Dinner On Us: Workshops for Families with Infants and Young Children
"Dinner On Us" is a weekly roundtable discussion series for families with young children, ages birth to five. This week's session, "What Makes a Family?" features family therapist and campus consultant Dr. Judith Davis. Dr. Davis will discuss how families can identify and incorporate simple rituals to strengthen family ties.
Dr. Davis is a licensed family therapist practicing in Amherst, and an Emeritus Consultant at UMass Amherst's Counseling and Assessment Services. Dr. Davis’s research and workshops focus on ritual and family life cycle development. Dr. Davis is the author of Whose Bar/Bat Mitzvah Is This? A Guide for Parents Through A Family Rite of Passage (St. Martin’s Press, 1998).
"Dinner On Us" occurs on Monday evenings during the academic year. Sessions are free and include dinner, supervised children's activities, and parking. The evening schedule is as follows:
Family Dinner: 5:15-5:45pm
Supervised Children’s Activities: 5:45-7:30pm
Roundtable Discussion: 6:00-7:30pm