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Greater Franklin Economic and Community Development, along with Spruce Mountain Adult Education, offers free in-person computer classes for all residents in Franklin County, Livermore, and Livermore Falls.

Devices will be provided for students who need them.

This course is designed to help women understand how stress affects them differently than men. It explains how women’s brains are wired to react to physical danger and life-threatening situations, and how this can impact their perception of reality and stress responses. The course also provides insights into how women can use their unique talents to approach stress in a healthy way.

Carole’s background has been equal portions of respiratory therapy, exercise physiology, and massage therapy. Her career as a respiratory therapist began at Loma Linda University Medical Center where she discovered that most adult patients were in the hospital because of poor lifestyle choices. That inspired her to attend graduate school at LLUMC, majoring in Health Sciences. She now focuses her work in a relatively new field of pulmonary medicine - recognizing and treating breathing disorders. She has personally benefited from improved breathing patterns, “I have found that each day I was mindful of my breathing pattern, I gained more energy, and my breathing became easier. It felt like I was turning the clock back as I continued to gain strength and endurance.”

This is a self-paced, on-demand class. A link and code will be emailed to you after registration. 

This course is designed to help women understand how stress affects them differently than men. It explains how women’s brains are wired to react to physical danger and life-threatening situations, and how this can impact their perception of reality and stress responses. The course also provides insights into how women can use their unique talents to approach stress in a healthy way.

This course is designed to help women understand how stress affects them differently than men. It explains how women's brains are wired to react to physical danger and life-threatening situations, and how this can impact their perception of reality and stress responses.

This course is designed to help women understand how stress affects them differently than men. It explains how women’s brains are wired to react to physical danger and life-threatening situations, and how this can impact their perception of reality and stress responses. The course also provides insights into how women can use their unique talents to approach stress in a healthy way. Online at your convenience. Pre-registration is required to receive online link.

Nearly 20 people came out for our first course on The Power of Kindness in the Fall of 2023! Join this growing movement of Sacopee Valley residents who are coming together to support each other and our communities through Acts of Kindness both large and small, and through kindness community activities, both new and time-tested. Meeting dates and locations will be determined. Please pre-register if possible, allowing individuals to be contacted with further information.

One of the most turbulent periods in brain development occurs during adolescence. The teen brain actually functions very differently from the adult brain. Certain kinds of thinking, such as decision-making, actually happen in different parts of the brain for adolescents and adults.  

Understanding these complex changes can help calm the rough seas of the teen years, but also provide your teen with critical support and understanding that will promote better decision-making, better mental health, and better outcomes at school.  

Come find out the important ways in which the teen brain is developing. Identify behaviors and attitudes that are influenced by these changes. Then learn to offer constructive strategies for establishing a better understanding of and communication with your amazing teen. 

Click here for more information about the course specifics, dates, cost and registration.