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Welcome Baby Parenting Series:
Welcome Baby now offers two nationally recognized parent education series.
Positive Discipline
This eight session class is for parents who are looking for long-term parenting skills that will encourage their children to think for themselves, become more responsible and have greater respect for themselves or others. The workshop series is based on the book. Positive Discipline, by Jane Nelsen and filled with non-punitive, respectful methods that will incorporate kindness and firmness into parenting and bring more joy into the home. This series is specifically tailored to the needs of the participants.
The Incredible Years
This is a 14 week closed class series for parents that identify challenges with their 2, 3, 4 or 5 year old that hasn’t entered Kindergarten. The course is based on well-established behavioral/social-learning principles that describe how behaviors are learned and how they can be changed. The aim is helping parents’ interactions with their child to become more positive and on changing parents’ responses to specific child behaviors. Some of the short term goals of the program are to increase children’s problem-solving skills and effective anger management strategies. Increase children’s social skills and decrease children’s aggressive behaviors.
All workshops are free, but registration is required. Call Kimberly @ 560-7319 or Patience at 560-7392 to register. Childcare is provided for a donation of $2 per child/$5 maximum per family with advance notice only. Childcare is limited: please consider all your childcare options. We also offer some limited assistance with transportation based on fund availability. Please discuss your needs with Kimberly and Patience when you call.
Classes fill up quickly and so please call to get the latest scheduling information.
Incredible Years for Parents with Babies
This new series offers parents of infants-newborn to one year-support to:
- ♥ Strengthen the nurturing bond between parent and newborn by
- ♥ Helping mothers and fathers read babies' cues and signals,
- ♥ Understanding babies' brain development,
- ♥ Learn the important role of touch and visual stimulation and
- ♥ The value of taking care of yourself to avoid frustration with babies' needs.
Series begins January 6th - mornings beginning at 9:30 am until 11:30 pm.
To register for either Incredible Years class, call Kimberly @ 560-7319. Breakfast and childcare are available.
Circle of Parents
Circle of Parents provides a friendly, supportive environment led by parents and other caregivers. It's a place where anyone in a parenting role can openly discuss the successes and challenges of raising children . . . where they can find and share support.
How? By sitting down and really talking. Circle of Parents groups meet weekly, are free of charge, and foster an open exchange of ideas, support, information and resources. These kinds of groups serve those parenting children of ages 0 to 5 years, and families of all types.
Ongoing parenting support group meeting Thursday evenings from 6:30pm - 8pm. All parents are welcome to drop in. If childcare is needed, please call Patience ahead of time @ 560-7392.
Birth and Beginning Years (B.A.B.Y.)
Open to parents that are pregnant or with babies up to 4 months old.
This series covers:
- ♥ Understanding & preparing for labor & delivery - for Moms and Dads.
- ♥ Newborn Care - bathing, diapering, feeding, dealing with crying.
- ♥ Coping with all of the changes that come along with having a new baby.
These are some of the comments from parents that have graduated from the B.A.B.Y. series:
- "I thought I knew everything about having a baby but I learned a lot!" (Mom of two)
- "I never thought I would want to be at the birth but now I know how important it is! "(1st time dad)
Series begins January 8th from 10:30am-12:30pm. To register call Patience @ 560-7392
Food and childcare are available.
BABY COLLEGE AT ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH
For families with children, newborn to 5 years, living in the YE Smith Elementary School area, we are offering a variety of the parenting classes listed above. Classes are held at Antioch Baptist Church located at 1415 Holloway Street and include childcare, food and fun!
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