Parent involvement is the key to behavior change with adolescents. Yet, effectively educating parents in
basic behavioral strategies is time consuming and repetitive. The Parent Project is a parent training
program designed for parents of strong-willed adolescents. Since 2003, nearly 250 parents and their
adolescents have attended Parent Project in Wood County and they report that there is important
information offered for parents of all teens.
The next session of the Parent Project will start Jan. 10 and continue through March 13 at Rossford High
School, 701 Superior St. All classes will be on Tuesdays; the first two classes will run from 6 to 9
p.m. The remainder of the classes run from at 6 to 8 p.m.
Topics include reducing family conflict and arguing, improving school performance and attendance,
identifying and intervening with alcohol and other drug abuse, interceding with negative peer
associations (including inappropriate dating relationships) and helping parents to set clear, consistent
rules with enforceable consequences. Parents who attend the Parent Project are more likely to see their
child’s attendance at school improve, and to require less school-based disciplinary resources as parents
find powerful interventions at home with which to bring about change in their children.
Presented in an educational format, parents are charged a fee of $20 for the accompanying workbook. Youth
ages 12-18 are also invited to attend a separate class at no additional cost. If the entire course is
completed and the parent has attended all of the required sessions, the $20 fee will be refunded.
For more information or to register, contact Lorrie Lewandowski at (419) 354-9010, ext. 113 or by e-mail
at [email protected].