Parents, foster-parents, babysitters, daycare providers, grand-parents and others with interest are invited to attend a program on "Art Activities To Use with Your Children During Summer" at the Jewish Educational Alliance from 6-7:30 p.m. June 10. The program is free and open to the public and is endorsed by Parent University.

The focus of the workshop will be to provide caregivers with ideas of art activities that can be used with their 6-12 year olds this summer. A variety of art media for use "on a budget" will be demonstrated and discussed, and adult participants will produce their own masterpieces!

The purposes of providing art activities for children are to engage in quality time, to build both confidence and self-esteem, to support expression of feelings, to foster identity development, and simply to prevent boredom. To register, call (912) 236-1401.

Workshop leaders include Karla Steckler, an art therapist who currently works at the Coastal Children's Advocacy Center, where she serves sexually and physically abused children and adolescents. She also has experience working with foster parents and children in intensive foster care homes and serving as a counselor in a county mental health outpatient facility. Furthermore, she has served as an art therapist for children in medical units, for adults in both inpatient and outpatient units, and for severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed youth in an educational setting.

Donna Hammontree is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at the Coastal Children's Advocacy Center and is also in private practice. She currently serves as president of the Clinical Social Work Association of Savannah.