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Parenting Classes

Court-mandated Parenting Skills Classes are offered throughout the year in eight-week sessions and taught by a licensed Rainbow House therapist.  Classes focus on healthy discipline and stress management for parents and utilizes the ”Parenting Piece by Piece” training curriculum, which addresses the following topics: child development education, stress and anger control skills, creative discipline and communication, effective reactions to challenging behaviors, locating community resources, and development of parent/child bond.

Strengthening Families Workshop is a parenting class to learn how to stregthen your family. Both parents and children come to Rainbow House and meet for a series of 7 workshops. In this workshop, attendees learn how to show love while setting limits, creat house rules, learn to make "I" statements, work on privilege and reward programs, manage stress and more.

Parenting with love and limits parenting class empowers parents to care for defiant and aggressive teens while reestablishing authority and reclaiming respect. The class meets on Wednesdays 5:00-7:00 pm at Rainbow House. Each class is $15 per family.

Resource lending library for parents and professionals that includes books and videos on an array of topics in the area of child maltreatment.

For class enrollment, contact Andrea Shaw at 573.474.6600.

CLASS CITY/ COUNTY BEGINS ENDS FACILITATOR
Parenting w/ Love & Limits Columbia 8/12/2010 9/16/2010 Josh Hulen

Strengthening Families
Columbia 9/15/2010

11/10/2010

Heather Windham, Kristi Turner

Making Parenting a Pleasure – Court ordered Columbia 8/17/2010 10/12/2010 Heather Windham
Making Parenting a Pleasure –Court-ordered Columbia

10/4/2010

11/22/2010
Nicole Peat
Making Parenting a Pleasure Columbia 9/14/2010 11/2/2010 Nicole Peat
Making Parenting a Pleasure Audrain County 9/29/2010 11/17/2010

Nicole Peat

Making Parenting a Pleasure Callaway County 11/9/2010 12/28/2010 Nicole Peat
Safety First

Columbia

9/20/2010
11/1/2010 Andrea Shaw
Making Parenting a Pleasure

Columbia
1/13/2011 3/3/2011 Andrea Shaw
Making Parenting a Pleasure – Court-ordered Columbia Jan/ Feb Heather Windham
Strengthening Families Columbia 2/24/2011 4/14/2011 Kristi Turner
Making Parenting a Pleasure Columbia 4/17/2011 5/26/2011 Nicole Peat
Safety First Columbia Spring Kristi Turner
Making Parenting a Pleasure Centralia

2/1/2011
3/22/2011 Nicole Peat
Making Parenting a Pleasure – Court-ordered Columbia 4/26/2011 6/14/2011 Andrea Shaw
Making Parenting a Pleasure – Court-ordered Audrain County 1/19/2011 3/9/2011 Nicole Peat
Making Parenting a Pleasure – Court-ordered Callaway County

2/28/2011

4/25/2011
Nicole Peat