In addition to working with youth, the Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth (OOY) recognizes the importance of families in the lives of youth and in the community.

The primary function of the OOY’s Parenting Services is to offer parenting classes to the community. The goal of the parenting classes that are offered is to educate and assist parents in creating strong healthy families. Most parenting classes are open to the general public. The OOY offers the following parenting classes.

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For Kids’ Sake is a one-day, 4 hour  workshop for parents, step-parents, and grandparents who share custody resulting from divorce or separation or are otherwise involved in the lives of these children. Divorce or parental separation is a painful and confusing experience for all children. The goal of the program is to provide adults with the knowledge and skills to safely nurture children through this difficult process. The workshop is facilitated by a licensed therapist.

The class is held in the Mary Switzer Building at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. The cost is $45 per person and pre-registration and pre-payment are required.

Guiding Good Choices is a five session program that teaches parents and other caregivers how to help children avoid risky behaviors. Parents learn techniques for developing clear family guidelines and expectations, teaching their children refusal skills, and managing family conflict in a way that maintains and strengthens family bonds. The Guiding Good Choices parenting curriculum has been awarded the highest possible rating for effectiveness by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as well as the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for producing scientifically proven results.

The Guiding Good Choices curriculum is designed for parents who have children ages 9 – 14 years of age. Classes meet one day a week for two-hours for 5 weeks. Classes are scheduled at various locations in the community both during the day and evening hours. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required.

Love and Logic is for parents of children age 3 - 18. This 7-week program teaches simple yet effective parenting techniques. Parents learn how to avoid power struggles, set limits, and instill responsibility in their children. Skills focus on letting go of anger while allowing empathy and natural & logical consequences to do the teaching. Let go of some of your parenting stress and enjoy your children more!  The Love and Logic model has been helping parents for almost thirty years.

Classes are scheduled at various locations in the community both during the day and evening hours. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required.

Parent Project is an intensive intervention program for parents raising destructive or out-of-control adolescents. Teens attend their own intensive program at the same time their parents are in class.  Referrals are accepted only through the Courts, Court Services, and FAPT at this time.