Offered to Court-Referred Clients through our DCS Community-Based Contract
Regions Served
4 & 10 and parts of 6 & 7
Counties Served
Allen, Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley, and Marion
Service Standard
Parenting Education
Service Description
This award-winning, evidence-based, parenting class and best-selling book, provides participants with valuable parenting skills.
Participants gain confidence and courage to meet the challenges (and savor the joys) of their children’s teen years.
This class is based on sound principles of child and adolescent development and provides families with indispensable parenting help.
Participants learn and laugh in a supportive environment
Topics
Teens and technology
Drug use and prevention
Bullying
Stepfamily considerations
Brain development, behavior and decision-making
Discipline and communication
Sexuality
Teens and technology
Drug use and prevention
Bullying
Stepfamily considerations
Brain development, behavior and decision-making
Discipline and communication
Sexuality
Structure
26 group sessions in total
One session per week
Sessions are 2-hours long each
Morning or evening groups
8-10 participants per group
Individual sessions as needed
