FREE ONLINE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES

WEBINAR

PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES

FOR PERSPECTIVE AND/OR ADOPTIVE PARENT

Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth, Inc. Adoption Permanency Division is delivering 7 sessions (1-hour per session) webinar for perspective and/or adoptive participants needing free online parenting classes. The 7 sessions will include

curriculum by Adults & Children Together (ACT) Raising Safe Kids Program

that is a universal parenting program designed to promote positive parenting

and prevent child maltreatment by fostering knowledge and skills that change

or improve parenting practices. Participants will receive a parenting certificate upon completion of ALL 7 sessions.

The purpose of Adoption Permanency Division is to support families who've adopted through Mississippi foster care system and prevent children from re-entering the foster care system. We provide information and referrals, family therapy, crisis management, adoptive/foster parent and youth trainings, family and teen support groups and respite care services. Trained respite families offer foster and adoptive parents that

opportunity for a break in times of crisis.

SCSCY Adoption Permanency Division is asking all participants to please click on the below survey to see if you qualify for the Parent Education classes for perspective

and/or adoptive parent webinar.

We will send you a confirmation email once you have taken the

survey and completed Registration.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST TAKE THE FOLLOWING SURVEY:

http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eh4zbmavkb84jw3n/start

The purpose of this service is to support families who've adopted through Mississippi's foster care system and prevent children from re-entering the foster care system. We provide information and referrals, crisis management, family therapy, adoptive/foster parent and youth trainings, family and teen support groups and respite care services. Trained respite families offer foster and adoptive parents the opportunity for a break in times of crisis.

Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth, Inc.

Adoption Permanency Division

Presenter:

Teresa Williams, LSW,

ACT Facilitator

Cost: Free

7 Sessions (1-hour per session)

DATES AND TIMES AVAILABLE:

Parent education classes will be

every Monday from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

starting June 29 - August 10.

7 PARENTING SESSIONS

Session 1: Understanding Children’s Behaviors: This component focuses on helping parents understand what to expect from children at various development stages and how to use skills to guide children’s behavior based on their developmental level, so that parents do not have unrealistic expectations of their children and do not resort to violence when dealing with misbehaviors.

Session 2: Young Children’s Exposure to Violence: The purpose of this session is to help parents understand (1) how children can be exposed to violence and its conseto use skills to guide children's behavior based on their development level, so that parents do not have unrealistic expectations of their children and do not resort to violence when dealing with misbehaviors.quences; (2) that children learn by observation and imitation; and (3) that their behavior, actions and the environment they provide teach children lessons for life.

Session 3: Anger Management for Parents: This session is designed to help parents learn skills to understand, control, and manage their own feelings of anger.

Session 4: Understanding and Helping Angry Children: This session helps parents understand children’s angry feelings and how to teach them positive ways to express and control anger. The session also covers helping families teach social problem-solving skills in a home environment based on an understanding of the developmental stages through which children learn social skills.

Session 5: Children and Electronic Media: This part of the program emphasizes the relationship between time spent on screen and unhealthy behaviors, and between exposure to violent messages and images and aggressive behaviors so that adults can reduce the impact on their children.

Session 6: Discipline and Parenting Style: This session helps parents understand that their parenting styles have an impact on children’s behaviors. Distinctions are also made between punishment and discipline so that parents can respond effectively.

Session 7: Discipline for Positive Behaviors: This session teaches parents how to prevent challenging behaviors and how to use positive methods to discipline their children.

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SCSCY MISSION

In response to the love of Christ, Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth, Inc. serves and equips vulnerable children and youth, assisting them in the process of becoming self-sufficient and contributing members of society.

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