuff,
I'm
actually
curious
to
kind
of
get
a
sense
of
your
role
right.
What
your
background
is
and
how
you
kind
of
came
to
to
work
where
you
work
and
do
what
you
do.
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I,
like
that,
and
the
rest
is
history.
That's
that's
good.
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
first
with
with
you
about
sort
of
parental
involvement
right,
you
know
valerie,
and
I
talked
a
little
bit
about
so
the
idea
that
you
know
being
a
hover
parent.
You
know
you
can't
necessarily
just
be
involved
only
in
the
moments
when
it's
like
critical
that
you're
involved
you
sort
of
need
to
be
involved
across
the
board
in
in
terms
of
parental
involvement.
What
sort
of
like
how?
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That
you're
just
not
privy
to
like
you're,
not
around
right,
because
you
know
the
conversation
they're
having
with
friends
how
much
you
know
how
much
these
conversations
impact
them,
and
I
kind
of
think
I
can
imagine
that
the
more
involved
you
are
the
better.
It
is
for
your
kid,
especially.
You
know
as
they
go
forward,
and
is
that
sort
of
been
your
experience.
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There
versus
the
way
they
are
at
home
and
I'm
curious
how
how
can
parents
best
deal
with
that,
whether
it's
a
younger
child,
a
teenager,
you
know
all
points
in
between
I'm
just
curious?
What
what
sort
of
tips
and
strategies
ideas
do
you
have
for
parents
who
might
whose
children
might
be
getting
in
trouble
at
school,
but
they
just
aren't
like
that
at
home.
What's
the
best
way
for
them
to
to
sort
of
help
in
those
situations
that.
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So
tell
me
more
about
what's
going
on
and
what
can
I
do
to
be
helpful
because
sometimes
we
just
don't
know
what
to
do,
especially
if
we're
not
seeing
that
behavior
at
home
right.
So
I
think
it's
really
important
to
to
make
sure
that,
even
if
we
don't
see
it
that
we're
still
like
on
board
with
you
know,
hey
I'll,
do
what
I
can
to
to
help
this
at
home.
So
it.
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We
mentioned
you
know
behavior
a
second
ago
and
I'm
just
curious
too,
from
a
mental
health
sort
of
standpoint.
It
feels
like
nowadays,
you
know,
kids
are
probably
you
know,
inundated
from
all
sides
in
things
that
can
impact
their
mental
health
and
and
their
behaviors,
and
I'm
just
curious.
You
know
what
what
should
parents
sort
of
be
looking
for
when
it
comes
to
mental
health
and
and
behaviors,
and
that
kind
of
thing
what
what
should
folks
be
on
the
lookout
for
sort
of
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
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Right
one
thing
too,
I
was
just
thinking
of,
is
you
know
the
idea
of
self-care
right
yeah.
You
know
we
can
focus
so
much
on
our
kids
and
we
can
certainly
focus
on
their
behavior
and
stuff,
but
we
should
probably
be
teaching
them
too
the
opportunities
to
look
for
those
chances
for
them
to
take
care
of
themselves
right
and
heck.
We
probably
should
do
some
of
that
ourselves
right.
How
important
do
you
think
self-care
is
both
for
for
kids
and
as
parents
alike?
Oh.
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Imagine
for
a
lot
of
parents,
you
know
that's
exactly
the
situation
they
can
find
themselves
in
if
they're,
not
careful,
I'm
just
curious.
What
kind
of
services
do
you
guys
have
for
folks
who
might
have
any
other?
You
know
questions
about
any
of
this
sort
of
stuff
that
we've
talked
about
today.
What
kind
of
what
kind
of
opportunities
are
out
there
for
people.
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All
right
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sure
you
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A
My
thanks,
my
director,
martin
smith,
and
all
the
good
folks
here
in
community
communications
and
media
for
making
this
possible,
and
my
thanks
to
you
for
checking
us
out
today
so
from
all
of
us
here
in
chester.
Thank
you
very
much
for
making
some
part
of
your
day
we'll
see
you
again
real
soon
take
good
care.