Exchange Club Center For The Prevention Of Child Abuse Of Oklah

Family resource center: parent promise provides an extensive library on parenting and child development of literature, dvds and a referral service to community resources for all parents. This library is open to the public. For families that participate in our home-based parent education and support programs, we offer assistance with expenses such as utility and rent on an as needed basis. Other items provided to families are (but are not limited to): diapers, wipes, baby/toddler safety items and educational toys. Private funding allows for parent promise to further aid parents in purchasing school uniforms, paying for ged tests and passes to enrichment activities such as trips to the zoo or science museum. The family resource center also stocks books so parent educators may take an age-appropriate book to each home visit. This encourages a love of reading in young children and helps lower income families build a home library. The family resource center helps incentivize parents to stay in the program, attend group parenting activities and meet their personal goals. All efforts to help them improve parenting skills, reduce household stress and become more self-sufficient so they may provide a safe and loving home environment where their children can grow into healthy and productive adults.

Family compass co-parenting classes: parent promise offers co-parenting classes for parents facing divorce who have children under the age of 18 in the home. The classes cover the effects of divorce on children; keeping the child out of the middle; allowing the child to love both parents; developing new communication skills; creating a new co-parenting relationship, and community resources to help the family. The class meets the requirements of oklahoma state law 43 o.s. 107.2, required parenting classes, for families going through divorce. However, any parent raising children in separate households are welcome. Classes are offered in english and spanish.