THE NURTURING PROGRAM

"Because kids don't come with instruction manuals..."

The Nurturing Program for Parents & Children is designed to help parents improve their parenting skills to become better more effective parents. Parents learn positive behavioral management techniques and the importance of positive family interactions.

The Nurturing Program had been selected as a Model Parenting Program by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It teaches parents alternatives to yelling and spanking, along with communication skills to better understand and respect the needs of their children.

This program is open to everyone. Parents do not have to be having problems with their children. The Nurturing Program helps parents understand the interactions, both negative and positive, between parents and their children and how these can affect a child's behavior in the future.

Parent and child classes designed to increase self-esteem of family members, teach child development and behavior management skills.

• 10 weekly sessions offered in February and September. 

• Who:     For Parents and Children 4-11 

• What:    Parent group: Discussions and activities to teach positive parenting skills.
           Children's group: Discussions with fun activities 

• When:   February 21 - April 25, 2011

                  Monday evenings, 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
   

• Where:  First Presbyterian Church
            321 North 5th Street - Burlington  

• Cost:     FREE (Babysitting provided for children age 0 - 3) 

Printable version of class schedule.

To Register Call: YOUNG HOUSE FAMILY SERVICES (319) 752-4000 ext. 101 

This program is sponsored by Young House Family Services
and Des Moines County C.A.R.E.S. About Children

     This program is made possible by
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa Grant