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Parenting Programs and Workshops

 

family-piggy-backKids Free To Grow offers Parenting Programs in a group setting to promote healthy ways of parenting. We use the Active Parenting and Nurturing Parenting programs as evidence-based curriculums, and continue to offer in-person and virtual class opportunities.

We offer ongoing parenting classes throughout York and Cumberland counties. To request information for upcoming classes please contact:

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Nurturing Parenting Program

This parenting program is held in a group setting in which parent(s) or caregiver(s) learn and develop skills such as empathy, self worth, empowerment, roles & expectations plus discipline with dignity.

We offer Nurturing Parenting Community Based Education, Nurturing Parenting Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, and Nurturing Parenting Through Recovery.

Additionally, we are facilitating the Nurturing Father’s program across York and Cumberland County.

Active Parenting

The Active Parenting program builds skills related to parenting for ages from toddler to teenager. Administered in a group setting, the Active Parenting program are designed to teach parents of children across many age groups how to build cooperation, self esteem, and discipline through guidance and modeling behavior. 

Active Parenting: First Five Years

Kids Free to Grow uses the Active Parenting: First Five Years curriculum for most of our community based parenting programs. Held in a group settings, the Active Parenting Program: First Five Years is designed to teach parents of children aged 0-5 to build their parenting skills. The programs emphasize cooperation, self esteem, and responsibility and promote non-violent discipline.

Circle of Security Parenting (COSP)®

Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) is a friendly, supportive environment led by Kids Free to Grow facilitator, parents and other caregivers. It’s a place where anyone in a parenting role can openly discuss the successes and challenges of raising children. Parents and Caregivers foster an open exchange of ideas, support, information and resources.

Parent Café

This parenting group helps parents to build protective factors, promote deep individual  self-reflection and provide peer-to-peer learning. Parent Cafés are based on the principles of adult learning and family support.

Workshops

The Front Porch Project

The Front Porch Project® offers a comprehensive look at why people do (and don’t) get involved when they are concerned about a child. This workshop is not a “one size fits all” approach; we don’t tell you what to do in any given situation. Instead, we help you to think through situations you have encountered and decide on a response that feels right for you. We provide an opportunity for you to share ideas with other people in your community and practice strategies for stepping in to help. You will leave with real-world examples and concrete steps to take when something “just doesn’t seem right” with a child in your neighborhood, place of worship, or public place. The Front Porch Project is a two hour workshop.

Infant Safe Sleep 

Infant Safe Sleep is an educational presentation for parents and caregivers on creating a safe sleep environment for infants to help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Infant Safe Sleep is a one hour workshop typically delivered in tandem with the Nurturing Parenting Curriculum.

Period of Purple Crying

This campaign educates parents and caregivers about normal, yet frustrating periods of crying common in infants. PURPLE (Peaking, Unexpected, Resists soothing, Pain-like face, Long lasting, Evening). Period of Purple Crying is a one hour workshop typically delivered in tandem with the Nurturing Parenting Curriculum.