Thank you to all those joining us at the 2022 Helping Kids Thrive parenting conference,  which was such a success!

We met with over 150 parents, caregivers, community partners, providers, and presenters at our first in-person conference since 2019 and received lots of gratitude and excitement for the information, connection, and resources.

Conferences resources & handouts:

• Training
• Top 10 Stress Tips
• Ways to Praise a Child

Presentation Handouts:

From Amy Cobb

• Love and Logic Choices
• Love and Logic Enforceable Statements
• Love and Logic One-liners
• Neutralize Arguing

From Kelley Jeffrey

• Elementary Years

From Lori Hoffner

• 40 Developmental Assets:
  • Early childhood
  • Children in grades K–3
  • Middle Childhood
  • Adolescents
• Empowering Successful Kids

2022 CLASS LIST:

SESSION A (5:30 – 7:00 pm):

• The Toddler Years (ages 0-2), Building New Bonds: Parents play a critical role from nurturing an infant to helping a 2-year-old deal with limits and temper tantrums. Learn more about the physical and emotional development patterns in this stage of your child’s life.
• The Early Years (ages 3-5), Creating a Blueprint for Success: What a child experiences and learns between the ages of 3 and 5 form the foundation for future growth. Understand the physical and emotional development patterns of the young child and the adult’s role in helping children grow up healthy.
• The Elementary Years (ages 6-11), Foundation for Healthy Growth: During these years, children learn to solve problems for themselves and gradually develop their independence. Learn to balance your child’s need for structure and support while helping them build the skills necessary to problem solve and make good choices on their own.
• The Teen Years (ages 12-19), Framing Boundaries and Expectations: Adolescent years can be a frustrating time for everyone. Find new ways to manage both respects for your teen’s search for identity and the increased need for independence with appropriate rules and limit setting.
• Parenting the Love & Logic Way: Love and Logic provide simple, practical techniques to help parents change a child’s behavior for the better. Kids will become more self-confident, accountable, and better at making decisions.
• Helping Your Child Tame the Anxious Mind: Does your pre-teen/teen struggle with stress and anxiety? We will discuss and practice effective coping skills including mindfulness and relaxation and you’ll learn how to teach these skills to your child. This class is for parents and caregivers of children ages 12-19.
• Understanding the Teen Brain: What are They Thinking? Together we will go behind the scenes to explore the developmental changes in the brain of teens. You will leave this session with knowledge and applicable tools to support the teens in your life, such as questions to ask, how to create opportunities for taking safe risks, ideas for increasing self-directness, and noticing signs of concern.
• Caring for LGBTQ Youth: Children who identify as LGBTQ or who are gender non-conforming need unconditional love and support from their parents. This class will help parents navigate what may be unfamiliar terrain and provides information and resources on how to support and advocate for our LGBTQ and gender non-conforming youth.
• Stress Busters for Parents: Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First: With the stress of parenting, jobs, relationships, and finances, your physical and emotional well-being can be impacted. Learn to take stock and identify what in your life you can control. Learn tools to refocus, take action, and move forward in a healthy, productive way.
• Empowering Successful Kids: Raising Confidence, Caring Young People: As parents, we spend a lot of time thinking about what we don’t want our children to do or become. It’s even more important, though, to have a clear idea of what we do want. Using a strengths-based framework, we can work together to help raise healthy kids.

SESSION B (7:15 – 8:45 pm):

• The Early Years (ages 3-5), Creating a Blueprint for Success: What a child experiences and learns between the ages of 3 and 5 form the foundation for future growth. Understand the physical and emotional development patterns of the young child and the adult’s role in helping children grow up healthy.
• The Elementary Years (ages 6-11), Foundation for Healthy Growth: During these years, children learn to solve problems for themselves and gradually develop their independence. Learn to balance your child’s need for structure and support while helping them build the skills necessary to problem solve and make good choices on their own.
• The Teen Years (ages 12-19), Framing Boundaries and Expectations: Adolescent years can be a frustrating time for everyone. Find new ways to manage both respects for your teen’s search for identity and the increased need for independence with appropriate rules and limit setting.
• Parenting the Love & Logic Way: Love and Logic provide simple, practical techniques to help parents change a child’s behavior for the better. Kids will become more self-confident, accountable, and better at making decisions.
• Helping Your Child Tame the Anxious Mind: Does your pre-teen/teen struggle with stress and anxiety? We will discuss and practice effective coping skills including mindfulness and relaxation and you’ll learn how to teach these skills to your child. This class is for parents and caregivers of children ages 12-19.
• Creative Co-Parenting: Co-parenting can give your children stability and connection with both parents—but it’s rarely easy. In this class, we’ll delve into communications, managing your stress, handling conflict, solving problems, helping your children transition between homes, and much more.
• Navigating Substance Experimentation in Teens (NSET): NSET is for parents & guardians of Jeffco youth who are experimenting with substance use. Your workshop will cover information about marijuana, alcohol & other drugs, strategies to keep your teen safe, communication, and when and how to seek treatment.
• Drawing the Line: Setting Boundaries: Learn to define, set, maintain, and respect healthy boundaries both between teens and their trusted adults as well as with peers. This session is for teens and trusted adults to participate TOGETHER!
• How to Help Your Kids Feel Safe When Their World Feels Out of Control: After any type of mass tragedy, parents and caretakers often struggle with what to say and what to share with their children. This class will cover how to help kids cope, what vicarious trauma is and how to spot it, how to communicate openly and appropriately, and available resources to address these situations with children of all ages.