Forsyth County Child Advocacy Center
Trainings
" A Friend's House" Forsyth County Child Advocacy Center provides the following Trainings to prevent further abuse of Children.
Parenting 101: Parenting classes are designed to empower those in a caretaking role by teaching skills, tools and supportive resources that are invaluable because, as we all know, kids don’t come with instruction manuals. Targeted age groups include 0-5 years old, 6-12 years old and 12 and up. Confident parents create happier families. Happier families create more confident children. This leads to stronger families and a brighter future for everyone in Forsyth County. Length of training is 4 hours. Facilitator: Dawn LaBell, Child Advocate-Certified February 2006 Parenting Teens: This class is designed for parents with adolescent’s teenagers. The focus of the class is to help parents understand the open lines of communication, conflict resolution, stress management, what warning signs that the teenager are expressing, what to expect with different grade levels, how to spend quality time with the adolescents, discussing substance abuse and violent behavior in the adolescent, peer pressure and how to make a difference in your child's life. Facilitator: Dawn LaBell, Child Advocate-Certified February 2006 Co Parenting: This course is going to help parents going through a divorce or who have been recently divorced that have children parent together. Issues and techniques that will be discussed are communication, shared parenting, reducing stress to the children and the parents, and expectations of the children and their behaviors through this trying time, resolving any conflicts that the parents may have with different parenting techniques. Facilitator: Dawn LaBell, Child Advocate- Certified March 2007 Facilitator: Dawn LaBell, Child Advocate- Certified March 2007 Facilitator: Dawn LaBell, Child Advocate-Certified February 2006 Facilitators: Dawn LaBell, Child Advocate-Certified February 2006, Department of Family and Children Services Facilitator: Tennille Chapman, Finance Director-Lanier Technical College-Certified Facilitator: Michelle Edwards, Executive Director-Certified in Holistic Stress Control Institute of Georgia Trainers of Trainers March 2010 Facilitator: Michelle Edwards, Executive Director-Certified in Holistic Stress Control Institute of Georgia Trainers of Trainers March 2010 Facilitator: Michelle Edwards, Executive Director-Certified in Holistic Stress Control Institute of Georgia Trainers of Trainers March 2010 All Training's are open to the community. Please call Dawn LaBell at 678-208-1908 for more information or email Dawn at dawnfccac@bellsouth.net. Trainings can be for individuals or for groups please contact us for more information.
Foundations for Teens: This is course is going to help teens with codes of personal excellence, valuable communication skills to help convey needs and feelings in a positive manner, relationship and problem solving techniques to help resolve conflicts, the value of venturing out of their comfort zone, and most importantly goal setting techniques. In addition this course is going to help reduce the problems that families, schools, and communities are having with the teen. The teens are able to gain important new learning skills, acquire life skills, gain confidence, motivation and interpersonal skills. They will learn how to apply all of these lessons effectively in their lives.
Mandatory Reporting: While everyone is encouraged to report suspected child abuse or neglect, the law requires persons in some professions be required to report. This class educates the community on those professionals whom are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect and how to report. Length of training is 2 hours.
Child Abuse Prevention/Indicators: Child maltreatment comes in the following forms, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse and neglect are our key areas of concern. The CAC will provide unique and powerful tools for all workers to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Length of training is 2 hours.
Personal Finance: This class is designed to teach the importance of money management for both short term and long term needs. Individuals and families will learn how to create and maintain a monthly budget and how to plan for financial goals. Length of training is 2 hours.
Stress Management: This class provides techniques to address conflict resolution, stress and anger reduction, relaxation, exercise, bio feedback, acupressure, nutrition, affirmations, visualizations, massage and communication skills. Length of training is 2 hours.
Anger Management: This class provides techniques for healthy ways to handle anger, developing self awareness related to anger, the psychological effects of anger, specific tools to express and diffuse anger. The target population is for both adults and teens. Length of training is 2 hours.
Conflict Resolution: Teaches positive communication using the “I” messages, listening skills, personal perspective, and empathy to resolve a conflict, and techniques for problem solving. Length of training is 2 hours.
