Parenting Talks and Classes For Groups or Organizations
Hand in Hand offers parents and professionals practical, effective tools for parenting through our booklets, articles, and video and audio resources.
In talks, classes and workshops our Certified Parent Educators work with parents and professionals to hone their skills, resolve difficulties, and build ongoing support systems they can depend on over time.
Our current offerings include:
Talk Topic Examples
Raising Emotionally Healthy Children
Handling Children's Emotional Moments
Setting Limits that Build Better Relationships
Sibling Solutions
Banishing the Bogeyman! Healing Children's Fears
Biting, Pushing, Pulling Hair: Helping Children with Aggression
Healing the Hurt of Separation
That’s Mine! Helping Young Children with Sharing
Sleeping, Eating, Minding Mommy and Daddy: Who's in Control?
Helping Your Child with Learning and School
Bouncing Off the Walls: Helping the Overactive Child
Inoculating Our Children Against Racism
Building Support for Your Work as a Parent
Looking Toward Adolescence: Staying Close and Staying Hopeful
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Classes
Building Emotional Understanding
Gain a new perspective on your child's emotional moments. Learn six Listening Tools for resolving children's off-track behavior, and for reducing the stress of parenting. Reflect on current parenting styles, learn parent-to-parent listening skills and develop a Family Connection Plan. This two-hour class meets weekly for six weeks.
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Tantrum Training
Help your child and strengthen your mutual connection by using Listening Tools during angry or "out of hand" situations. Get fresh ideas about how to respond to emotional moments, and develop strategies for anticipating them. Learn to handle your own frustration and gain a sense of competence by using parent-to-parent listening skills. This two-hour class meets for three weeks.
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Family Play Events: Connecting with Your Child Through Play
Play lets children show their genius, and the laughter they enjoy builds their confidence. Mentors will model play skills and coach you as you explore your connection with your child. The play is freeform and physical, often involving pillow tossing or horsy rides.
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Setting Limits that Build Better Relationships
Learn to understand and anticipate the "off-track" behavior of children. Set better limits with kindness by setting up support for yourself through use of our parent-to-parent listening tools. This two-hour class meets for four weeks.
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Parenting by Connection Skillbuilding Classes
Receive mentoring and do parent-to-parent listening in a support group format, as you use Listening Tools to solve difficulties at home. Classes meet on an ongoing basis.
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Webinars
Reserve a seat on our virtual online classroom. Parenting by Connection comes to you in comfort of home via teleconference calls, e-booklets, online discussion groups and other online materials. All you need is an e-mail address, a telephone and an internet connection!
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