{"id":8673,"date":"2026-02-19T17:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=8673"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:55:58","slug":"guiding-good-choices","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/events\/guiding-good-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Guiding Good Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guiding Good Choices (GGC) is an evidence based program for parents and caregivers of children ages 8 to 14 that provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to guide children through early adolescence facilitated by Leah Littlefield and Angela Knapp. The 6 week program will be held on Mondays 3\/6 to 4\/13 at the West Tisbury Library, and children 8+ can participate the Switch Club or Learning Lab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GGC aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strengthen and clarify family expectations for behavior<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enhance the conditions that promote bonding within the family<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teach skills that allow children to resist drug use successfully<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To register or get more information, contact Leah: <a href=\"mailto:llittlefield@mvcommunityservices.org\">llittlefield@mvcommunityservices.org <\/a>Phone\/Text\/WhatsApp: 774-447-3072<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">_____<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guiding Good Choices (GGC) (Programa de orienta\u00e7\u00e3o para boas escolhas) um programa baseado em evid\u00eancias para pais e cuidadores de crian\u00e7as de 8 a 14 anos que fornece aos participantes o conhecimento e as habilidades necess\u00e1rias para orientar as crian\u00e7as at\u00e9 o in\u00edcio da adolesc\u00eancia organizado por Leah Littlefield e Angela Knapp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O programa de 6 semanas ser\u00e1 realizado \u00e0s segundas-feiras, de 6\/3 a 13\/4, na Biblioteca West Tisbury, e crian\u00e7as com mais de 8 anos podem participar do Switch Club ou do Learning Lab. O objetivo do GGC \u00e9:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>fortalecer e esclarecer as expectativas da fam\u00edlia com rela\u00e7\u00e3o ao comportamento<\/li>\n<li>melhorar as condi\u00e7\u00f5es que promovem o v\u00ednculo dentro da fam\u00edlia<\/li>\n<li>ensinar habilidades que permitam \u00e0s crian\u00e7as resistirem ao uso de drogas com sucesso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Programa oferecido em ingl\u00eas, interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o para portugu\u00eas dispon\u00edvel se solicitado com 72 horas de anteced\u00eancia. Para se inscrever ou obter mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es, entre em contato com Leah: <a href=\"mailto:llittlefield@mvcommunityservices.org\">llittlefield@mvcommunityservices.org <\/a>Telefone\/SMS\/WhatsApp: 774-447-3072<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8674\" src=\"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Guiding-Good-Choices-Portuguese-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guiding Good Choices (GGC) is an evidence based program for parents and caregivers of children ages 8 to 14 that provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to guide children through early adolescence facilitated by Leah Littlefield and Angela Knapp. The 6 week program will be held on Mondays 3\/6 to 4\/13 at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[],"class_list":["post-8673","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/8673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8673"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westtisburylibrary.org\/publiclibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=8673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}