Programs Overview

These are some of the resources we have for your use. Please call and discuss how you might be able to access our program material and other resources from out resource library. You may also be interested in talking to someone about how to attend or offer a workshop on these programs listed below.

Parenting Effectively - STEP – Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
Three age categories: 0 to 6, 7 to 12 and Teen
Within each category:
Understanding Children
Understanding Children’s Behaviour
Building Self-Esteem
Listening and Talking to Children / Communication
Helping Young Children Learn to Cooperate
Discipline Techniques
Social and Emotional Development

5 Love Languages of Children
How to communicate love to your child
Find your child’s primary love language
Building a strong relationship with your child
Giving your child self identity and confidence

5 Love Languages for Your Partner
How to communicate love to your partner
Find your partner’s primary love language
Building a strong relationship with your partner

COPE – Community Parent Education Program
Attending and Rewards
Balanced Attending
Planned Ignoring
Transitional Warnings and When –Then
Time Out and Positive Reinforcements
Point Systems
Problem Solving

Virtues
Positive parenting through character education
Recognize your own virtues and the virtues in others
Create family cohesion
Speak the language of virtues (link to 52 virtues)
Recognize teachable moments bringing out the best in you child
Respecting individual family members

FIIBOC – Father Involvement – Building our Children’s Character
To deepen father’s relationship with his children
Information on the development of children
Reflect on parenting styles
Communicating with your child
Building character through discipline
Setting boundaries
Increase your child’s self esteem

Super Dads
“When dads are more involved, great things happen for kids, for families and for our society.”
Brian Russell, Author of Super Dads
Time for Dads to talk with other Dads
Time for dads to spend with their child(ren)
Explore:
The importance of fathers
Child development
Communicating with your child
Understanding your child’s emotions
Increase self-esteem and confidence in your child
Positive discipline
Safety Skills
Keeping family life in Balance

Make the Connection 0 to 1
This Attachment based program assists parents when interacting with their infant age 0 to 1.
Interacting with your child through Love Language and Learning
Attachment and self-esteem building in your child
Positive discipline age 0 to 1

Make the Connection 1 to 2
This Attachment based program is an extension of Make the Connection 0 to 1. Based on the same principals as MTC 0 to 1, this program assists parents when interacting with their young child age 1 to 2.
Interacting with your child through Love Language and Learning
Attachment and self-esteem building in your child
Positive discipline age 1 to 2

Mother Goose
Use nursery rhymes to enrich your relationship with your child
Forms a bond and close interaction
Reinforces early child brain development and social skills

Nutrition on a Budget
RRHC has a variety of resources on this subject and can gear them to family needs

Budgeting 101
See where your money is going
Set up a budget plan
Learn tips and techniques to help you money go further

Budgeting 102
Take the next step – now that you have extra money…
How to invest

Strengthening Step Families
To assist families with transitioning into a step family situation. This module is vital as during this change many concerns come up for all family members. This curriculum is created to strengthen individual members and stepfamily and extended family while transitioning and after.
Understanding the Pitfalls and Potential of Stepfamily Living
Strengthening the Couple Relationship
Creating Effective Roles and Relationships
The Stepchild’s Dilemmas
The Stepfamily’s Journey
Children’s Curriculum: Issues will be addressed where appropriate.

Separation and Divorce
This curriculum is geared toward a variety of family settings – Those who are Separated, Divorced, Thinking about Separation, moving on as a single parent and blended families. Modules are created so that participants are able to choose the module that pertains to their individual and familial needs; therefore, each module encompasses its own objectives. Modules are delivered over four to six sessions. Couples do not need to attend together, although full participation would be an asset to the overall value and outcome of the program.

A children’s curriculum is run concurrently to the adult programs. Self help strategies, resiliency and understanding of the process are incorporated at age appropriate developmental levels

Divorce! Is the grass really more “green on the other side”?
This module is created to inform married or separated couples of the impact both of staying together or divorcing. The module will give knowledge to the participant when assessing their options to stay together, separate or to divorce and give strategies on how to strengthen their marriage.
Children’s Curriculum: Resiliency and Self Care

Stages of Divorce
This will include stages and associated feelings, how to deal with feelings in a positive way, separating feelings from actions. Helping Children to deal with their feelings through use of identification techniques and open communication.
Children’s Curriculum: Feelings and Emotions

Cooperative Parenting and Divorce
This will help parents shift from being former spouses to effective co-parenting, shield their children from parental conflict, help with guiding their child through the process of recovery and create a long term relationship with the child’s other.
Children’s Curriculum: Communicating your feelings

Children in the Middle II Parents’ Version
To make divorcing and divorced parents aware of situations where parents place their children in the middle of their conflict and of the impact of their behaviour on their children.
Children’s Curriculum: Children in the Middle, Children’s Version.