Tuesday, September 15, 22, 29, and October 6, 12,
& 20, 2009 – Active Parenting of Teens
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
In this six-week series, parents will learn the skills required
to meet the challenges of parenting teens and preteens in today’s
society. Parents will learn skills for effectively handling family
problems through clear, honest communication and respectful
discipline. Special attention will be given to today’s problems of
teen drug use, sexuality, and violence, providing parents with
helpful prevention guidelines. Each participant will receive
Active Parenting of Teens Parent’s Guide, by Michael
Popkin, Ph.D.
Location: Santa Clarita Activities Center - Santa
Clarita Room A
Monday, September 21, 2009-
Overcoming Anxiety: Interventions to Help Your Child
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
This workshop will define stress and
anxiety and what it looks like in children and adolescents.
Different assessment techniques will be presented and general
techniques and interventions will be discussed that will help in
lowering stress effects. Participants will learn about
progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing and meditation.
Location: Valencia Library - Community Room
Friday,
September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23,
& 30, 2009 -
Active Parenting Now
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
In this six week series, parents will
learn the skills to help develop cooperation, responsibility, and self-esteem in
their children, and prepare them to meet the challenges of teenage years.
This program also teaches parents positive, non-violent disciplinary techniques
to avoid struggles, effective communication, and problem-solving strategies.
Location: COC Center for Early Childhood Education Room B
Monday, September 28, 2009 -
Support for Special Needs Children
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
If you have a special needs child,
parenting can be especially overwhelming. How do you
discipline a special needs child? Parents of special needs
kids are sometimes overprotective and this may lead them to be
permissive and not consider much discipline. This workshop
will focus on skills to help you understand your child's behavior
and empower you to be a parent who can effectively communicate with
your child, discipline, and set limits.
Location: Valencia Library - Community Room
CANCELLED
October,
2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
– Positive Discipline
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Why does it seem that kids just do not "do what they are told"
anymore? This eye-opening workshop will help you identify
misbehaviors you can see in your home right now, and the qualities
you want your children to have by the time they become young adults.
Learn the importance of learning new ways to parent, involving more
horizontal relationships.
Location: Meadows Elementary - Multi-purpose Room
Saturdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, & November 7, 2009 -
Cooperative Parenting and Divorce
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This program is designed to assist
divorcing or divorced parents in reducing parental conflict, and the risk
factors that influence the child's post-divorce adjustment. It addresses
the relationship between separate households created, as a result of divorce.
It is designed to improve the quality of the parental relationship in situations
of joint custody, separate maintenance, change of custody, and paternity.
Location: Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library
Mondays, October 12, 19, & 26, 2009-
Active Parenting, 1234
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
This three-week series looks at the
various stages of early childhood development from ages 1 - 4. Topics of
discussion are: understanding misbehavior, listening and talking to young
children, the art of setting limits, and the importance of providing discipline.
Each participant will receive Parenting our 1 - 4 Year Old by Michael
Popkin, Ph.D.
Location: Santa Clarita Activities Center - Canyon Rooms A & B
Thursday,
October 15, 2009 - Setting Students Up for Success in School:
Creating Homework Schedules and More
6:30 - 8:30 p.m..
If your child struggles with
school and/or resists homework, ask yourself, "why?" Learn the
top 5 reasons why students struggle in school and how to avoid them.
Also, this workshop will discuss ADD and learning challenges, power
learning and success strategies.
Location:
Valencia Library - Community Room
Monday,
October 26, 2009 –
Eating Disorders and Body Image: Understanding the Problem and
Discovering a Unified Approach to Prevention and Treatment
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
This workshop will educate parents about how to recognize disordered
eating and how to prevent childhood obesity. Nutrition
guidelines and resources on where to get help will be discussed.
Location: Valencia Library -
Community Room
Tuesdays,
October 27, November 3, 10, 17, 24 and December 1, 2009 - Taming
the Anger Monster
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
This course is
intended to offer adults specific tools on how to control or manage
their anger. These skills can be successfully be applied in
the workplace, in relationships, while driving, with one's family,
or in any situation where anger control is an issue.
Location: Santa Clarita Activities Center - Canyon Rooms A & B
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - The Anti-Bully Tool Kit
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Parents will
learn to identify the warning signs of bullying and what to do is
your child is being mistreated. Specific strategies and
techniques will be taught to support and empower your child to
address bullying behavior - whether he/she is the victim or the
perpetrator.
Location: Valencia Library - Community Room
November,
2009
Friday,
November 6, 2009 - DCFS 101: What You Need to Know About the
Process, Services, and Policies
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
The Department of
Child and Family Services is a big organization and knowing how to
get what you need from them can be daunting! Learn from
someone who works for DCFS how to get your needs met from this
organization and how they can better work with you. Once you
know what DCFS can do and the services they can provide then learn
what you can do with this information to get the most help available
to you.
Location: COC Center for
Early Childhood Education - Room B
Monday,
November 9, 2009
– Balancing Family Life: How
to Take Care of Your Family and Still Take Care of Yourself
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Family life can become quite complicated. In order to be an
emotionally healthy parent, you need to have some self-care in your
life. This workshop gives caregivers the needed tools to
balance family life that creates an atmosphere of shared
responsibilities to avoid burnout and strive towards a healthy
balance of both needs of the adults and the needs of the children in
the family.
Location: City Hall:
Valencia Library - Community Room