Parents and caregivers are invited to attend free workshops designed to offer practical strategies for common parenting challenges, including anger management, positive discipline, handling disobedience, and promoting resiliency. Workshops will be offered at Project Self-Sufficiency and at locations throughout Sussex County, as well as online. Pizza and childcare will be available to attendees at all in-person sessions. Those who attend two of the in-person workshops will receive a $25 gift card; attendees at three events will receive a $50 gift card.
“The Power of Positive Parenting” will be held Wednesday, March 6th, 5:30 p.m., at Project Self-Sufficiency, and Tuesday, April 16th, 5:00 p.m., at the Garden Grove Preschool in Sparta, and Wednesday, April 17th, 7:00 p.m., at Hardyston Middle School.
“Raising Resilient Children” will be offered Wednesday, March 13th, 5:30 p.m., at Project Self-Sufficiency.
“Raising Confident, Competent Children” will take place on Monday, March 18th, 5:00 p.m., at Montague Township School, Wednesday, March 20th, 5:30 p.m., at Project Self-Sufficiency, and Tuesday, March 26th, 6:00 p.m., at the Durban Avenue School in Hopatcong.
A weekly parenting discussion class will be held at Project Self-Sufficiency at 5:30 p.m., April 3rd, 10th, 17th and 23rd.
For those unable to attend in-person workshops, “Raising Safe Kids” will be offered via Zoom on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m., beginning April 9th. A certificate of completion is available for the virtual series.
The in-person workshops will help participants identify their parenting goals, address behavioral problems, and promote healthy child development by using the Triple P Positive Parenting Program, a comprehensive education initiative targeted to parents, healthcare professionals, educators, and caregivers of infants, toddlers, and school-aged children. The virtual series uses the ACT Parents Raising Safe Kids curriculum developed by the American Psychological Association to develop effective parenting skills and prevent behavioral issues and violence.
“These workshops will give parents, caregivers, and educators simple and practical strategies to help build strong, healthy relationships, confidently manage children’s behavior, manage their own anger, and ultimately prevent problems from developing,” explains Project Self-Sufficiency Executive Director Deborah Berry-Toon.
Interested participants are invited to call Project Self-Sufficiency, 973-940-3500, or register online, www.projectselfsufficiency.org.
Project Self-Sufficiency is a private, non-profit organization, empowering low-income families to achieve economic self-sufficiency and family stability in semi-rural, northwestern New Jersey. Since 1986, Project Self-Sufficiency has served more than 25,000 families, including over 30,000 children. We offer a full range of services for low income single parents, teen parents, displaced homemakers, and two-parent families, including computer classes, resume preparation, help with interview skills, legal education, parenting workshops, help with emergency basic needs, counseling, case management, support groups, life skills preparation, financial workshops, family activities and childcare.
