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Families in Action

The Families in Action program is funded by the City of Palmdale with additional support from the Los Angeles County. The program offers six different courses to parents in the Antelope Valley, as well as two courses in Spanish.

The Becoming a Love and Logic Parent course offers an approach to discipline that places the adult in control while at the same time placing the child in a thinking mode. Effective for both parents and teachers, Love and Logic enables adults to avoid the cycle of defiance that so often turns simple daily events into major power struggles with children.

Families in Action also offers 1, 2, 3, 4 Parents!, a course geared for parents of children in the one- to four-year-old age group. It addresses and teaches basic parenting skills and is perfect for the new parent. The program teaches basic developmental stages from ages one to four, non-violent discipline skills, problem prevention techniques, encouragement skills, the importance of a child's self-esteem and parental self-care.

The course Strengthening Stepfamilies tackles the traumas and opportunities of the fluid family structure including the remolding, reshaping and repopulating of family units through divorce and remarriage. Participants will discover the potential joys and opportunities of their new families as Strengthening Stepfamilies teaches the skills that help children and teens adjust to their changed family and help pinpoint the developmental stages in the stepfamily.

The Cooperative Parenting and Divorce course is designed to assist divorcing or divorced parents in reducing parental conflict and risk factors associated with the child's post-divorce adjustment. The program also benefits the divorced parents by offering information on rebuilding their lives as individuals, fostering sensitivity to their children's needs and focusing on child-rearing issues rather than past marital issues.

Families in Action will continue to offer the Strong-Willed or Out-of-Control Children course in conjunction with A Teen Guide to Choosing Success, Choosing Life. The Strong-Willed course provides education in a multilevel model, combining instruction with topic-focused, self-help parent groups. The curriculum utilizes behavioral interventions to present practical, no-nonsense solutions to the serious problems parents face raising children today.

Teen Guide to Choosing Success, Choosing Life component was added to complement the adult Strong-Willed or Out-of-Control class. Teens enrolling in the teen curriculum will learn to analyze the choices they make, think about why they make those choices and learn tips and strategies to make their lives better and happier. Teens registered in this class must have parents registered in the adult class.

Working Out Conflicts: Conflict is a major source of stress in many young people's lives. It can be the cause of violence. Not knowing how to respond to conflict makes it worse. This class is filled with practical things teens can do to get a handle on conflict and get along better with all the people in their lives.

Contact Families in Action

For more information about the parent education classes, please call the Families in Action office at 661/267-5665. Or if you have questions, want some feedback, or just want to share some ideas and successes, we'd love to hear from you. Staff will be available to speak with you, or will return your call promptly.

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Instructors for 2007 - 2008

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