Parenting a Teenager

Family Services Center offers the following programs for families who have a teenager:

Active Parenting of Teens

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This program gives parents an opportunity to focus on their family without any of the usual interruptions, such as TV and the phone. Each session allows participants to identify daily family problems and then learn techniques for solving and preventing them.
Parents will learn skills for:
  • Communicating effectively with their teens
  • Preventing the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
  • Disciplining while teaching responsibility
  • Encouraging the development of self-esteem and character
  • Redirecting misbehavior
  • Encouraging nonviolent conflict resolution

STEP

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The STEP approaches include appreciating that children’s behaviors are motivated by a variety of goals, that encouragement for children becoming the best that they can be is extremely important, and that family councils for making decisions for and with children are highly valued.
Topics Covered Include:
  • Understanding Yourself and Your Teenager
  • Changing Your Response to Your Teen
  • Communicating Respect and Encouragement
  • Encouraging Cooperation and Solving Problems
  • Using Consequences to Build Responsibility
  • Deciding What To Do – Part I
  • Deciding What To Do – Part II

Nurturing

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The Nurturing programs feature activities to foster positive parenting skills and self-nurturing, home practice exercises, family nurturing time, and activities to promote positive brain development in children birth to 18 years. Parents and children attend separate groups that meet concurrently designed to build self-awareness, positive concept/self-esteem and build levels of empathy; teach alternatives to hitting and yelling; enhance family communication and awareness of needs; replace abusive behaviors with nurturing behaviors; promote healthy physical and emotional development; and teach appropriate role and developmental expectations.
To register or for more information on Parenting Seminars attend an Orientation
1st and 3rd Tuesday of the Month at 10am 
2nd and 4th Tuesday of the Month at 6pm