PARENT SUPPORT CENTER
PORTLAND, OREGON
Our courses help you feel more confident and calm as a parent, educator or caregiver.
Learn the theory and research, and walk away with loads of practical tools!
Appropriate for children ages 2-18.
How We Help:
We offer training, workshops, materials, resources, inspiration and ongoing support to parents and educators by​ providing
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Practical tools and skills based on evidence-informed curriculum
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Tools to not sabotage your discipline efforts
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Learn how to show unconditional love
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Identify the four types of misbehaviors and learn caring ways to correct them
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Techniques to build children's emotional intelligence & self-esteem
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Discuss, brainstorm, and laugh with other parents and educators struggling through similar issues -- it takes a village!
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Parenting Classes that show you how to:
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Avoid power struggles
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Defuse a child's anger and prevent violent behaviors
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Teach children to settle their own disputes
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Set healthy limits
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Strengthen and enrich adult-child relationship
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Teach children to act responsibly
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Open two-way communication with the child's inner self
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Nurture healthy emotional growth and high self-esteem
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Create a cooperative atmosphere in the home and classroom
Make a difference for families who cannot afford to pay for a class.
Purchase founder JoAnne Nordling's book:
Caring Discipline: Practical Tools for Nurturing Happy Families & Classrooms
Our Goals​
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Strengthen families so that they thrive with research-based tools
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Strengthen classroom and daycare learning environments
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Raise emotional intelligence, self-esteem and feelings of competency in both children and adults
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Teach effective and caring methods of discipline
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Reduce stress levels for children, parents, and teachers
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Create home and school environments which encourage children to mature towards becoming the very best they are capable of becoming
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