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.
Chuildren in the Middle – Children's Version
A 2-part series, that is offered monthly for the children of parents participating in, or who have previously completed, the “Children In The Middle” series. Children can receive help with issues they may encounter as their parents divorce.
Infant / Child CPR: (A Friends & Family CPR Course)
Theses classes are offered twice quarterly.
Online Parenting Classes
Now there is literally help at your fingertips: Active Parenting Online Groups. Each of these classes is filled with video and activities, and has a trained online parenting leader. Everyone in the group will exchange questions and comments via the group bulletin board. Each class can be completed at your own pace, 24/7. A Certificate of Completion is available at the end. Choose from the selection of three classes offered as listed below. The cost of each class is $49.95 (you’ll receive the accompanying parent guide by mail). To register or for more information, contact Cathy Daughtridge at 1-800-825-0060 ext. 115 or visit: www.ActiveParenting.com/StTammany
Choose from these interactive online classes:
* Active Parenting Now – for parents of children ages 5 to 12
* Active Parenting of Teens – for parents of ‘tweens and teens
* Crossroads of Parenting and Divorce – for parents dealing with divorce
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. On an average of 4 children, ages 14 and younger, die each day in motor vehicle crashes, while 602 are injured. More than half are unrestrained or improperly restrained. 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 & up. 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 110 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 Pine View Middle School in Covington. Classes offered include: 1,2,3,4 Parents; Alternatives to Spanking; Who’s the Boss; Positive Discipline Targeting the School Age Child; Stress Busters; Active Parenting of Teens; 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.