DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE – Co-Parenting
This program is offered monthly for divorcing or separated parents who want to keep their children from becoming the "Children in the Middle." Many St. Tammany judges and attorneys now order their clients to take this 2-part series.
INFANT / CHILD CPR:
Monthly classes offered on infant and child CPR
ONLINE PARENTING PROGRAM (a 6-week series)
Now there is literally help at your fingertips. There is a trained online parenting leader for this series. Everyone in the group will excange questions and comments via the group bulletin board and may participate in real-time online chats. This program, Active Parenting Today, targets children ages 5 - 12. The cost of this program is $49.95 plus S/H (you receive the book Active Parenting Today and 2 CD's offering interactive training sessions). To register or for more information , contact Cathy Daughtridge at 1-800-825-0060 ext. 115 or visit: www.ActiveParenting.com/Sttammany
CHILD SAFETY SEAT INSPECTION STATION
A fitting station is a place where parents and caregivers can learn how to safely transport children by using the appropriate child safety seat or safety belt correctly. Provides a permanent location with a regular schedule, detects unsafe installations and recalled seats, and encourages compliance with Louisiana seatbelt and car safety seat laws. Inspections are held from 9am - noon, the second Thursday of each month. Please call St. Tammany Parish Hospital's Parenting Center (985) 898-4435 for an appointment. Infant / children passenger safety:
SAFE SITTER- A BABYSITTING TRAINING COURSE
A 2-day training for students ages 11 to 13. This course includes: infant / child CPR, child care basics, injury management, preventing problem behavior, safety for the sitter, and the basics of setting up babysitting as a business. This course enables young students to be better babysitters today and better prepared parents in the future. Over 100 students went through this program this year. “Better sitters today … better parents tomorrow.”
THE 21st CENTURY LEARNING PROGRAM
In collaboration with St. Tammany School Board, The Parenting Center offers parenting classes (free and open to the public) at three different sites in St. Tammany Parish (Covington, Lacombe and Pearl River). Classes offered include: 1,2,3,4 Parents; Who’s the Boss; Positive Discipline Targeting the School Age Child; Taming the Temper; and Common Sense Parenting.
THE FIRST STEPS PROGRAM
This program is a hospital-based support and information program for new parents in which a trained volunteer visits with the parents shortly after they deliver their babies. They are given important parenting information such as baby safety, stress management and child development. Referrals to community resources help overwhelmed parents get off to the right start.
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