Workshops - San Mateo

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Parent/Child Activity Groups

Infants & Toddlers: Birth to Age Three

  • Parenting as a Team: For Couples (3 - 10 years)  (May) - Explore ways to strengthen the couple relationship, manage conflict, and develop discipline strategies that are effective for the whole family.
  • Bedtime Blues – Solving Your Child’s Sleep Issues (1 – 5 years)  (May) - There is nothing more invigorating than a good night's sleep for parents and children—and nothing more frustrating than not getting it! Sleep issues can include difficulty falling asleep, waking up multiple times during the night, attempts at giving up the nap, limited parental sleep, and disagreements between parents about methods to encourage healthy sleep habits. Come and resolve your concerns.
  • They’re Driving Me Crazy! Parent Anger (3 – 8 years) Thursday (May) - During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to analyze your anger toward your child. We'll explore what triggers your anger and your positive and negative responses to it, and we will investigate productive management techniques to help you when triggers arise in the future.
  • For Dads Only – The Joys and Challenges of Raising Daughters (all ages)  (June) - Research shows that a close relationship with their father—or another positive adult male—is crucial to girls’ healthy development. We will discuss the many ways dads model for and guide their daughters, provide information about child development, and suggest father-daughter activities that can help men increase their knowledge and satisfaction in their role as fathers.
  • Raising a Spirited Child (3 – 8 years)  (June) - Understand children who are persistent and intense and learn how to avoid power struggles and improve communication. Based on the work by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka.
  • NEW! Emotional Intelligence: the Foundation for a Problem-Solving Family (all ages) (June) - Learn how to effectively respond to emotions so you can keep communication open with your kids. Then, you will be able to problem solve together so you can create greater family cooperation and harmony. This class will teach you the Three Step Problem-Solving Process.
  • Boys and Discipline (all ages)  (June) - Mothers and dads are often challenged by their sons’ behavior. Learn how to channel their positive energy, explore what is unique to setting limits with boys, and discover new strategies for positively guiding your sons. With Tom Limbert, MA. $40.
  • Raising Your Only Child (all ages) (June) - The joys and challenges of raising one: avoiding spoiling, fostering independence, and encouraging positive social relationships. With Karen Friedland-Brown, MA. $40.
  • Bye- Bye Diapers – Toilet Learning (18 months – 4 years)  (June) - Like many lessons in life, learning to use the toilet is not one that we can really teach children. However, there are ways that we can help them teach themselves. This workshop includes information that helps you understand how to create an environment and an attitude that will guide and promote your child’s progress. You will learn how consistency with a routine can help your child feel more in control and gain independence. With Heidi Emberling, MA. $40.

Preschool through Elementary

  • Parenting as a Team: For Couples (3 - 10 years)  (May) - Explore ways to strengthen the couple relationship, manage conflict, and develop discipline strategies that are effective for the whole family.
  • Bedtime Blues – Solving Your Child’s Sleep Issues (1 – 5 years)  (May) - There is nothing more invigorating than a good night's sleep for parents and children—and nothing more frustrating than not getting it! Sleep issues can include difficulty falling asleep, waking up multiple times during the night, attempts at giving up the nap, limited parental sleep, and disagreements between parents about methods to encourage healthy sleep habits. Come and resolve your concerns.
  • They’re Driving Me Crazy! Parent Anger (3 – 8 years) Thursday (May) - During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to analyze your anger toward your child. We'll explore what triggers your anger and your positive and negative responses to it, and we will investigate productive management techniques to help you when triggers arise in the future.
  • For Dads Only – The Joys and Challenges of Raising Daughters (all ages)  (June) - Research shows that a close relationship with their father—or another positive adult male—is crucial to girls’ healthy development. We will discuss the many ways dads model for and guide their daughters, provide information about child development, and suggest father-daughter activities that can help men increase their knowledge and satisfaction in their role as fathers.
  • Raising a Spirited Child (3 – 8 years)  (June) - Understand children who are persistent and intense and learn how to avoid power struggles and improve communication. Based on the work by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka.
  • Digital Elementary School Kids: Safe, Smart and Responsible (grades 1st - 5th)  (June) - Children are using digital technology and accessing the internet at younger and younger ages. This training will give parents an understanding of the developmental needs of elementary school children as they relate to safe and healthy media use. You will learn how children are using digital technology, the opportunities and challenges of this technology, and its impact on children’s development. You will be given tools for teaching your children to become safe, smart and responsible media users and creators.
  • NEW! Emotional Intelligence: the Foundation for a Problem-Solving Family (all ages) (June) - Learn how to effectively respond to emotions so you can keep communication open with your kids. Then, you will be able to problem solve together so you can create greater family cooperation and harmony. This class will teach you the Three Step Problem-Solving Process.
  • Boys and Discipline (all ages)  (June) - Mothers and dads are often challenged by their sons’ behavior. Learn how to channel their positive energy, explore what is unique to setting limits with boys, and discover new strategies for positively guiding your sons. With Tom Limbert, MA. $40.
  • Raising Your Only Child (all ages) (June) - The joys and challenges of raising one: avoiding spoiling, fostering independence, and encouraging positive social relationships. With Karen Friedland-Brown, MA. $40.

Pre-Teens and Teenagers

  • For Dads Only – The Joys and Challenges of Raising Daughters (all ages)  (June) - Research shows that a close relationship with their father—or another positive adult male—is crucial to girls’ healthy development. We will discuss the many ways dads model for and guide their daughters, provide information about child development, and suggest father-daughter activities that can help men increase their knowledge and satisfaction in their role as fathers.
  • NEW! Emotional Intelligence: the Foundation for a Problem-Solving Family (all ages) (June) - Learn how to effectively respond to emotions so you can keep communication open with your kids. Then, you will be able to problem solve together so you can create greater family cooperation and harmony. This class will teach you the Three Step Problem-Solving Process.
  • Boys and Discipline (all ages)  (June) - Mothers and dads are often challenged by their sons’ behavior. Learn how to channel their positive energy, explore what is unique to setting limits with boys, and discover new strategies for positively guiding your sons. With Tom Limbert, MA. $40.
  • Raising Your Only Child (all ages) (June) - The joys and challenges of raising one: avoiding spoiling, fostering independence, and encouraging positive social relationships. With Karen Friedland-Brown, MA. $40.

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