The Southern Ohio Educational Service Center is excited to partner with the Cook Center for Human Connection and their website ParentGuidance.org. This is a mental health resource for parents and provides parents a trusted place to go for real answers, to find support and real help for their children.
This FREE resource offers parents access to licensed therapists delivering different courses for parents on topics like living with a child with depression, identifying anxiety, coping with grief and loss.
The four parts to this service are:
1. Monthly district-specific webinars – 1st Wednesday monthly @ 7:00-8:00 pm
- September: Your Child’s Anxiety
- October: Building Your Child's Confidence
- November: What Parents Need to Know About Suicide Prevention
- December: Helping Your Child Succeed
- January: Social Media - Protecting Your Children
- February: Emotional Regulation - Recognizing What's Wrong
- March: Emotional Regulation - Interrupting Negative Emotions
- April: Emotional Regulation -Managing & Replacing Negative Emotions
- May: De-escalating Cycles of Conflict
- June: Why Our Children Self-Harm
2. Parent Coaching
• Sign in to ParentGuidance.org
• Click on “parent coaching” to sign up for a trained parenting coach then select “Register for Coaching”
• Coaching is just what it sounds like; one-on-one help with a trained coach, helping you face issues with yourself or your family. Coaching is free and confidential.
3. Online parenting courses
• In ParentGuidance.org, click on “On-Demand Courses” select over 50 Free courses in the privacy of your own home, led by licensed therapists.
4. Ask a Therapist
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In
ParentGuidance.org, click on “Ask a Therapist” to review therapist responses to Frequently Asked Questions submitted by parents, or submit a question of your own.