Parenting Training and Support
Professional facilitators provide one-to-one training for adults with developmental disabilities so they may successfully parent a child in their natural environment in order to sustain the family.
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Our Parenting Program serves people with developmental disabilities who have minor children. We work with individuals who need parent training, who have open child welfare cases, and sensory impairments. The program serves people both ambulatory and non-ambulatory. All of our services are person-centered.
We work closely with individuals and their families to provide services and supports that are person-centered, age-appropriate, and culturally sound.
About The Program
Support Network
Build new supports, navigate community resources or communicate needs with existing supports.
Creating Limits and Rules
Learn the steps to promote positive child behaviors and to respond appropriately to negative behaviors when they occur.
Childhood & Individual Child
Understand childhood and the individual child. Develop family meeting agendas, role-play routines, and research activities.
Nutrition
Identify healthy food items and recipes, and develop strategies to implement healthy meal plans into the child’s diet.
Handling Your Anger
Learn how to respond to the everyday frustrations of parenting and to develop skills to communicate with the child when angry.
Problem Solving
Practice effective problem-solving strategies, which promote the child’s development of higher reasoning skills, responsibility, and self-esteem.
Teaching
Provide learning activities in the home. This can include how to enroll in and navigate educational programs in the community, implement academic routines after school, or potty train a toddler.
Safety
Prepare an emergency kit with critical supplies and information, and practice what to do in the case of an emergency.
Early Childhood Development
Understand and implement all aspects of child health care based on principles of early childhood development. Recognize and nurture developmental milestones.
- In-Home Visits to Teach Parenting Skills and Assess Parenting Competency.
- Parent Training Adapted for Parents With Developmental Disabilities.
- Help With Shopping and Money Management.
- Service Coordination.
- Health Care, Learning to Deal With Doctors.
- Cooking & Meal Planning.
- Grocery Shopping.
- Settling Disputes.
- Building and Maintaining
- Interpersonal Relationships.
- Household Maintenance
- Participating in the Community Managing Personal Finances.
- Scheduling and Attending Medical and Dental Appointments.
- Utilizing Public Transportation.
- Personal Attendant Services for People Who Need Help With Physical and/or Personal Care.
- Assistance With Public Benefits Issues (SSI, Social Security, MediCal, IHSS and Medicare.
- Assistance in Finding Medi-Cal, Denti-Cal, and (if Needed) Mental Health Providers.
- Assistance in Finding and Securing Affordable, Accessible, and Safe Housing.
- Assistance in Finding Suitable Housemates.
We develop a Parent Training/Support Program with the following characteristics:
