Positive and negative risk factors of families and communities. Conflict management styles. Natural and logical consequences. Setting and managing successful limits for teens. Achievements Twenty parents attended the workshop.
Surveys indicate parents feel the program meets their needs.
Eighty percent of the parents stated that they gained ideas to help resolve conflict with their teen. All of the parents agreed that they had a better understanding of the emotional and social development of adolescents and how it relates to conflict issues within the family. Nine parents were referred by the county probation officer. These parents either had children temporarily housed in the detention center or were working with the Health and Welfare social worker on custody issues. One parent stated that the course was the best class she and her husband had ever taken.