The Parent Education Program provides a side-by-side learning experience for parents and their young children. Students participate in music, dance, stories, and art activities with their children in an observational preschool setting.

Children also have the opportunity to learn social skills with their peers. Parenting issues are explored in discussion groups lead by professional parent educators.

For parents and caregivers of older children, the Positive Parenting-Skills class provides an adult-only forum for the discussion of school problems, bullying, discipline, single-parenting, or other parenting issues as determined by the need of the students enrolled in the class.

The Discipline and Anger Management class focuses on developing anger management skills and discipline techniques that empower parents of any age child to become calmer and make more effective discipline decisions.

Balboa Elementary
1844 Bel Aire
Glendale

Franklin Elementary
1610 Lake Street
Glendale

John Muir Elementary
912 S. Chevy Chase
Glendale

Life Skills Bldg.
1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
Glendale

Lutheran Church of Foothills
1700 Foothill Blvd., La Canada

Pacific Park
501 S. Pacific, Glendale

Sparr Heights
1613 Glencoe, Glendale

• Parent Education – Course Descriptions
  • PARED 010     Infants (0 - 6 Months)
    • This course focuses study on parenting children from birth through 6 months of age.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more children of the designated age.
  • PARED 011     Infants (7 – 12 Months)
    • This course focuses study on parenting children from 7 to 12 months of age.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more children of the designated age.
  • PARED 012     Toddlers (13 – 19 Months)
    • This course focuses study on parenting children from 13 to 19 months of age.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more children of the designated age.
  • PARED 013     Toddlers (20 – 26 Months)
    • This course focuses study on parenting children from 20 – 26 months of age.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more children of the designated age.
  • PARED 020     Two-Year-Olds
    • This course focuses study on parenting the two-year-old child.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more child of the designated age.
  • PARED 021     Two or Three-Year Olds
    • This course focuses study on parenting children from age two through the pre-kindergarten years.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more children of the designated age. 
  • PARED 031     Three or Four-Year-Olds
    • This course focuses study on parenting the three or four-year-old child.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more children of the designated age.
  • PARED 041     Pre-Kindergarten
    • This course focuses study on parenting the pre-kindergarten aged child (4 to 5 years of age).  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more children of the designated age.
  • PARED 050     Multi-Age
    • This course focuses study on parenting children from birth through the pre-kindergarten years.  Parents (or caregivers) attend class with one or more pre-school age child. 
  • PARED 051     Fathering Skills
    • This course focuses study on the father’s role in parenting children from birth through the pre-kindergarten years.  Fathers attend class with one or more pre-school age child.
  • PARED 054     Working Parents
    • This course focuses study on the working parent’s role in parenting children from birth through the pre-kindergarten years.  Special attention is given to the challenges of raising a child while working full-time.  Parents attend class with one or more children of the designated age.
  • PARED 060     Positive Parenting Skills
    • This course focuses on parents who seek instruction in positive, alternative parenting methods that will redirect inappropriate behavior of children and adolescents of all ages.  If needed by the students enrolled, this class may also address single parenting issues. Court referred parents are welcome.
  • LLS 023     Family Relationships
    • This course explores the nature and importance of social, mental, and emotional connections with family, friends, and colleagues.