Programs | Parenting Classes

Strengthening Families and Guiding Good Choices

Guiding Good Choices

Guiding Good Choices is a program for parents of youth ages 9-14, offered in five 2-hour workshops over five consecutive weeks. In clinical studies, the Guiding Good Choices program has been shown to:
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• reduce alcohol and marijuana use by 40.6%
• reduce progression to more serious substance abuse by 54%
• increase the likelihood that non-users will remain drug-free by 26%
• reduce depression symptoms by 28% through end of 12th grade

Strengthening Families Program 10-14

Strengthening Families Program 10-14 is an evidence-based family program focused on helping caregivers and their youth build healthy bonds and increase communication skills. For every dollar spent on SFP 10-14, $9.60 comes back to the community as benefits in the form of less jail time, less time off work, and less time in treatment.
As an evidence-based program, the curriculum:

• Prevents teen substance abuse and other behavior problems
• Increases academic success in youth
• Prevents violence and aggressive behavior at home and at school
• Promotes healthy, protective parent–child interactions and addresses children’s risk for early substance use. The programs target families of children in grades 4–8 (ages 9–14).

Parenting Wisely

Parenting is hard, but Parenting Wisely can help. This highly interactive course is designed by family and social scientists to help parents with tips and tools to parent your children in difficult situations. Learn constructive skills proven to solve problem behaviors, family conflict, and more. This program is especially helpful for single parents.

• Evidence-based family management program
• Video-based curriculum offered online or in-person with real-life scenarios and discussions

Love and Logic

Children learn the best lessons when they’re given a task and allowed to make their own choices (and fail) when the cost of failure is still small. Children’s failures must be coupled with love and empathy from their parents and teachers. This practical, research-based philosophy is backed with 47 years of experience. Parents can apply it immediately to a wide range of situations instead of struggling with difficult counseling procedures.

Why Does It Work ?

• Uses humor, hope, and empathy to build up the adult/child relationship
• Emphasizes respect and dignity for both children and adults
• Provides real limits in a loving way
• Teaches consequences and healthy decision-making

Overall, parenting classes encourage the following:
Personal Self-Management Skills – Students develop skills that help them enhance self-esteem, develop problem-solving abilities, reduce stress and anxiety, and manage anger for better mental health.
General Social Skills – Students gain skills to meet personal challenges such as overcoming shyness, communicating clearly, building relationships,
and avoiding violence.Drug Resistance Skills – Students build effective defenses against pressures to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. ALL Coalitions currently implement Parenting Programs
Please contact each coalition for a specific list of parenting programs currently being implementedWant to put on this program at your organization? Contact us at spokaneprevention@gmail.com