The H.O.P.E. classes are offered three times a year.
Each class runs for twelve weeks and participants meet every Tuesday
from 6:00-8:30pm. Each class is taught by four to six family/child
services professionals, and experts on various topics are invited to
provide presentations. During the class, participants learn why it is
so important to be a good parent, how to be a nurturing parent, how to
teach responsibility, respect, caring, citizenship and trustworthiness
to their children, practice communication strategies, acquire positive
parenting skills and learn how to change their children by changing
their own attitudes. Furthermore,participants work on their
family strengths, anger management skills, how to find creative
solutions to problems and about resources that are available in our
community to help parents.
Every H.O.P.E. session has the
following organizational structure: parents and adolescents are divided into
two groups until snack time. One group is for parents, and the other group
is for adolescents. During this time new concepts on how to improve family
interactions, how to address delinquent behaviors, etc., are introduced to
both groups. After snack the two groups come together for the remainder of
the class time to practice tools that were introduced during the first half
of class. Y.E.S. House provides child-care free of charge in order for
families to attend the H.O.P.E. classes.
y four to six family/child
services professionals, and experts on various topics are invited to
provide presentations. During the class, participants learn why it is
so important to be a good parent, how to be a nurturing parent, how to
teach responsibility, respect, caring, citizenship and trustworthiness
to their children, practice communication strategies, acquire positive
parenting skills and learn how to change their children by changing
their own attitudes. Furthermore, participants work on their
family strengths, anger management skills, how to find creative
solutions to problems and about resources that are available in our
community to help parents.