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Proactive Parenting

Overview

Proactive Parenting is a three-session class for parents, step-parents, grandparents and others who are raising adolescents with challenging behaviors.

Participants will learn:

  • How to move from power struggles to collaboration on solving problems
  • How to identify and correct common misconceptions about parenting children with challenging behavior
  • How to identify lagging cognitive and emotional skills that contribute to challenging behavior
  • How to communicate trust and empathy that improves these skills and reduces challenging behavior


Resources

For resources to get started, visit the source from which many of the principles and strategies covered in the course are drawn.

Lives in the Balance

Lives in the Balance Website 

Raising Human Beings

Dr. Ross Greene's how-to book for parents seeking to apply the skills of Collaborative and Proactive Solutions. Both the print edition and Audible edition are excellent guides for parents seeking to learn and review these skills on their own.

Amazon Purchase Link for Raising Human Beings


Schedule & Registration

Proactive Parenting Class

$90

Includes all three 2-hour sessions and a printed copy of course materials.

Upcoming Classes

 No classe are currently scheduled. If you are interested in joining a class, please send me a message on the Home page.  

Location

Classes are hosted by Beginner's Mind Mental Health Services, 2110 Overland Ave. #119B, Billings, MT 59102.


Virtual participation is also available for those who are unable to attend in person.

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