Acorn Parenting Class at a Bargain Price!

STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) Group at The Acorn!
Six Session Class
Tuesday Mornings March 19th – April 23rd;  9:20 A.M.

Katie Gaebel, one of our Four Day PM teachers who is in her seventeenth year at The Acorn, is teaching a course on Positive Parenting Strategies in our upcoming STEP Parenting Class.  Katie earned her BA in Special and Early Childhood Education and holds her Master’s Degree in Elementary School Counseling.  She has enthusiastically led these STEP parenting courses for many years, and parents have gained a new perspective and set of skills to use in parenting.

The STEP program teaches extremely positive approaches to understanding and raising children. The STEP approach includes appreciating that children’s behaviors are motivated by a variety of goals, that encouragement for children becoming the best that they can be is extremely important, and that family councils for making decisions for and with children are highly valued.

The STEP program teaches a variety of parenting skills and strategies, including:
Understanding Yourself and Your Child
Understanding Young Children’s Behavior
Understanding Beliefs and Feelings  
Building Self-Esteem in the Early Years
Effective Listening and Talking to Your Child
Effective Discipline
Problem Solving
Natural and Logical Consequences
Encouragement: Encouraging Your Child and Yourself
Communicating with Young Children
Helping Children Learn to Cooperate
Discipline that Makes Sense
Understanding Your Parenting Style
Choosing Your Approach
Nurturing Emotional and Social Development
The Goals of Child Misbehavior
The Courage to be Imperfect

The classes will be held on Tues. mornings, from 9:20 to around 11:30, starting March 19th.  

First parent and book included; second parent can attend for $55.