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Academy for Coaching Parents International
www.academyforcoachingparents.com
ACPI certifies parent coaches and provides a focused distance-learning program that prepares students to successfully operate their own Parent Coaching business. The ACPI Parent Coach Certification Training Program consists of 5 primary modules of coursework completed over a 9 to 12 month timeframe, with students devoting 3 to 6 hours per week. ACPI Courses are offered through teleconferences, live training and independent study. Graduates of the program are certified as an ACPI Certified Coach for Parents (ACPI CCP) worldwide. With backgrounds as teachers, therapists, counselors, social service workers, family advocates, or "seasoned" parents looking to build a their own business as a Parent Coach, our graduates all share the same passion and love to help parents and children achieve the fulfilling relationships they deserve. NEPI Member Benefits available through Academy for Coaching Parents International:
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Active Parenting
www.activeparenting.com Active Parenting Publishers, Inc., was founded in 1980 by Dr. Michael H. Popkin, a former child and family therapist and Coordinator of Child and Family Services for Northside Community Mental Health Centers in Atlanta, Georgia. APP delivers quality education programs for parents, children and teachers to schools, hospitals, social services organizations, churches and the corporate market. The Active Parenting model is heavily based upon the theories of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs.The most popular program is Active Parenting Now, for parents of children ages five to twelve. Active Parenting Publishers is recognized as an innovator in the educational market and is committed to our mission of developing human potential through our programs. APP operates out of Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Our products are distributed throughout the US as well as in Canada, Japan, Korea and Sweden.
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The Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (CICC)
www.ciccparenting.org
Since its founding in 1974, the nonprofit CICC has grown to be one of the nation’s most influential and productive parenting and parenting education organizations. CICC has created national model parenting programs, including those for ethnic minority parents, and distributes other excellent programs and hundreds of books for parents and parenting professionals. It also conducts parenting instructor training workshops and one-day parenting seminars nationwide. The CICC Discovery Tool is the nation’s first online method to help parents detect whether young children may have special developmental needs. NEPI Member Benefits available through CICC:
Discounts on the parent handbooks of such skill-building programs as Confident Parenting, Effective Black Parenting, Los Ninos Bien Educados, Active Parenting, Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP), Nurturing, Stop and Think, Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.), and Siblings Without Rivalry
The other book and educational materials discounts available through CICC include numerous publications for
****************************************************************************************** | COPES - Council on Prevention and Education--Substanceswww.copes.orgCOPES, Inc. provides consultation, education and training services on a multi-component, youth and family strengthening program, Creating Lasting Family Connections, which has demonstrated strong research results of increasing those family and personal factors that protect people from problems and increase positive personal and family behaviors. Outcomes also include reductions in substance abuse and violence among participants. COPES, Inc. consults and trains people from schools, churches, Juvenile Justice Detention and Diversion programs, civic organizations, neighborhood associations, coalitions, recreation centers, and city and county governments to implement Creating Lasting Family Connections skill-building programs for their populations. NEPI Member Benefits available through COPES:
Developing Positive Parental Influences,
Raising Resilient Youth and
Getting Real
Discounts on enrolling in professionally led workshops to learn to deliver the programs.
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www.parentingperspectives.com
Parenting Perspectives is committed to providing high-quality education to help parents and teachers in the Chicago, Illinois area. Such education nurtures the healthy development and promotes the achievement of human potential. Parents and educators praise Parenting Perspectives for its insightful, practical, and creative approach to encourage the best in children.
Our services include one-on-one coaching for parents, workshops and multi-week courses for small groups, and in-service seminars for large groups of educators. Parenting Perspectives offers a variety of effective and easy-to-implement tools that lay a foundation and serve as a guide for any parenting struggle. Our philosophy is grounded in respect for the relationship between parent and child.
We offer:
- Non-punitive discipline that works—including how to set limits; - Tools to help children develop self-esteem, resiliency and competence;
- Expanded understanding of developmentally appropriate behaviors to eliminate unnecessary struggles;
- An opportunity for parents to feel confident about their parenting and experience greater pleasure with their children.
Parenting Perspectives also offers strategies for teachers to make working with students and their parents more effective. Parenting Perspectives can customize the right package for your organization’s needs. All programs are specifically geared to the ages of the children you serve. NEPI Member Benefits available through Parenting Perspectives:
A 15% discount on parenting classes in the Chicago area.
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Parent's Toolshop
www.parentstoolshop.com
The Parents Toolshop® offers parents, family and child care professionals the only systematic approach to making decisions, solving problems and planning individualized responses to any parenting challenge…with any age child! Discover this no-longer-secret "Universal Blueprint® Parenting Success Formula" through our 100+ resources, including: books, workshops, e-courses, tele-seminars, articles and other on-line freebies. All our programs and resources reference The Parents Toolshop book, which is the result of over 15 years of research and field testing with thousands of parents from diverse backgrounds. It is also endorsed by the nation’s leading parenting experts and by parents and family professionals worldwide. NEPI Member Benefits available through Parent's Toolshop:
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