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Winter/Spring 2010 Classes & Costs

 

Parenting with Love & Logic
(4 sites available)

Longfellow Elementary
Feb 1 – March 15 (Mondays) (no class Feb 15)
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Janet Cardoza & Julie Lileks

Hawthorne Elementary
Feb 3 – March 10 (Wednesdays)
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Julie Drews & Lora Dawn McKinley

Pierce Park Elementary
Feb 16 – March 23 (Tuesdays)
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Sarah Dunn & Christopher Gibbons

Valley View Elementary
April 8 – May 13 (Thursdays)
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Joni Graham & Lindsy Thomas

A common sense approach to parenting that will give parents practical ideas about setting limits and teaching kids to make responsible choices. Parents will be given ideas and techniques that can be used at home to help kids develop responsibility and problem solving skills.
Registration Fee
Workbook – (Please send $8.00 book fee along with registration fee)
Child Care *

Parenting Teenagers
Fairmont Jr. High
Feb 3 – March 10 (Wednesdays)
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Being the parent of a teen is rewarding, exciting and challenging. With skills and understanding, you can guide your teen to be responsible, cooperative and independent.
Week 1: Understanding Yourself and Your Teenager
Week 2: Changing Your Response to Your Teen
Week 3: Teen Dating
Week 4: Communicating Respect and Encouragement
Week 5: Encouraging Cooperation and Solving Problems
Week 6: Using Consequences to Build Responsibility and Deciding What to Do
Registration Fee
Joan Parsons & Rita Romberg

Anger Management for Parents and for
Parents with Angry Kids

Horizon Elementary
Jan 25 – March 8 (Mondays) (No class Feb 15)
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

This class is designed to help parents cope with their anger and/or their child’s anger in healthy ways. Topics include understanding attitudes and beliefs about anger, understanding emotions and situations at their root, and anger management strategies. Basic parenting principles of encouragement, communication, and positive discipline will also be discussed.
Registration Fee
Free Child Care
Matt Siron & Barb Kennedy

Parent Project
Date & Location: To Be Determined
Designed for parents of strong willed or out-of-control adolescents, this is a highly structured parenting skills program created to help parents prevent and intervene in the most destructive of adolescent behaviors. Will discuss alcohol, drugs, gangs, discipline, school attendance, and support services.
$25 per family for workbook.
For Further Information about Parent Project, please contact: Drug Free Idaho at 570-6404.

PAYADA (Parents and Youth Against Drug Abuse)
PAYADA classes are held throughout the year at various elementary schools.

For a schedule of PAYADA classes, please contact: Drug Free Idaho at 570-6404, or your school counselor.


Drug Education

Family Survival Training: At-Risk Instruction and Support for Parents:
These classes offer information, practical ideas and support for parents of at-risk teenagers who may or may not already be involved in substance abuse. Focus is on information on drugs and effects of drugs, tips on building student strengths and improving family relationships, and providing support for parents.

Student Survival Training for Junior High and High School Students
Six week closed sessions focus on the physical and emotional effects of drugs, how to develop personal strengths, providing support and self-esteem development.

By administrative referral only.


*Child care - On site child care may be available for children 1 year and older. We are unable to accommodate infants. Please call 854-4103 to confirm availability.

Fee Sliding Scale - there is a fee for all classes based on the following scale:

Annual Income

Cost per family

under $10,000

$10.00

$10,000 - $25,000

$20.00

$25,000 - $40,000

$35.00

over $40,000

$45.00

Lifetime Membership

$100.00

  • A lifetime membership entitles the member to attend all classes for life.
  • Fee waivers are available through school counselors.
  • No refunds after first class session.

Contact Us
If you need more information, please call the Parent Education Center at (208) 854-4103 or us.

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Boise, Idaho 83709

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Boise, Idaho 83709
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