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Parenting Effectively

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Local Parenting Classes

Provided by Fairfield County Family, Adult and Children First Council,
all classes are held at the Agriculture Center, 831 College Ave., Lancaster, Ohio 43130.
To register for any of the classes, contact Pam Redding at 740.652.7287 or pamela.redding@fairfieldcountyohio.gov.
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First Five Years - For parents of children from birth to 5 years old - 3 sessions (FREE, but childcare is not provided) - Tuesdays, June 4, 11, and 18 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.  

Here’s what you’ll learn:
  • What a baby’s cry means
  • Ages and stages of development
  • Building a strong bond
  • Your child’s growing brain
  • Using mindfulness to keep your cool
  • Effective discipline young children can understand
  • Choices and consequences
  • 6 ways to prepare your child for school success, and much more!
Active Parenting - For parents of children, ages 5-12 - 3 sessions (FREE, but childcare is not provided) - Thursdays, May 30 and June 6 and 13 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

This workshop will show you effective ways to:
  • use non-violent discipline techniques that work
  • improve communication with your child
  • teach responsibility and other important values
  • handle problems as they come up
  • cope with difficult topics, such as drugs, violence, and sex
  • defuse power struggles with your child
  • stimulate independence as your child grows older
  • encourage your child to be his/her very best
Loving Solutions Series
Active Parenting for Stepfamilies Virtual Series
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The Parent Project - For parents of out-of-control teens - 10-week series (No cost tuition, but there is a $10 material fee due at the intake meeting or first class. Dinner is provided!) - Tuesdays starting Feb. 19 from 6-9 p.m.

​This is the program that started it all. A Parent’s Guide to Changing Destructive Adolescent Behavior (CDAB) is the only parent training program that addresses the MOST destructive of adolescent behaviors. Now in its 12th edition, CDAB has become the program of choice for parents raising difficult or out-of-control teens. The American Bar Association’s Center on Children and the Law named the Parent Project the largest court-mandated juvenile diversion program in the country. With a focus on improving both school attendance and performance, CDAB has become a favorite of middle and high school educators as well.

​To register for any of the classes, contact Pam Redding at 740.652.7287 or pamela.redding@fairfieldcountyohio.gov.
The Parent Project Flyer
Triple P Seminars - For parents of children birth-8 years old - (FREE)

Triple P Seminars are for large groups of parents – possibly 20 or more. It’s an informal presentation, a little like a public forum. There are three seminars in the Triple P series and you can choose to do one, two or all three: 
  • The Power of Positive Parenting: For every parent who ever wondered: “Why does my child do that?” This seminar helps you understand the reasons kids do what they do, so you can guide their behavior – and see more of the behavior you like, and less of the behavior you don’t like. 
  • Raising Confident, Competent Children: You can help your child become confident and successful – at school and beyond. Find out ways to encourage them to be respectful and considerate, communicate and get on well with others, feel good about themselves and become independent problem solvers. 
  • Raising Resilient Children: How can you help your child manage their emotions so they cope well with disappointment and in stressful situations? Get the strategies that will allow them to recognize positive and negative emotions – and deal with them in a healthy way. 
Incentives, such as gift cards and books, will be given to participants each week!
Triple P Seminars Flyer

Another Local Program - Teens with Tots
Offered by Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action Agency

Teens with Tots is a program that offers support to teenage parents who are in school or planning to graduate.  Teens with Tots includes group support, individual support and is conducted through partnership with local school districts.  The program provides opportunities for teen parents to interact with each other, and promotes awareness of community resources. The program includes basic education in child development, enables parent-child bonding, and encourages positive disciple techniques.  Teens with Tots looks at developmental components while acknowledging the problems and hurdles that teenage parents face today.  Together, we’ll get that diploma or GED.
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Teens with Tots Referral Form

The most Effective Parenting Style for Discipline that Works

Often parents wonder how they can create an environment in their homes and in their relationships with their children that will nurture their children’s ability to meet the challenges they will confront as they grow and move out into the world. The kind of discipline you use can have a big influence on this.

There are three main parenting styles that are most commonly used.
  • What distinguishes one from the other is the amount and kind of structure that the family has in place and the kind of discipline it imposes.
  • These different approaches exist on the arc of a pendulum from the loosest organization to the most rigid.
  • Most families are blends of all three strategies, usually with one approach being dominant.
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Other Resources

Fact Sheets from the CDC:
Monitoring Your Teen's Activities: What Parents and Families Should Know
Ways to Influence Your Teen's Sexual Risk Behavior: What Fathers Can Do
Parents' Influence on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens: What Parents and Families Should Know
Talkiing with Your Teens about Sex: Going Beyond "the Talk"
Teen Health Services and One-on-One Time with A Healthcare Provider: An Infobrief for Parents
Prevention Works - Treatment is Effective - People Recover

Disclaimer: Information contained on this website is believed to be accurate but is not warranted or intended to diagnose or treat any physical, mental, or addiction disorders. Always seek the advice of a physician if you have any health-related questions.