JosephineCounty Commission for Children & Families

PARENTING RESOURCES

July through September 2008

This resource is updated quarterly. Please call Dawn Sells at 474-5234 for any additions or changes.

TOWN
/ PROVIDER NAME & CONTACT INFORMATION / PROGRAM INFORMATION
County and City Schools /

Elementary Schools

School Readiness Packets and/or
Preschool Packets are available / Both ThreeRiversSchool District and Grants Pass School District No 7 provide School Readiness and/or Preschool Packets to parents.
Three RiversSchool District: Call 862-3111 and ask for the monthly School Readiness Packet.
Grants PassSchool District No 7: Visit your neighborhoodElementary School and request a Preschool Packet.
Grants Pass / Asante
Childbirth and Breastfeeding Support
1-888-688-4920
/ Asante offers Childbirth and Breastfeeding Classes. For a schedule of current classes, visit and call 1-888-688-4920 to register with the Marketing Dept.
Available to Josephine & JacksonCounties / Child Care Resource Network
776-1234
/ Child Care Resource Network can help you find quality child care. The CCRN can help provide families with: customized child care referrals, a quality checklist for your search, information on a variety of parenting concerns, access to other community resources, and information on where you can apply for child care subsidies.
Grants Pass / ChoicesCounselingCenter
The Incredible Years
Glenna Dole
479-8847 / The Incredible Years uses brief, real life, videotape vignettes of children interacting with other children, teachers, and parents. The video vignettes serve to promote group discussion, problem-solving, and role-playing activities. Contact program for dates, times and locations.
Grants Pass / Coalition for Kids and
Options for Southern Oregon
Becoming a Love & Logic Parent
479-1929 or 472-9955 / Becoming a Love & Logic Parent
Parents need two things to be effective with their children in today’s complex, rapidly changing world: the right attitude, and the right tools and techniques. Parenting with Love and Logic is a training program that teaches skills that help parents develop both. Doubt and confusion will give way to confidence and consistency. Cost is $50. Scholarships available.
Grants Pass / College Dreams
Family Camp/Strengthening Families
Jessica Skinner
476-8146
/ Family Camp/Strengthening Families is a nationally recognized class aimed to teach parents and youth (ages 10-14) the skills they need to communicate effectively, manage household responsibilities, and get along! Free dinner and free childcare provided. Classes held at Grants Pass Family YMCA. Family Camp is free, and if you attend all seven sessions you earn $50.
Grants Pass / Family Friends, Inc.
Parent Training Course
Ellie McCoy
476-4248 / Parent Training Course is a sixteen-week, on-going parenting class. The course work includes information on Self Care, Anger Management, Behavior Management, and Development issues. Fees based on a sliding scale.
Grants Pass / GAP
Grandparents as Parents
Jackie Hall
479-9407 / Grandparents as Parents (GAP) Support group is to help with guidance, services, questions, and concerns.
Group is held on each Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Group time will be held at the Boys & Girls Club. Child care will be provided at no cost.
Grants Pass / Grants Pass Recreation Guide
471-6435
/ Grants Pass Recreation Guide offers an extensive listing of local opportunities for all populations.
GEMS
Growing and Encouraging Mothers
Nikki
471-4843 / Growing and Encouraging Mothers (GEMS)
Parents listen to guest speakers while caregivers assist children with crafts. Meetings are open to expecting mothers and mothers with children 0-5 years of age. Meetings are held on the First Thursday at 9:00 am and Third Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm. Small fee required.
Grants Pass / Head Start & Early Head Start
No Cost Preschool & No Cost Child Care
472-4851
/ No Cost Preschool & No Cost Child Care programs available to children 0-5 years of age and pregnant mothers. Help grow healthy kids, activities for the whole family, help for children with special needs, and get ready for kindergarten. Income guidelines may apply. Location: 223 SE ‘M’ Street.
Grants Pass / LoveJoy Hospice
The Good Grief Program
Walt Hill
474-1193 / The Good GriefProgram will provide children and their parents a safe place to talk about how their family is coping with the loss of a loved one. There are groups for preschool, elementary, middle school and high school youth and parents. The counseling sessions provide the opportunity to express feelings through art, music and play. Individual and family counseling is also available.The program is offered two times per year.Pre-registration is required.
Grants Pass / Moms and Munchkins
Mary
472-9694 / Moms and Munchkinsis a playgroup for moms and children of any age. The group meets for crafts, books or playtime.
Grants Pass / Montessori House
Expressions Project
Marcella Morrocco
441-2023 / Expressions Project is Psycotherapy and play therapy services for children using the ‘Montessori’ environment for an ‘all encompassing’ approach; also incorporating the technique of EMDR for trauma resolution. Parent education classing using ‘Effective Training. Parent guidance program combining classes, psychotherapy, home visits, and emersion techniques. Home studies for custody dispute cases. Specialty classes for children: art, tap, and music. Group therapy for teens.
Grants Pass / Options
Children’s Resource Team
Terri Cox
472-9953 / 1,2,3 Magic Parenting
Parents of children 0- 8 years of age are offered a weekly workshop for four consecutive weeks that is based on Dr. Phelan’s 1,2,3 Magic and Positive Parenting by Jane Nelsen. The workshop will cover STOP behaviors as in arguing, fighting, screaming, tantrums, and teasing; and will teach START behaviors as in schoolwork, going to bed, eating, cleaning rooms, and chores without wars.
Childcare and snack are provided. This is a free workshop.
Grants Pass / Options
Children’s Resource Team
Terri Cox
472-9953 / Families In Transitionis a class for parents who are separated or divorced with children at home. The class goals are to: 1) Reduce the negative effects of separation of parents with children, 2) Educate parents on the developmental states and how these relate to separation and divorce, 3) Help parents identify problem behaviors and find resources, 4) Provides parents with strategies for better co-parenting and parenting time.
Classes are provided each Wednesday from 1:30 to 4:00 pm.
Fee is $45. Pre-registration is required.
Grants Pass / Oregon Department of Human Services
Child Welfare
Foster Parent Program
Lisa or Jennifer
474-3120 / Foster Parent Training and Certification provided by Oregon State Department of Human Services.
Grants Pass / Planned Parenthood
Talking to Kids and Teens about Sexuality
Maggie Sullivan
770-3331 X 1015 / Talking to Kids and Teens about Sexualityis a free resource kit provided for parents of pre-school through high school aged children. The resource kit includes “There’s No Place Like Home…for Sex Education” and “Tips for Talking with Sexually Active Teens About Contraception”. Free consultations are available.
Grants Pass / PregnancyCareCenter
479-6264 / Pregnancy Care Centerprovides information for pregnant women and new mothers. Free pregnancy testing, maternity clothes and infant supplies. Private sessions with a client advocate are available.
Office hours are Monday through Thursday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Grants Pass / Ready, Set, Go! Healthy Start
Project Baby Check
Angie Newton
955-6053 Ext. 130 / Play Socialization Group is provided for parents and their children 0-5 years of age. This playgroup brings parents and their children together to share parenting techniques, teaching materials, and a time for socialization. Snacks are provided during this is a free program. Contact program for scheduled dates, time, and location.
Grants Pass /

Southern Oregon ESD

Early Childhood Services
Parenting with Positive Supports
Kelly Carter
956-2059 / Parenting with Positive Supports class topics include: building positive relationships, quality time, positive comments, and encouragement play as a powerful parenting practice, supporting the development of friendship skills, encouraging positive behavior, determining the meaning of behavior, making expectations clear, developing and teaching household rules, emotional literacy, managing anger and handling disappointment, problem solving strategies to promote positive behavior, challenging behavior, and everyday routines. Sessions are six weeks long. Contact program for scheduled dates and times.
Grants Pass and Cave Junction /

SiskiyouCommunityHealthCenter

Make Parenting A Pleasure!
Scott Aaland
415-0009 / Make Parenting A Pleasure is a 12 week course that focuses on Child Development, handling stress, communication skills, discipline, challenging behavior, and nurturing yourself. Recommended for families with children from birth to 8 years of age. Classes are free and held in both Grants Pass and Cave Junction
Grants Pass and Cave Junction /

Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries

Incredible Infants
LeAnne Goodwin
955-5253 / Incredible Infantswill provide information on brain development, discover ways to have fun with your baby as he or she begins to explore, and also learn helpful tips about taking care of yourself. Parents attend this class with their infants, and learn valuable hands-on parenting skills in a fun and supportive setting. Contact program for scheduled dates, time, and location. This is a free program that provides dinner and child care. Pre-registration is required. In home classes also available. Criteria: One child between 0-8 living in the home, and at lease one adult in the home that is working 5 or more hours per week.
Grants Pass and
Cave Junction / Southern OregonGoodwill Industries
Steps to Success
Joyce Wyatt
955-5253 / Steps to Successteaches life skills, job skills and parenting skills. The class is open to all parents and can join at any time. Class runs on a 13 week cycle. The class meets at Goodwill, 735 SW 5th Street, each Friday from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.
Grants Pass and Cave Junction / Southern OregonGoodwill Industries

Making Parenting A Pleasure!

LeAnne Goodwin

955-5253

/ Make Parenting A Pleasure! Offers new parenting and communication skills and a chance to share your experiences with other parents in a fun and supportive setting. Contact program for scheduled dates, time, and location. This is a free program that provides dinner and child care. Pre-registration is required. In home classes also available. Criteria: One child between 0-8 living in the home, and at lease one adult in the home that is working 5 or more hours per week.
Grants Pass /

YMCA

Love and Logic
Susan
474-0001 / Love and Logic classes are provided for parents with children from birth-6 years of age. Parents of young children will learn skills that will give them happy fun families, toddlers who go to bed the first time, meals without battles, discipline without losing their love. Topics such as youngster that grow to safe, smart, confident teens and more!
Contact program for scheduled dates and time.
Cave Junction / IllinoisValley Safe House
Helping Children who have been Exposed to Batterers
Grace Auzenne
592-2515 / Helping Children who have been Exposed To Batterers is a free weekly class designed to help parents and community partners understand the impact of domestic violence on their children and themselves, to teach parents to talk and listen to their children about their experiences of violence, to encourage children’s resiliency, and to support parents in strengthening their relationships with their children.
Contact program for scheduled dates and time.
Cave Junction / Ready, Set, Go!
Healthy StartProject Baby Check
Laura Aaland
592-6444 / Play Socialization Groupbrings parents and their children 0-5 years of age together to share parenting techniques, teaching materials, and time for socialization. This is a free program. Snacks are provided. Contact program for scheduled dates and time.
Cave Junction / Southern OregonGoodwill Industries
Steps to Success
592-4149 / Steps to Successis a free 13 week class provided to all parents that teaches life skills, job skills, and parenting skills. The class meets each Monday from 9:00 to 10:30 am at 535 E. River Street, Cedar Room. Contact program for scheduled dates and time. The class is open to all parents and can be joined anytime.
WolfCreek / OregonParentCenter
Preschool Playgroup
Brigid Freeman
866-2765 / Preschool Playgroup is a program for parents and their children 0-6 years of age. Parents participate with their children with fun crafts, story time and a mid-morning meal.
Classes are provided on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of each week from 9:00 to 11:30 am. Children not potty trained must have a caregiver. This program is free with parent involvement.
Online Resource / NationalChildCareInformationCenter (NCCIC)
/ NationalChildCareInformationCenter
The NationalChildCareInformationCenter offers a broad source of resource information. New information and updates include: Frequently Requested Information, Economic Impact of Child Care, Early Childhood Mental Health, and Literacy.
Online Resource / Oregon Department of Human Services
Children’s Environmental Health
/ Children’s Environmental Health
The Children’s Environmental health provides information and solutions on common environmental health dangers in three areas; home, school and the outdoors.
Online Resource / Oregon’s Child,Everyone’s Business
Beth Glascock
(503) 373-1570, Ext 240
/ Oregon’s Child, Everyone’s Business
The Oregon’s Child, Everyone’s Business website provides tips to parents, employers, policy makers and the general public. The site also contains instructions for ordering or downloading publications. The website was designed to raise awareness about the importance of quality childcare and healthy early brain development.
Faith Based Classes / St. Anne’s Catholic Church
(A non-denominational group)
Divorced, Separated, and Widow Program
Carole Shaw
659-7103 / Divorced, Separated, and Widow Program available each Monday at the St. Anne’s CatholicChurchParishCenter.
This program offers four components toward helping individuals to know where they are going and what to do next:
SUPPORT so that you can get acquainted and feel comfortable, TRANSITION to self-growth and receive the tools to maintain a healthy relationship,
REBUILDING to explore further growth through the help of Dr. Fisher’s book entitled “Rebuilding”, and
GROWTH to learn how to use the tools learned in our everyday lives.
The weekly sessions are free.

For more information about this resource, please call:

Josephine CountyCommission for Children and Families

Attn: Dawn Sells

Phone: (541) 474-5234

FAX: (541) 474-5238

E-Mail:

Mailing Address:

Josephine CountyCommission for Children and Families

500 NW Sixth Street, Dept. 2

Grants Pass, OR97526

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