Outreach to Parents led by School of Nursing Director, Dr. Amal Khazin

Outreach to Parents

Above: Author and School of Nursing director, Dr. Amal Khazin, meets with interested parents at a book table. Below: Dr. Khazin is joined by her colleagues in celebration of the first printing of her first book (Left: Sawsan Shehadeh, Deputy Director, School of Nursing. Right: Randa Elias, Director of Nursing,

Nazareth Hospital)

How Do We Relate to Our Teenagers? (2005)

How Do We Relate to Our Children? (2009)  

Dr. Khazin has her Ph.D. in nursing from The University of Illinois, with a specialty in maternal/child nursing. These books grew out of a series of parenting workshops led by her nursing students  as part of their community outreach. Through grants to NPI, Tyndale House, IL and Schowalter, KS, funded the first book.

Written in Arabic with culturally relevant examples, these books are able to reach parents with the freeing message that they are not alone, and that other parents have similar problems with their children. 

Dr. Amal Khazin’s second book, released in March of 2009, includes chapters on communication, behavior modification, school achievement, sibling rivalry, fear, and relations with extended family. Funding for the second book was granted to NPI from Tyndale House Fdn., IL and Sparkplug Fdn., NY. As with the first book, all proceeds from sales will go back to the nursing school, which plans to use its new seminar room and auditorium to host parenting seminars, workshops, and discussion groups on these topics. Now available on Amazon.com, these resources will reach a wider readership in the Arabic language.