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Anger Choices
In this five week anger management series, a trained facilitator will work with participants, ages 18 and older, to help them learn how to reduce and eliminate self-defeating angry reactions. this class will explore what defines anger and how to more wisely choose reactions that are less harmful to self and others.
Best Dads
This 10-week course will explore topics such as discipline and creative play, fathering sons and daughters, teamwork with spouse and co-parent, communication and problem-solving, and balancing work and fathering. This course is offered in Lafayette and New Iberia. This course is free to fathers thanks to the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund.
Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers & Preschoolers
Put the positive back in parenting. Whining, tantrums, and other naughty behavior can be nipped in the bud by learning how to set proper expectations for your children. This series will help parents prevent problems and how to use consistency, consequences and praise to to improve behavior and more!
Cooperative Parenting & Divorce
During the divorce process, parents often struggle to restructure their family. This struggle is magnified by pain, anger, and concerns about how to support their children during this process. This program addresses the issues associated with divorce through a group format that incorporates skills development, parent interaction and application.
How to Talk so Kids will Listen
This series helps parents learn effective communication techniques to better engage their children in expressing their feelings, offering praise, receiving cooperation, and more! This series offers practical advice for all types of parenting challenges.
The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift is a 10 week class for women who care for children based on the Nurturing Parents Program
TransParenting (formerly Children Cope with Divorce)
TransParenting is a FOUR hour parent seminar designed to teach effective parenting during the transitions of divorce or parental separation. It impresses upon parents the critical role they play in their child's ability to adjust to changes surrounding divorce.
The seminar emphasizes each parent's responsibility to provide a nurturing non-threatening environment for their child(ren).
Topics include:
Feelings associated with divorce
Ways that children of different ages react during transition
Parenting approaches that benefit your children
Suggested ways for talking to children about divorce
Other adjustments children may make
The course is taught by licensed professionals who have experience with children and who have been specially trained to teach this course. This is an educational program and not a counseling session. Parents will not be expected to discuss personal problems. Children do NOT attend.
For additional information please visit the companion website for this seminar: www.UpToParents.org
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