Parenting Classes
Bright Beginnings
While you play, sing and have fun with your child, you will also learn how to guide your child through play to reach their age-appropriate developmental milestones. This is not your typical “Mommy ad me” class. This class will help you build on your existing parenting skills with the help and gentle coaching of our experienced MFT. As your child progresses through the classes, you will gain more confidence as a parent while strengthening the bond between you and your child. Bright Beginnings classes include the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Third Edition ®(ASQ-3) Screening monitor your child’s development as he/she progresses through the Bright Beginnings Classes. Our Child Development Specialist will assist you to overcome any weaknesses your child may have in their developmental progress.
You will be astonished at how your child is developing by leaps and bounds from attending our Bright Beginnings classes with you.!
“This is not just another Mommy & Me; it´s so much more!”
Cost: 5 class sessions for $140 per person, $240 per couple
Schedule:
Tuesdays 9:00-10:15 0-6 months
Wednesdays 9:00-10:15 6-12 months
Tuesdays 10:45-12:00 12-24 months
Wednesdays 10:45-12:00 24-36 months
Ages:
*We offer this class in the privacy of your home or bring this class to your neighborhood for an additional fee!Call for additional meeting days at 818 995-9757 or email us here.
Daddy & Me Class
Many new fathers are flummoxed by everything that is going on when the a baby arrives and as baby grows and develops. This is especially true for single fathers. Dads and children need some special alone time together too, so Dads, this class is for you. Exciting, fun learning experiences are part of the father/child interaction class. Dads meet to talk about building self-confident parenting skills, as well as child rearing concerns, and child related practical topics. This class is exclusively taught by a father of 3, with seven years of experience in child development.
Cost: 5 class sessions for $140
Schedule:
Men only: Saturdays, 9:00-10:15 AM
Ages: 0-36 months
Call for additional meeting days at 818 995-9757 or email us here.
My Children, My Husband, My House, What about Me…
Just like they say on the airplane: “If you are sitting next to a child, please first put on your oxygen mask and then assist your child.” When’s the last time you put on your oxygen mask first? What do you do for fun? How do you connect with friends? What do you do to take care of yourself? Taking care of ourselves models this much needed life skill for our children. This class is specially designed for mothers or expecting mothers to Bring Out the Brilliance in You! Learn how to set limits, involve your partner in the caring for the child, streamline your hectic schedule, create “me moments”, enjoy motherhood, and more! Put your oxygen mask on! Come join a circle of women to share your trials, exchange ideas, celebrate milestones and commiserate about the minutiae of motherhood. A mental health specialist facilitates all classes.
Cost: 5 class sessions for $140 per person new group members may begin anytime
Schedule:
Wednesday, 6:00-7:00 PM
Ages:
Call for additional meeting days at 818 995-9757 or email us here.
Drop-In Parent Support
This drop-in program open to the community. This is a relaxing time and space for parents and their young children to meet one another and enjoy their children. Come participate in dynamic discussions, and share your parenting experiences with others. Bring your friends and start your own informal group! There is a wonderful play space for babies/toddlers and parents to enjoy together. Create a local cadre of wonderful, lifelong friends with children!
Cost: Ongoing $10 per person
Schedule:
How Does a Child Grow?
Tuesdays, 1:00-2:00 PM
Different Ways to Play
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:00 PM
Toilet Learning Strategies
Thursdays, 1:30-2:30 PM
Discipline Strategies
Fridays, 4:30-5:30 PM
Ages:
Call for additional meeting days at 818 995-9757 or email us here.
Quality Parenting Coaching
Our Parenting coaching takes place in your own home and/or in the community where you frequently experience challenging behaviors from your child. Using evidence-based strategies, we will determine the reasons behind your child’s challenging behaviors and offer proven solutions to reduce the trouble behavior(s). We will teach you effective methods to stop the behavior(s) by teaching your child replacement behaviors. For example, if your child has tantrums while shopping, we will teach you strategies (at the store) to significantly reduce or stop your child from having tantrums. We coach parents with special needs children too!
It’s Aparent is also available to provide coaching to relatives and/or siblings who are also effective by the child’s challenging behavior. Depending on the frequency of the behavior, we are usually able to help you to have an effect on your child’s challenging behavior within 12-24 hours.
Cost:
Schedule:
Call our office for fees and a confidential consultation appointment
Ages:
Coaching via Skype: We also coach via Skype while the behavior is naturally occurring.Call for additional meeting days at 818 995-9757 or email us here.
Parenting with Discipline in mind
Can your child’s behavior be challenging at times? Let us help you turn challenging behaviors into opportunities for your child to grow and develop into someone who respects themselves and others. Learn evidence-based effective tools and techniques to discipline your child in a kind and firm manner, while never being punitive or permissive. Watch in wonder as you unwrap your child’s challenging behaviors through parenting with Discipline in mind. You will see the strengthening of your child’s wings as they begin to soar. Everyone in your household will benefit from you parenting with discipline in mind!
Cost: 4 class sessions for $200
Schedule:
Adults only: Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 PM
Ages: Adults only
Call for additional meeting days at 818 995-9757 or email us here.
It’s Aparent – You’re A Parent
Always wished for a manual to tell you how to parent? You’re not alone. So what’s a knowledge-hungry parent to do? Begin at the beginning! The first year of your child’s life encompasses the most vulnerable yet prolific period of growth for brain development.
It’s Aparent You’re A Parent classes are designed for prenatal and postnatal babies and toddlers from 0 to 12 months and their parents. Our teaching platform targets infant/toddler age-appropriate milestone activities to maximize opportunities for brain, physical, self-help, social/emotion, sensory, and communication development. Our training includes:
o Age-appropriate parental and child interactions;
o Reflective parenting practices;
o Tracking your child’s developmental progress;
o Sensory integration and self-regulation techniques;
o Child-Mother/Father attachment parenting;
o Child massage techniques;
o Child-centered play and parental interactions;
Culturally sensitive activities and;
Embedding child development activities into daily routines and much more!
The classes are a place for parents to gather tools and skills to determine what fits best for them and their child.
Cost: *5 class sessions for $200
Schedule:
Mondays 9:00-10:15 Prenatal-3 months
Mondays 10:30-11:45 3-6 months
Mondays 12:00-1:15 6-9 months
Mondays 1:30-2:45 9-12months
Ages: Prenatal - 1 year
*We offer this class in the privacy of your home or bring this class to your neighborhood for an additional fee!Call for additional meeting days at 818 995-9757 or email us here.
