Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center, Inc., located in Dorchester, MA, is launching its inaugural Parenting Journey group on April 7th.The group will be run in Spanish and English.
Like Parenting Journey, Hildebrand is uses a strengths-based approach. According to their team, three terms frequently heard around either the office or congregates are “unconditional positive regard,” “trauma informed care,” and “strengths-based communication.” In essence, the ability to offer respect, acknowledgement, dignity, and warmth to a person no matter what emotions or behaviors he/she offers in return, which involves a feeling of acceptance for a person’s negative, fearful, painful, defensive and abnormal feelings as much as it does a person’s positive, mature and socially normal feelings.
As the service provider, Hildebrand deeply values the humanity of their clients, which is not merely the head of household, but each member of the family. The new Parenting Journey program will not only serve those attending the program and their families but will ripple into other areas of their lives. Click here to read more about the organization and their team’s experience at the Parenting Journey facilitator training on the Hildebrand blog.
Marilyn Guity says
Do your organization provides parenting workshops ?
Noel Twigg says
Hi Marilyn,
Parenting Journey provides strength-based parent development programs for parents of children of all ages. A series of six 12-week curricula are offered at our Somerville office in Union Square and the Parenting Journey I program can also be found at partner sites across Greater Boston. In addition to these programs Parenting Journey does offer 2-hour workshops as part of our Parenting for Student Success Family Engagement Program. Topics include: Overcoming Challenges – Setting Goals for My Child’s Success, Building the Bridge – Parents and Teachers as Allies, and more. I’d be happy to provide further details and more information about our programs. I can be reached at (617) 628-8815 or via email at ntwigg@parentingjourney.org.
Thank you for reaching out!
Noel