{"id":96384,"date":"2019-10-30T19:41:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T23:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96384"},"modified":"2019-10-30T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T23:41:14","slug":"a-community-program-opportunity-systematic-training-for-effective-parenting-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96384","title":{"rendered":"A Community Program Opportunity: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown, PA \u2013 The Center for Humanistic Change will be offering a parenting program <strong>Systematic Training for Effective Parenting <\/strong>on Thursdays, November 6, 2019 to December 19, 2019. This program is free and open to the public via pre-registration at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechc.org\/event_calendar\/event_calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.thechc.org\/event_calendar\/event_calendar.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program<\/strong><strong> Name<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Systematic Training for Effective Parenting<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>:\u00a0 Thursdays November 7, 14, 21, December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>:\u00a0 OASIS Community Center 3410 Bath Pike Bethlehem, PA 18017<\/p>\n<p><strong>T<\/strong><strong>ime<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 5:30 pm -7:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>This is an interactive program designed to help parents approach parenting and challenging behaviors in a practical manner. \u00a0Professionals have used this evidenced based parenting program for over 30 years, with over 4 million participants to date. The program promotes improved communication and relationships. Topics for this program include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding yourself and Your Child<\/li>\n<li>Understanding Beliefs and Feelings<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging Your Child and Yourself<\/li>\n<li>Listening and Talking to Your Child<\/li>\n<li>Helping Children Learn to Cooperate<\/li>\n<li>Discipline that Makes Sense<\/li>\n<li>Choosing Your Approach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Center for Humanistic Change is a not-for-profit agency that gives community members the knowledge and tools they need to make better-informed and more positive life choices. We do this by providing prevention education and life skills training focusing on decision making for positive choices.\u00a0 For 40 years, CHC has developed and delivered high quality educational programming throughout the Lehigh Valley. Our programs provide individuals with tools that will enhance their personal growth, help them develop strong family units, and understand what is required for caring communities and effective working environments. CHC\u2019s educational philosophy is based on a holistic learning model known as humanistic education, which seeks to engage people intellectually, emotionally, and behaviorally.\u00a0 We believe that people are inherently good and have the potential to live fulfilling lives.\u00a0 We also believe that, given the right tools, individuals can make positive choices and positive changes in their lives, have healthy relationships, and avoid destructive behaviors such as substance abuse, dependence, and violence. We serve individuals of all ages. This program is funded by Northampton County Departments of Human Service, Drug and Alcohol Divisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nPam James<br \/>\nAdministrative Assistant to the Executive Director<br \/>\nCenter for Humanistic Change, Inc.<br \/>\n555 Union Boulevard, Suite #7 (2nd floor)<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18109<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.thechc.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CHC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}