Families & Parents

Family & Parent News

Classes Available to You

Resources

Families & Parents

Family & Parent News

Classes Available to You

Toddlerobics & Jackson County Story Times – Jackson County

Free Preschool Play Groups- Various Times & Locations

Family Support Group – Ashland

Building Resilient Families – Medford

Building Resilient Families – Central Point

Resources

Check our calendar for current classes and workshops. These are self sign-up class series with no eligibility. It is a free service to all families in southern Oregon.

Parenting is hard work! As Southern Oregon’s Parenting Hub, the The Family Connection and The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC) were founded to help. Please take advantage of our parenting classes, workshops, and events! Great parenting doesn’t happen in isolation… Let’s get connected!

Not sure where to start? You are in the right place! These are our current parenting programs (for parents of children ages 0-10), click for more information.

Pre-register for specialty programs: click here

How does my family benefit from parenting education?

Parenting Classes, Workshops, and Family Friendly Events

Abriendo Puertas (10 weeks)

This series is culturally appropriate for Spanish-speaking clients with an emphasis on accessing affordable healthcare, engaging in your community, and raising healthy children. This series focuses on positive parenting, community involvement, and learning about local resources for families to better their lives. For parents of children ages 0-10

Open Doors (10 weeks)

Nurturing Hope: Parenting With Hope (12 weeks)

The Nurturing Parenting Program for Parents and Their Children Experiencing Educational Disability and Health Challenges™ is designed to help parents and their children experiencing dysregulation, developmental delays, and health disabilities. This is a series for families of children qualifying for Early Intervention/Special Education services. This series focuses on positive parenting, community involvement, and learning about local resources for families to better their lives. For parents of children ages 0-10.

Parenting Now (7 weeks)

Nurturing Parenting (12 weeks)

A versatile curriculum with many offshoots that include Parenting Teens, Teen Parents and Grandparents as Parents. The workbook holds a lot of information for parents to refer back to. Its core base focuses on parent self-care, positive parent and child interactions and early childhood development information, with room for mini-presentations from community partners on health, nutrition, and mental health awareness. For parents/guardians of children aged 0-10.

Nurturing ABC's (7 weeks)

Nurturing Fathers (13 weeks)

Grandparents as Parents: Parenting a Second Time Around (8 weeks)

Nurturing Teen Parents & Their Children (12 weeks)

These 12 weeks focus on preparing new teen or young parents. The series focuses on the importance of positive parent-child interactions starting at infancy. New teen parents are encouraged to pay close attention to the social, emotional, and physical development of their child. Attention is also focused on parent self-care, local resources for wrap around support, and early childhood development information, with room for mini-presentations from community partners on health, nutrition, and mental health awareness.

What To Expect at a Family Connection Event

It will be FREE.
You will learn parenting skills that will last a lifetime! Even if you have children older/younger than the recommended age range of the certified curriculum, skills learned will be comprehensive.

If you are attending a series, it will be 1 day per week for 2 hours for a set amount of weeks.

You will receive free incentive items for coming and a free meal each time you attend. Depending on the weekly meeting/series, there may be a large prize at the end for excellent attendance, etc. Those types of extras are explained in the description details of the event.

Most classes have free childcare (some of our morning classes do not because children will be in school and non-mobile infants are welcome to attend with their adult). See the description details.

It will be meaningful and educational for Parents and Children.

Your teacher is professionally certified to teach the evidence based curriculum you are learning.

It will be a warm, friendly environment and a place to learn and grow.

You will create friendships.

We will respect and value your beliefs and family.

We are reluctant to call our weekly meetings “parenting classes” because that has such a stigma attached to it. However, normalizing positive parenting practices is the first form of preventative care to shield children from adverse experiences and empower parents to be the best they can be!

Parents have what it takes! We are here to support you!

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Monthly OPEC and The Family Connection newsletters: Click Here
OPEC and The Family Connection blog: Click Here
Kids In The House: Click Here
- Kids in the House is the ultimate online source for parenting. Seeking advice on how to handle a situation with your children has never been easier and more effective.
PBS Parents: Click Here
- Find videos and articles on: Children and Media, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, and Expert Parenting Tips and Advice.
Download Daily Vroom: Click Here
- This is a free app that will send you a personalized daily reminder to positively interact with your child. Every activity is free and can be worked into your daily routine. Please try it for a few weeks and let us know how you like it!
211info Local Resources Form— Click Here
- Please use this form to find local childcare, local free preschools, housing assistance, food banks, and other resources for your family.
- If this form is confusing, you may quick dial 2-1-1 on any phone and be greeted by a caring, empathetic professional to help you find the local resources your family needs.

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