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Santa Cruz: Parenting by Connection Group in Spanish
Led by Adriana Castillo and Alma Mendosa, Location: Santa Cruz, call for location, Cost: Sliding Scale, $10 to $15 suggested
Registration: Call PLI at (650) 322-5323 or register online |
| Hand in Hand, Patty Wipfler, Director, gives classes and workshops for schools, agencies, parents and those who lead parents and teachers. These classes are announced on their web site or call 650-322-5323 |
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| Skillful Parenting Classes, Santa Cruz Adult School, 350 Taylor Street or 2931 Mission Street in Santa Cruz, 429-3966, various times and places. CPR and first aid also offered, email scas@sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us |
| Child Development Resource Center 479-5282 |
| Divorced Fathers Network is a non-profit organization that provides support for divorced parents to share parenting. They are dedicated to assisting fathers in parenting issues and helping them through a supportive group network. The group meets every Monday night from 7:30 to 9:00pm in the Dominican Hospital Education Building. They also host a free family event every month, usually on the third Saturday.Call Steve Ashley for more information at 335-0373 or 335-5855. Visit them online at www.divorcedfathers.com |
| Cabrillo College, Early Childhood Development Classes, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003 831-479-6100 |
| Family ROI is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people of all backgrounds apply proven business principles to revitalize, focus, and strengthen the most important organization in the world-their own family. Unaffiliated with any religious or political agenda, we help families identify tools and strategies to grow stronger and achieve their own unique vision of success. Family ROI measures success on your own family's terms. Just as a corporation measures success in terms of its Return On Investment (ROI), a family can measure success by the return its members receive from investing in each other and their shared future. Just as succesful companies do, families can achieve greater long-term success by defining their own unique vision, setting goals and executing a plan to achieve them. The Family ROI Program enables families to launch this important process efficiently and effectively. For more information please visit out website www.familyroi.org or call us at 831-430-1950. |
| Family Services Agency: Interactive Parent-Child Support Group learn parenting skills and get peer support while your pre-school child enjoys structured play. Sliding scale or free for low income families. For children 5 years and under. 104 Walnut Avenue, Santa Cruz, 423-9444, ext 345 |
| Answers Benefittng Children Parenting Programs, 18 West Lake Ave in Watsonville, 763-3108 or 763-4571, Childcare provided during class sessions. There is no fee for the classes, but class size is limited, so please register in advance |
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Publications and Online Resources
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Elizabeth Pantley, Author and Parent Educator,
"THE NO-CRY POTTY TRAINING SOLUTION, Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers"
A wealth of hints & tips on raising children, with information on attachment parenting with common sense & mutual respect for both child and parent, http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth |
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| Community Education Classes at Watsonville Hospital |
Classes offered in Infant CPR, Prepared Childbirth, Pre-Natal Yoga, New Mom and Baby Yoga, Medical Spanish, Babysitting, Baby Talk, Yoga for Moms-To-Be (English and Spanish) call 831-761-5618 or visit www.wathosp.org |
| Dominican Hospital Pep Classes |
Classes offered in Infant CPR, Pediatric First Aid, Kids Can Learn CPR, Preparation for Childbirth, Babysitting Workshop, New Moms-New Babies, The Dad's Class, Infant Care, Preparing for Twins, Prenatal Yoga, Make Room for Baby, Successful Breastfeeding, 462-7709, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, in Spanish call 457-7103 www.dominicanhospital.org |
| Nursing Mothers Counsel Volunteer Training |
a non-profit organization that helps breastfeeding mothers in the Santa Cruz Community by providing them with information and support. To find out more about training classes that start in April, contact barbara@harker.com or call 423-7576 or 427-3825 |
| Family Health Education Programs of the Live Oak Family Resource Center |
1777 Capitola Road, inside the Senior Center. Office hours are 10am-2pm, M-F. Call first: 476-7284 or 457-0334. Parent Resource material is available in addition to classes. Most classes take place at 323 La Fonda Avenue in Santa Cruz, just inside the entrance to Harbor High School. There are parent education programs (parent and child play groups, parenting infants and toddlers, parenting 2 to pre-K), park playgroups-bilingual (Together in the Park, Las Madres y Los Padres), childbirth education (childbirth preparation in English, childbirth refresher in English, private childbirth classes, childbirth preparation in Spanish, private childbirth classes in Spanish), parenting and special circumstances (Blaine Street Women's Jail Family Activity Days, Parents in Recovery: NA, Mondanaro-Baskin Center, Positive Parenting in English and Spanish) |
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Breastfeeding Support Groups
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| La Leche League |
monthly meetings in Santa Cruz, Aptos, and Boulder Creek providing support, information, and encouragement to women that want to breatfeed. Phone and email help available at all times from volunteer leaders. Call 425-3088 for more information. LLL reaches over 300,000 women monthly in 61 countries.www.lalecheleague.org |
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| Baby Bee Safe, 831-336-1642 |
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kitty@santacruzkids.com
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