Parenting Classes

The following parenting classes and workshops offer helpful information about basic child-rearing, communication, discipline, and guidance given by a parent during different stages of a child's life.

 
• Breastfeeding
  The first few weeks of breastfeeding can be difficult, but this class can help. You will learn how to position the baby so that he or she will find it easier to nurse.
   
• Childbirth
  Childbirth class prepares parent(s) for giving birth with instructions in labor, relaxation, breathing techniques and birth process. Classes are available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese.
   
• Intentional Parenting: This class teaches basic parenting skills to help improve your family's health. Specific classes are offered for the Young Child, School-Age Child, and the Teen Years. English, Vietnamese and Spanish language classes are available. Child supervision is available while parents attend the classes.
   
• Co-Parenting & Divorce: This class provides techniques to help you and your family during and after divorce, separation, or with issues related to single parenthood. You will learn helpful ways to communicate with your child and ways in which you can co-partner to stay focused on raising your child. Child supervision is available while parents attend the classes.
   
• Parenting the Child with Challenging Behavior: This class is designed for parents with children of all ages with special needs, including short attention span issues, physical injuries or challenges, and any delay in child development. It will help parents to build positive discipline tools so they can communicate with difficult children. Child supervision is available while parents attend the classes.
   
• Individual Coaching and Advisement: This class provides in-home coaching and counseling for you and your family when there is a need for a higher level of support and guidance.
   
• Infant Massage and Touch Communication: This class is designed for parents of children from three weeks to crawling age. The class provides useful tools to raise the baby's awareness of his or her new world. Child supervision is available while parents attend the classes.
   
• Nurturing Parent Education Classes: This series of 8 classes is for parents with children from 0-5 years. The class topics include sections on child development , temperament, communication, discipline, and anger management techniques. It also offers health and safety tips and explores future support roles for parents.
   
• NuParent Classes: This series of 8 classes is for parents with infants from 0-12 months. The classes provide opportunities for parents to improve their child-rearing knowledge and related skills. The program also includes a parent-child fun activity section and a social support section where parents can share ideas, experiences, and information.

Call Health Education for more information or to enroll
in any of our classes – 1-800-260-2055