Safe and stable families benefit the whole community. With schools welcoming children back to the classroom, it is a great time to consider ways we can help families create an environment that promotes learning and growth at home.
The University of Wisconsin Madison – Division of Extension has offices across the state. Family Engagement and Relationships educators have teamed up to bring local communities proven programs that support relationships, decrease stress and promote positive parenting techniques. Most classes are free and offered online, at times convenient to busy working parents.
Raising Wisconsin’s Children is an online state-wide conference for parents, educators and childcare professions. After the inaugural conference educators began offering parents a chance to connect with other parents and to get practical, positive, research-based parenting ideas. This fall there are classes at 1 or 6 PM.
September 21: The Parents’ Guide to the Teenage Brain
October 19: Raising Kind Kids
November 16: Families and Screens
December 21: Strengthen Family Bonds Through Traditions
Learn more and sign up for these classes here: https://parenting.extension.wisc.edu/online-parenting-classes/
Raising a Thinking Child will be offered online on Tuesdays with morning and evening options each week from October 8th through November 12th, 2024. These classes are perfect for parents, caregivers, educators and childcare providers caring for children ages 4-7. This evidence-based workshop series will help you guide children to solve common, everyday problems with decision making and communication skills using their thinking brain. It is a refreshingly practical curriculum that helps you help your child learn HOW to think, not what to think, as they learn to resolve their own problems. Educators from several counties are teaming up to offer this course this fall. Register by September 28th. Registry credits are available.
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