Parenting Guidance Center
#5 Briercroft Office Park
Lubbock, Texas 79412
*****FREE PARENTING CLASSES*****
All classes begin PROMPTLY at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Snacks & sodas will be served.
NO CHILDCARE PROVIDED. Please do not bring your children to class.
For more information or to register for a class, call 747-5577 or email
familyguidance@nts-online.net.
CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED--YOU MUST REGISTER FOR EACH CLASS!
Please visit our website at
www.lubbockparentconnection.org.
January 17, 2012 “How to Keep Your Children Safe” by Shawn Vandygriff, Investigation Program Director, Children’s Protective
(Tuesday) Services
Everything you ever wanted to know about Children’s Protective Services (CPS), including discipline guidelines, advice about leaving children home alone, the truth about “stranger danger,” and much more.
January 24, 2012 “Preventing Violence Through Healthy Relationships” by Jim Schneider, M.Ed., LPC
(Tuesday) Focuses on understanding the effects of violence on children, parents, and family dynamics. Learn how families can recover from violence.
January 31, 2012 “Color Your Personality” by Jim Schneider, M.Ed., LPC
(Tuesday) Are you a Red, Blue, White, or Yellow? This simple personality inventory will describe your strengths and
limitations, give you a better understanding of yourself, and improve your relationships with other people.
February 14, 2012 NO CLASS—VALENTINE’S DAY
February 21, 2012 “A New Look at Discipline” by Lane H. Powell, Ph.D., CFLE
(Tuesday) “Discipline” does not have to mean “punishment.” It can be a positive learning experience for you and your children and can promote self-discipline and a positive, happy climate in your home. Learn how you can make this happen.
February 28, 2012 “Parenting the Strong-Willed Child” by Pat Driskill, Ph.D.
(Tuesday) What do you do when nothing works? We will look at ways to increase compliance, decrease tantrums and aggression, and improve overall mood—both yours and your child’s.
March 13, 2012 NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
March 19, 2012 “Get a Grip! Understanding Your Anger: Part 1” by Jim Schneider, M.Ed., LPC
(Monday) This two-part series is designed to help people gain insight into what may trigger their anger and will focus on managing stress, looking at emotions, anger expression styles, and communicating anger effectively.
March 20, 2012 “Dealing with Sibling Rivalry” by George Comiskey, CPS, LCDC, MFA
(Tuesday) Help children learn to manage and resolve conflict peacefully.
March 26, 2012 “Get a Grip! Understanding Your Anger: Part 2” by Jim Schneider, M.Ed., LPC
(Monday) This two-part series is designed to help people gain insight into what may trigger their anger as they gain a better understanding of themselves, what anger is, how it affects them, and how they can make it a “friendly” part of their lives by learning new skills to manage this emotion.
March 27, 2012 “Looking Through the Eyes of a Step-Child/Foster Child” by Wilma Edwards, MSSW, LMSW
(Tuesday) This class will focus on how a child feels and how an adult can understand the child’s perspective.
Feb. 1, 8, 15 & 22 “The First Year of Your Child’s Life (0 to 12 Months)” by Jackie Caldwell, M.S., LMSW
(Wednesdays) ** Four Part Series** Learn how to cope with and enjoy your child’s first year of life.
Attend all four sessions and receive a supply of diapers!
K.I.D.S. ~ Knowledge in Divorce Situations
Court-Ordered Class for Divorce and Custody Issues—Offered *First Tuesday of Every Month—6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ($30.00 Per Person)
January 10, 2012 (*Second Tuesday due to holidays) February 7, 2012 March 6, 2012
Special Series: Becoming a Love and Logic Parent® by Dina & Jason Pender, L.I.S.D. Parent Educators
This seven week series is designed to give you practical skills that can be used to help you feel more confident as a parent, have more fun parenting,
and feel more relaxed at the end of the day. This course addresses many of the day-to-day frustrations of being a parent.
Classes are every Thursday from January 26th through March 8th from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
in the Jay Gordon Room of the L.I.S.D. Central Office’s East Building at 1628 19th Street.
(Please park in the parking lot on the north side of the building and enter red door #4.)
NO CHILDCARE AVAILABLE!
Parenting Guidance Center classes are made possible by a generous donation from
FREE PARENTING CLASSES
All classes are free of charge. Snacks & sodas will be served.
THURSDAY EVENINGS ~ 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
3321 33rd Street (33rd & Indiana—West End Door)
Free childcare available for children up to age eleven.
Please register for classes and childcare by calling 747-5577.
Facilitated by Ginny Zobeck.
February 2, 2012 “Ways to Help Your Child with Anger”
Parents must learn how to calm themselves so that they can help calm a
child in an anger situation. This class will teach you about the possible fears
underlying the child’s angry behavior, realistic expectations of your child,
calming techniques, and positive assertive anger management methods
to teach your child.
March 1, 2012 “Ways to Help Your ADHD Child with Negative Behaviors”
Learn tips on anger, relationships, focusing, impulsivity, organization, and
making choices and decisions.
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FREE PARENTING CLASSES
All classes are free of charge.
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS ~ 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Second Baptist Church
6109 Chicago Avenue
No childcare available.
Please register for classes by calling 747-5577.
January 18, 2012 Behind Blue Eyes: Unveiling the Realities of Adolescent Culture – Part 1
by Steven Bonner, Director, LCU Youth & Family Ministry Program
Working with adolescents in today’s culture is difficult, especially when there is a lack of understanding about what is going on. This class seeks to lift the veil of confusion and expose the larger systemic realities of the world beneath.
January 25, 2012 Behind Blue Eyes: Unveiling the Realities of Adolescent Culture – Part 2
by Steven Bonner, Director, LCU Youth & Family Ministry Program
See class description for Part 1 above.
February 15, 2012 Empowering Our Daughters and Sons for Success
by Cindy Phelps, Ph.D., LCSW
Information regarding gender-specific issues and identification of emotional, physical, and social needs for children/teens, problem solving, and appropriate challenges for development.
February 29, 2012 Healthy Relationships
by Cindy Phelps, Ph.D., LCSW
Developing and maintaining a good relationship can be challenging. This class will discuss specific relationship behaviors that are known to contribute to strong and healthy relationships, as well as behaviors that weaken and diminish partnerships.
March 21, 2012 Families Blending and Bonding
by Wilma Edwards, MSSW, LMSW
This class will focus on the many needs of blending families as they attempt to create a fulltime or part-time new family. Participants will review the many issues and possible solutions, especially focusing on their roles as step-parents as they recognize the struggles of their step- or foster children.
March 28, 2012 Through the Eyes of a Step or Foster Child
by Wilma Edwards, MSSW, LMSW
This class reveals the issues of a child who is trying to cope with a loss in her/his family of origin as well as the issues of the biological, blended, and foster parents. As we review possible issues in these families, we will focus on the roles of parents as the primary anchor for the child as these new situations occur.
These classes are made possible by a generous donation from
ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR PARENTS
MONDAYS from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Family Guidance & Outreach Center,
#5 Briercroft Office Park. No childcare available. Snacks & sodas will be served.
Facilitated by Ginny Zobeck.
Is your anger or your child’s anger damaging your family relationships? Come join us on Monday nights to discover new ways of looking at these negative situations. These classes will focus on knowledge and techniques that will help transform negative anger methods into opportunities for growth and family peace. We will learn to identify negative anger management methods; the positive methods of assertive anger and/or dropping anger; the huge role that stress and emotions play in an anger situation; regulation/conflict resolution/problem-solving/communication skills; and FORGIVENESS techniques. (Please note: Most of these classes are biblically-based.)
January 16, 2012
January 23, 2012
January 30, 2012
February 6, 2012
February 13, 2012
February 20, 2012
February 27, 2012
There will be encouraging discussion, parental videos about dealing with your child’s anger and power struggles, and non-threatening activities which you can use to help your child understand and regulate his own stress and anger.
