Meridian Middle School Counseling
Parent Education
"Why do some kids grow up with ease, while others struggle?" Many factors influence why some young people have success in life and why others have a harder time. The SEARCH Institute has identified 40 concrete, positive experiences and qualities - developmental assets - that help young people make wise decisions, choose positive paths, and grow up competent, caring and responsible. The assets that families have the most influence and control over include: Family Support Positive Family Communication Parent Involvement in Schools
Parent Education
Parent Education Classes offer practical techniques and new skills for raising healthy youth. The classes are for anyone who is interested in helping our youth develop communication, responsibility, empathy, cooperation, honesty, integrity, and dependable strengths. Several of our school sites will be offering additional classes and programs for parents throughout the year. Watch for more information in your child’s school newsletters and parent education flyers.
The Parenting Challenge is designed to meet the needs of parents in the workplace and community. This class will address issues in prevention of substance abuse, delinquent behavior, child abuse/neglect behaviors. The goals of the program are to enrich family relationships, reduce substance abuse and its related problems among family and promote healthy relationships that build resistance to personal and social dysfunction.
To register or for additional information, contact DrugFree Idaho at
373-5455 or visit their web site for more information. Throughout the school year, DrugFree Idaho offers classes to parents and their students in 5th and 6th grade. General information about drug abuse, signs and symptoms, current trends, and prevention tips are presented by School Resource Officers and School Counselors.
A highly structured parenting skills program created to help parents prevent and intervene in the most destructive adolescent behaviors. The Parent Project meets specific needs of parents with strong-willed or out-of-control children, offering practical no-nonsense solutions to the problems parents face today. For additional information, contact DrugFree Idaho at 373-5455 or visit their web site for more information.
