University of Minnesota Extension - Parent Education
863 30th Avenue SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Additional Location: Farmington Regional Center
507-280-2863, 507-536-6311 (fax)
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Parenting education is the key to building strong families, raising successful children, and creating confident parents. Our focus is on strengthening families by fostering parent-child communication; nuturing respectful discipline practices; forming strong parent-child relationships and using effective parenting skills. The U of M Extension provides expert training and educational products for parents and parent professionals geared for parenting preschool and school-aged children. Our program can give the tools needed to be a successful parent. Programs are provided through train the trainer, training for professionals and publications and web-based information for professionals and parents. The Parents Forever program meets the needs of divorcing or never married parents, which is provided as a series of classes locally in specific counties.
Communities Served: Statewide
Age Range of Clients Served: All Ages
Hours:
Fees: Varies
Insurance: no
Eligibility Information: All
Capacity to Accommodate Clients with Limited Financial Resources: Many materials are offered on the web free of charge.
Capacity to Accommodate Clients who Speak Languages other than English: Several publications are available in Spanish and limited amount of Somali and Hmong.
Services Offered: Education Materials; Workshop/Speakers/Events; Classes; Website
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