Thief River Falls Community Education

Have you heard about the latest new app called TikTok? Learn how it's used and how parents can also help their kids stay safe while on it. You'll leave the class with helpful action items with your family to help gain a better understanding on what to do/what not to do within the app. The class will help set up a healthy foundation for technology habits your family members can use for the rest of their life whether in school or in their professional careers.

Here’s a facelift you can do at home. Acupressure is an ancient Chinese healing method that works with the energy that flows through your body. Stimulating facial acupressure points can help erase years from your face naturally, bring a healthy glow to your skin; increase forming; even decrease headaches, relieve eye strain, soothe nerves, and increase relaxation. Learn how to make your skin as healthy as possible from the inside out.

Acupressure is an ancient, Eastern healing technique that involves pressing or kneading key points on the body to release energy blockages and simulate energy flow through pathways called meridians. Continual sinus problems have become epidemic in both children and adults. You can find relief by stimulating the many points that relieve sinus blockages, headaches and more.

Acupressure is an Eastern healing technique that involves pressing or massaging key points on the body to stimulate energy flow through pathways called meridians. When the points that regulate metabolism, digestion and thyroid function are blocked or out of balance, losing weight will seem like an impossible task. In this workshop, you will learn the main pressure points that help strengthen thyroid function, boost metabolism, control appetite, decrease food cravings, reduce stress eating and strengthen the entire digestive system.

Acupressure is an ancient healing art and self-help tool. It can offer great relief with no side effects and help you feel your best. Along with the specific points to help relieve stress, insomnia, anxiety, irritability and even weight gain, learn the Nine Master Pressure Points which are the most helpful and most frequently prescribed to help and assist every system in your body.

Acupressure is an ancient healing art that can offer great relief, with no side effects, from symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings, bloating, headaches, irritability, nausea, insomnia, anxiety and even weight gain. Learn which points balance hormone levels naturally, including thyroid hormones. Acupressure is a wonderful self-help tool that will help you feel your best. We will discuss breathing techniques, nutritional musts, and more.

Alzheimer’s Series Online Session 1: Understanding & Responding to Dementia-Related Behavior Behavior is a powerful form of communication and is one of the primary ways for people with dementia to communicate their needs and feelings as the ability to use language is lost. However, some behaviors can present real challenges for caregivers to manage. Join us to learn to decode behavioral messages, identify common behavior triggers, and learn strategies to help intervene with some of the most common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer’s disease.

Session 2: Effective Communications Strategies Communication is more than just talking and listening – it’s also about sending and receiving messages through attitude, tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language. As people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias progress in their journey and the ability to use words is lost, families need new ways to connect. Join us to explore how communication takes place when someone has Alzheimer’s, learn to decode the verbal and behavioral messages delivered by someone with dementia, and identify strategies to help you connect and communicate at each stage of the disease.

Session 3: Dementia Conversations: Driving, Doctor Visits, Legal, and Financial Planning When someone is showing signs of dementia, it’s time to talk. Often, conversations with family about changing behaviors can be challenging and uncomfortable. This program provides tips for breaking the ice with your family so you can address some of the most common issues that are difficult to discuss: going to the doctor for a diagnosis or medical treatment, deciding when to stop driving, and making legal and financial plans for future care.

Perimenopause starts around the age of 35 for most women and can last 10-15 years. Common symptoms include fatigue, migraines, weight gain, water retention, depression, sleep disturbances, joint aches, hot flashes, anger flashes, fibroids, exaggerated PMS and more. Once you understand exactly what is causing all the troublesome symptoms, they are much easier to correct. We'll discuss how to get hormone levels measured - blood test vs. saliva test and what to do with the results; traditional HRT vs. bio-identical; acupressure points to assist in symptom relief and nutritional musts. You'll leave with multiple tools and techniques for restoring health and well-being.

A perfect way to unwind at the end of the day is sitting on the couch with a little handwork. Tonight we are going to cover some of the most common embroidery stitches, how to thread the needle, different applications for embroidery, and how to make your back look as nice as your top. I will share a little secret about embroidery floss, learned from trials and errors over the years. We will be making a dish towel with the state of Minnesota on. ALL supplies including dishtowels and embroidery hoops will be provided AND you will get to keep your embroidery hoop for future projects! We will meet at Tonnabells in downtown TRF. This class is going to be limited in size and is going to be offered twice … sign up for one class or both. Limit 8.

We will be learning the basics of cooking, how to read a recipe while we prepare some delicious food. Ages 10+ Limit 20.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We will learn why while making delicious breakfast foods! Ages 10+. Limit 20.

One of the best things about your Apple tablet is the apps that come bundled with iPad OS 14. There’s Mail for sending and receiving emails, Safari for surfing the web and Calendar, Reminders and Notes for organizing your life. For photographers, there’s Photos and Camera and for music lovers, there’s Music. We show you all this and lots more. A link to attend will be sent prior to class. Mail App for Your Emails Home App - Control Your Gadgets Safari App - Surf the Web Reminders App - Never Forget Again Messages App - Texts on Your iPad & iPhone Notes App - Organize Your Life Calendar App - Plan Your Dates Contacts App - Your Digital Details Clock App - World Time and More Camera App - Take Better Pictures Photos App - Manage Your Snaps Maps App - Navigate Your World Measure App - Virtual Dimensions Music App - Enjoy Your Sounds TV App - Television On the Go Books App - For All Your eBooks News App - Stories and Features FaceTime App - Audio and Video Calls Find My Friends and Gadgets iTunes Store App for Digital Media The App Store - A World of Apps

Facebook took on Etsy and eBay in 2016 with the launch of Marketplace, a feature within the main Facebook app that you can use to buy and sell goods. We've seen it work really well on a local basis because it's so simple to see free and pay-for items that are around where you live - and around the stuff you're interested in. Before Marketplace, people used Facebook Groups to buy, sell, trade, and barter. You could set up a garage sale-type group for your community, for instance, so that people in your local neighborhood could post things they had for sale and look for items from others. It was a bit clunky though, with Marketplace offering a much more streamlined approach. Here's everything you need to know about Facebook Marketplace, including where to find it, how to sell items, and how to make purchases safely. A link to attend will be sent prior to class.

When your child has a Smartphone there are key things you should know in order to keep them safe and secure. In this class you’ll understand recommended safety settings on popular social media apps, parental apps for your child’s Smartphone, and more! You will leave this class with a confident plan to simplify the technology so that you and your child can use the phone safely without worry.

Students will create a creature (person, animal, or thing with human attributes) out of modeling clay. Then we will create a short storybook about their creature that will help with writing skills. Students can share their creations with others. Ages 6+. Limit 12.