More About the PA Program

 

Parent Education Groups

This education group series helps parents to learn positive parenting skills to help them be the best parents they can be. Many parents come to us needing to fulfill a court-required program.

 

Strong Emotions and Parenting | For parents to learn how to manage their strong emotions and respond to children who have strong emotions.

 

Parenting in Recovery | For parents who are in recovery from alcoholism or drug abuse, domestic violence, co-dependency, or other challenging life situations.

 

Parenting Skills | For parents who are ready to learn parenting skills related to their specific needs.

 

The Early Years | Parents can learn about early childhood development and other key topics with young children.

 

Basics of Care | For parents to learn about nurturing routines, child-proofing, children’s growth, when to get medical care, choosing childcare, good touch/bad touch, supervision, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therapeutic Play Groups

We provide a weekly time for children to play with positive adults in a nurturing atmosphere. Children attend the therapeutic play groups while their parents are at the Parent Education Groups.

 

 

 

Individual Parent Education

Staff meet with parents one-on-one to help teach, problem-solve, and model healthy parenting skills.

 

 

 

 

Emergency Respite Care (Extended Families)

Extended Families is specifically designed to provide short-term emergency foster care for children 0-18 years old. This service is for families who are in crisis and do not have a safe place for their children to stay. Some examples of children who qualify for this service are those who might have a parent in the hospital or jail, whose family is having extreme financial problems, or whose family is homeless. Most often the children come from single-parent homes, and their parent is in desperate need of respite care. Children are placed with Extended Families volunteers, and the average stay is 2-7 days.