The parenting course helps parents improve and correct communication and child managment skills. The basic course is for parents of children 3-l2. There are also adolescent foster parent and infant and pre-school versions. Through tapes and demonstrations you will see the instruction, discussion and feedback methods used to teach the six communication and child managment skills to parents.
Parents learn to maintain control with a minimal use of consequences or punishments.
Opportunities are built into the program and the course discussions for parents to explore their own feelings and points of view in relation to their children in the educational context of the course. The course can be formatted into six, eight or ten sessions. Leadership methods optimize parental learning and application of skills as well as discussion to help them process the course principles in relation to their beliefs and personal situations. The emphasis will be on presenting the course in one of the group formats. However,the course can be used as a tutorial for individual presentation when groups are not practical.