A survival skill for healthy families is a 15 hour family/parenting education program presented in ten, one and a half hour sessions. As an alternative families may choose to participate in the curriculum in a workshops format during two full consecutive Saturdays.

Research shows that well-functioning families share certain patterns. The curriculum teaches practical skills that promote these patterns.

Families will learn:

Practical lifelong skills to strengthen, support and empower their family.
Skills to solve problems
Steps to resolve conflict
Steps for effective discipline
Ways to encourage and support one another
How to bring out the best in each other
Alternatives to physical punishment
How to build on the strengths of your family
Skills to build self esteem and self-confidence in parents and children.

Each session is organized around these skills which are demonstrated and then practiced by participants. It is a multi-sensory approach, using activities, worksheets, and information presented in a number of ways.

What are families saying about our parenting classes?

“I have more patience and yell less when problems arise, and I am becoming less engaged in disputes between the kids. We’re working together as more of a team”

“Now, I feel more secure in my role as rule maker, and I am trying to give my family members more time and space to respond. And, my family feels and shows more of an attitude of teamwork.”

“I learned that anyone can be taught skills to help their communication and parenting.”