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Parent Education Center

 

The Parent Education Center is a path to effective parenting skills and parent advocacy. We provide programs to meet the needs of parents and their children through parenting workshops, individualized parenting programs brought to your home, and empowering parents to become advocates for their children. We work to help parents:

  • Find joy in parenting
  • Promote each child’s development
  • Increase positive parenting skills
  • Reduce problem behaviors
  • Increase parental resiliency
  • Become advocates for their children

The Parent Education Center Staff. Please feel free to contact any staff member for more information or questions.

Heather Hickman, LSW, CDCA, OCPS
Director, Parent Education Center
740.345.6166 ext. 230
Tabi Porter, BSW, LSW, OCPSA
Family Support Specialist
740.345.6166 ext. 224

Staci Franks, B.A.
IY Classroom Support Specialist
740.345.6166 ext. 210

Nicole Geiger, B.A., OCPSA
IY Classroom Support Specialist
740-345-6166 ext. 209
Emily Pribonic, B.A., OCPSA
IY Classroom Support Specialist
740-345-6166 Ext. 205

 

The Parent Education Center offers parenting workshops throughout the year.  Please click the links below for details and registration information.

 

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The Parent Education Center Programs
Active Parenting First Five Years
This three session workshop will give you the opportunity to meet with other families of toddlers and preschool children who may be experiencing some of the same challenges you are  facing everyday. Using videos, activities and group discussion, a group leader will help you learn important skills for parenting a young child.
There is no charge for this service.
Contact: 740-345-6166 Ext. 224 or by email.
Active Parenting
This three or six session workshop will focus on children from 5 to 12 years of age and includes an opportunity to work with other families in similar situations. Using video, home activities, group discussions and group activities, this program will help you improve on your skills as a parent as your child grows.
There is no charge for this service.
Contact: 740-345-6166 Ext. 224 or by email.
Active Parenting Teens
This four session video and discussion program for parents of preteens and teens provides parents with methods of respectful discipline, skills for clear, honest communication, concrete strategies to prevent risky behavior and how to be an encouraging parent. Plus, insights into issues like teens online, bullying and depression.
There is no charge for this service.
Contact: 740-345-6166 Ext. 224 or by email.
Why take an Active Parenting class? Hear what these parents have to say!

Incredible Years Parent Series
The Incredible Years evidence-based early intervention parenting programs focus on enhancing parent and caregiver skills and fostering engagement in children’s school experiences, to promote academic, social, and emotional skills and reduce conduct problems.  The parent programs are delivered to groups of parents/caregivers according to their child’s age and development. Babies (0-12 months), toddlers (1-3 years), preschoolers (3-6 years), and school age (6-12 years). Parent workshops are offered in a group setting and facilitated by trained leaders.
There is no charge for this service.
Contact: 740-345-6166 Ext. 224 or by email.
Hear what parents have to say about the Incredible Years Parent Series!

Incredible Years Classroom Dina School
Rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL), the Incredible Years early intervention programs for children use dinosaur -themed materials and life-sized puppets to engage children and enhance their development in areas such as friendship, anger management, problem solving, academic success and other relevant life skills. We currently offer the Incredible Years Classroom Dinosaur School prevention program, delivered by trained group leaders, to kindergarten classrooms at Newark City Schools.
Contact: 740-345-6166 Ext. 224 or by email.
Learn more about Dina School here!
Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management
The Incredible Years program for teachers equip educators and early childhood professionals with the expertise to proficiently manage their classrooms while cultivating social, emotional, and academic skills. Teacher Classroom Management workshops are offered in a group setting and facilitated by trained leaders.
Contact: 740-345-6166 Ext. 224 or by email.
Learn more about Teacher Classroom Management here!

 

Pathway of Central Ohio’s programs are funded in part by Mental Health & Recovery for Licking and Knox Counties -United Way of Licking County
United Way of Knox County · United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley · The Licking County Foundation ·Energy Cooperative Round-Up Foundation ·
Newark City Schools · National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ·Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services
The Crawford Marion Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board-The Pickaway County Health District- Corporate and private donations

 

Quick Contact

Office Hours

Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm
Closed most holidays.

Phone: 740-345-6166
Fax: 740-349-9894
Ohio Relay: 800-750-0750

Mailing Address
1627 Bryn Mawr Drive,
Newark, Ohio 43055

Email: [email protected]

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