The Imani Youth Academy Parent Information
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Tutorial Center Workshops
STRENGTHENING MULTI-ETHNIC FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES:
A VIOLENCE PREVENTION PARENT TRAINING PROGRAM
This twelve (12)-session curriculum is a unique integration of various prevention/intervention strategies geared toward reducing violence against self, the family and the community. Information is presented with a “cultural framework” and focuses on helping both parents and children enhance life skills necessary for functioning in today’s society. The program integrates positive discipline approaches as a vehicle for fostering high self-esteem, self-discipline and social competence in children. Parents are provided with a mechanism to connect with community resources and encouraged to form community action groups to address social, political and economic issues related to the prevention of family and community violence.
The program is structured into five component areas:
Cultural/Spiritual
Rites of Passage
Enhancing Relationships
Positive Discipline
Community Involvement
(SFP) is a family focused behavior oriented prevention/intervention program designed specifically for high-risk substance abusing parents and their at-risk children. The program helps to improve parenting skills, reduce the risk of children of substance abusers becoming abusers themselves, improve communication, establish clear family rules and decrease family conflict. SFP includes a parent skills training component, a children skills training component and a family skills training component. All three components are included in each of the 14-sessions of two hour training.
STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM
POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS FOR CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS
This workshop provides an overview of a cycle of failure that often results for students with behavioral challenges. The focus of this training is intervention with students who exhibit challenging behaviors (e.g. aggression, self-injury, tantrums). The emphasis on educational strategies helps students learn alternate behaviors that can lead to long-term change. Information on due process rights of children in the discipline process will also be provided.
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