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Parent Learning Series

Sometimes parents are faced with huge challenges and have few skills or resources to deal with them. This type of situation can, and often does, result in abuse or neglect of a child. Most parents want to give their children the best life possible, but are overwhelmed with day-to-day life. BETA Center believes that all parents, even parents who have been abusive or neglected their child, do have skills that can be worked with to improve their parenting ability.

BETA Center offers two 8-week series that address issues relevant to these parents. These two series are Parenting Skills Building and Understanding Anger. Each class is two hours in length and involves education and practice facilitated by trained clinical professionals.

The Parenting Skills Building 8 week course focuses on understanding the role of a parent in raising children, identifying why children misbehave, and how to manage their misbehaviors. Additionally it focuses on building communication skills, discipline techniques, safety, managing anger, and understanding differing temperaments.

The Understanding Anger course is a 5 hour class offered once a month and focuses on why parents get angry and how that anger either directed at their child or not has an effect on the child. Additionally it focuses on stress and anger management techniques, helps parents identify what is at the root of their anger, how anger has affected their life and anger management techniques.