Parent Education

If you are looking for opportunities to meet other parents or better understand how your child develops and grows, you might be interested in attending one of our parent education sessions where you can find answers to your parenting questions. 

Parent education sessions are offered in churches, community centers and schools throughout Stark County. Sessions often include dinner, child care and incentives. If transportation to and from a session is a challenge, we can help you with bus passes too.  

For more information, visit our calendar of upcoming events. Or contact Mary at 330-491-3272 Ext. 5690 or by email. Below is a brief description of available education classes.

1,2,3,4 Parents!

For parents of children ages 1-4 years.

Sessions focus on topics such as:

• Stages of development
• The bond between parent and child
• The use of non-violent discipline skills
• Tips for avoiding accidents and problems
• Choices and consequences
• The power of engaging with your children

Active Parenting Now!

For Parents of children ages 5-12.

Sessions focus on topics that include: 

• Styles of parenting
• Mutual respect and how to get it
• Emotional intelligence
• Active communication
• Teaching responsibility
• Effective non-violent discipline
• The goals of behavior
• Family meetings

24/7 Dad!

Dad only program, for dads, taught by dads. Sessions focus on helping fathers hone their parenting skills as they learn about themselves and the important role they have with their children.

Topics include:

• Showing and handling feelings
• The father’s role
• Discipline
• Children’s Growth
• Working with Mom and Co-parenting

Incredible Years

For Parents of children ages 0-12. The objectives of the program are to help parents provide young children with a strong emotional, social and academic foundation. Incredible Years is organized into fourteen sessions which promote children’s social competence, emotional regulation, and problem solving skills and reduce their behavioral problems.

Sessions include:

• Questions commonly asked by parents
• Brainstorm and values exercises
• Role play practice suggestions, home activities and handouts.

Parenting Wisely

Program is available in either CD-ROM or online interactive formats that encourage maximum skill retention. Choice of nine different video enactments of typical family struggles. Session is then concluded with a quiz, further reinforcing the information.

Sessions include:

• Opportunities to choose from a list of options representing different levels of effectiveness. 
• Time to examine and critique behaviors through an interactive question and answer session. 
• In-depth tutorials highlight the parenting skills depicted and give further insight into beneficial behavior. 

Happy to Be Me, Zero to Three!

For parents of children ages birth to three, Happy to Be Me offers four, two-hour sessions which help parents understand their child's early development. This eight hour curriculum focuses on topics that include:

• Intellectual Development
• Physical Development
• Language Development
• Social/Emotional Development

Doctor Dad™

For dads with newborns, these four, 90-minute sessions cover a wide range of important child health and safety topics, including:

• The well child: what to do with your new baby
• The sick child
• The injured child
• The safe child

 

 

 

 

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