Parenting Classes & Speakers
Breaking a Painful Pattern
March - April 2017
Lakeshore CAP Parenting Classes
Dates:
6 Week Class
Mar 21, 28
April 4, 11 ,18, 25
Location & Time
Tuesdays
9:30 - 11:00am
at
Lakeshore Family Resources
702 State St, Manitowoc
Cost
FREE!!
Free Childcare, Snacks & Parenting Strategies
This parenting class / support group is for parents struggling with an addiction and have dealt with or are currently dealing with the child welfare system.
This parenting class is based on a Rise book titled Breaking a Painful Pattern. Rise is an organization in New York that works with parents who have dealt with the child welfare system. Rise helps parents write their own stories of the struggle.
The book Breaking a Painful Pattern includes stories written by parents who struggled with an addiction and have dealt with the child welfare system.
During each class we read three stories. After each story, we discuss the story as a group. Then the group time to answer the “my reflections” questions and write in their “my recovery journal”.
Sample Stories/Themes:
Getting through it – Self care, setting goals
One Step at a Time – Rules for your home, guidelines
Building a Foundation – Planning ahead, problem solving
Eat, Play, Love –The power of playing with your child
A Way out of No Way – How do we connect with our children, how do we reach our children who rebel our ideas
Positive Solutions for Families
Next Session TBD
Lakeshore CAP Parenting Classes
Dates:
6 Week Class
TBD
Location & Time
TBD
Cost
FREE!!
Free Childcare, Snacks & Parenting Strategies
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) developed this curriculum as a six week parenting course. This parenting course discusses different topics that help promote positive behavior in children. It also gives ideas of different parenting strategies to use that will promote the child’s social and emotional development.
The course is broken up between six sessions. Each participant will receive a workbook that they will use for each session and that they may keep. In the workbook there are activities that the participants will do in class and at home. After session one,the instructor will begin each class with a group discussion of how the week went, if they were able to try the at home exercises with their children, and if they worked or not.
Session 1: Making a Connection
Discuss relationships with our kids, spending quality time, positive comments and encouragement.
Session 2: Making it happen
Discuss play as a powerful parenting practice, supporting the development of friendship skills, and encouraging positive behavior.
Session 3: Why do they do what they do?
Discuss determining the meaning of behavior, making expectations clear, developing and teaching household rules.
Session 4: Teach me what to do!
Discuss the importance of teaching emotional vocabulary, managing anger and handling disappointment, and problem solving skills.
Session 5: Facing the Challenge
Discuss strategies to promote positive behavior in kids.
Session 6: Review of Class
Each participant also makes a calming jar that they can take home and share with their child or children.
Childbirth, Sibling, New Parent & Infant Care Classes
See the sites below for a variety of classes to prepare yourself, your family, and your home for the arrival of a new baby.
Dates
The program consists of one (4 hour) session
.
Tuesday:
Oct. 4, 2016 OR
Dec. 6, 2016
Location & Time
Time:
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Where:
Calumet County Courthouse, 206 Court Street in Room 017 (use entrance on west side of building)
Cost
$20/per parent (cash, check or money order), payable in advance
Co-Parenting: Supporting Children During Divorce
Calumet County UW-Extension
The Supporting Children During Divorce: Co-Parenting is a mandatory program that focuses on the child or children’s experience of divorce and highlights specific co-parenting skills for parents.
The program assists parents in understanding and responding to the needs of their children before, during, and after divorce.
Guidelines on cooperative parenting and keeping children “out of the middle” provided.
Enrollment is limited. Register early to ensure space in desired session.
Registration is not complete until the fee and form are received. Parents can be, but do not need to be, enrolled in the same class offering.
Register: 920-849-1450, Ext. 4 or
Register online
Dates
Twelve, 30 minutes sessions.
Class begins when you enroll
Location & Time
Time:
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Where:
On-line class can be taken at anytime & can be taken anywhere you have Internet access.
Cost
FREE
Apart, Not Broken:
Learn, Connect, Create
Calumet County UW-Extension
Are you a Father going through divorce or separation?
Apart, Not Broken gives Fathers the opportunity to learn by hearing the experiences and insights of other separated and divorced fathers.
Learn strategies to connect with your children and make the relationship with your ex-partner manageable.
Create the relationship you want with your child by building on existing strengths, starting new traditions, and creating lasting memories.
Register: 920-849-1450, Ext. 4 or
Register online
Dates
Available 24 hours a day,
7 days a week on the Internet.
Location & Time
On-line class can be taken at anytime & can be taken anywhere you have Internet access. Class begins when you enroll
Cost
$45.00
Positive Parenting Course 101
Positive Parenting Institute
Ideal for all Court, Legal, Divorcing or Blended Families Situations.
This online course provides access to the Wisconsin Parent Education Program, which may be a court-ordered Parent Education Program required in the state of Wisconsin for parents that are seeking a divorce according to Wisconsin Statutes.
Positive Parenting Institute offers a comprehensive, nationally accepted and completely online parenting class and parenting courses in Calumet, Sheboygan, and Manitowoc Counties in Wisconsin.
