Positive parenting classes can provide valuable insights, skills, and strategies to help parents nurture healthy and positive relationships with their children. NRV Cares sponsors many different Parenting Class options. These classes typically focus on encouraging constructive communication, setting boundaries, and fostering a supportive and loving environment. Here are some key components often covered in positive parenting classes:
- Effective Communication:
- Techniques for open and effective communication with children, including active listening and expressing emotions in a healthy way.
- Positive Discipline:
- Strategies for using positive discipline methods that focus on teaching rather than punishing, emphasizing consequences that are appropriate and related to the behavior.
- Building Connection:
- Methods for strengthening the parent-child bond through quality time, shared activities, and creating a supportive and loving environment.
- Understanding Child Development:
- Information about age-appropriate behaviors and milestones to help parents understand and respond to their child's needs at different developmental stages.
- Setting Realistic Expectations:
- Guidance on setting realistic expectations for children based on their age and abilities, avoiding unnecessary pressure or unrealistic demands.
- Emotion Regulation:
- Techniques for helping both parents and children regulate their emotions, fostering emotional intelligence and resilience.
- Problem-Solving Skills:
- Teaching children effective problem-solving skills and conflict resolution techniques.
- Parental Self-Care:
- Encouraging parents to prioritize self-care to maintain their own physical and emotional well-being.
- Positive Reinforcement:
- Strategies for using positive reinforcement to encourage desired behaviors and motivate children.
- Consistency in Parenting:
- Emphasizing the importance of consistency in parenting approaches, rules, and expectations.
- Parenting Styles:
- Understanding different parenting styles and helping parents identify and choose a style that aligns with their values and goals.
- Coping with Challenges:
- Providing tools and coping mechanisms for handling challenging behaviors, tantrums, and other common parenting challenges.
- Cultural Sensitivity:
- Acknowledging and respecting cultural differences and diversity in parenting practices.
Parents can find a variety of positive parenting classes through NRV Cares. These classes can be beneficial for both new and experienced parents seeking additional support and guidance in raising emotionally healthy and well-adjusted children.
Available Classes:
Parenting Young Children
Parenting Young Children utilizes the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) curriculum for parents/caregivers of children ages birth through six years old. An eight week course, STEP teaches:
- parents/caregivers about different parenting strategies and which will be most effective in influencing our children in a positive direction
- how to discipline with both firmness and kindness
- how to communicate effectively with children (and others)
- how to gain cooperation from our children
- ways to build our children’s and our own self-esteem through the process of encouragement
- much more!
NRV CARES is currently providing these courses on the following dates/times. (In person classes include daycare)
Tuesdays, January 16 - March 5, 2024 (5:30 - 7:00 PM on Zoom
Thursdays, January 10 - March 7, 2024 (10 - 11:30 AM) on Zoom
Tuesdays, March 12 - April 30, 2024 (5:30 - 7:00 PM) Fairlawn
Wednesdays, March 13 - May 8, 2024 (10 - 11:30 AM) Christiansburg
Registration is required. Please call/text Keli Lichty, Education Program Director, at 540.494.0835 or email at keli@nrvcares.org for questions.
