Common Sense Parenting
Parents of Children Ages 6-16
Two-hour sessions once a week for six weeks.
Sessions include…
Parents as Teachers shows you how to teach children self-discipline.
Effective Praise helps you encourage the positive behaviors your children do and teaches you how to respond enthusiastically and sincerely.
Preventive Teaching enables you to teach your children what they'll need to know in a future situation, and practice using the skill in advance.
Corrective Teaching responds to children's problem behaviors with teaching and practicing acceptable alternatives. You will make a staying calm plan for when you get upset with your children.
Teaching Self-Control is a skill you use to allow children time to calm down and remain calm in future situations.
Putting It All Together helps you develop a parenting style based on the information you learned in class, including combining the new skills with the positive skills you already had, to improve relationships with your children.
Class Location and Schedule:
Boys Town National Headquarters
| Wednesdays: |
6/4/2008 – 7/9/2008, 7pm – 9pm |
| Tuesdays: |
8/5/2008 – 9/9/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
| Mondays: |
9/8/2008 – 10/13/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
| Tuesdays: |
10/7/2008 – 11/11/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
| Thursdays: |
11/6/2008 – 12/18/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
Boys Town National Headquarters
(These sessions are for parents of Boys Town youth)
| Thursdays: |
9/4/2008 – 10/9/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
| Mondays: |
11/3/2008 – 12/8/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
Boys Town National Research Hospital
| Tuesdays: |
6/3/2008 - 7/8/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
| Thursdays: |
7/17/2008 - 8/21/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
| Mondays: |
9/15/2008 – 10/20/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
| Wednesdays: |
11/6/2008 – 12/18/2008, 7pm - 9pm |
To register, please call 402-498-1059.
Spanish Classes Also Available
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