Free Parenting Program Helps Families Thrive in Uncertain Times

Wheeler is offering a free six-week virtual Circle of Security® Parenting™ class to teach parents and caregivers how to better understand the needs of children and adolescents, bring joy to families, and promote healthy and positive parenting.

Session dates and times will be announced soon!

The virtual sessions are open to parents, caregivers, grandparents, foster parents, and childcare providers. Course certificates of completion are provided for all who attend all six sessions in their entirety. Space is limited.

The courses are facilitated by Melissa Mendez, LCSW, director of early childhood programs at Wheeler.

“In the aftermath of the pandemic, we’ve seen that parents still have a great deal of stress transitioning back to something that feels normal,” she says. “Circle of Security offers a way to find grounding by looking at really good foundational concepts for how you think about family dynamics, and understanding not only your child, but how our own personality and experiences have an impact on the children in our lives.”

Mendez says the program focuses on an attachment theory for how parents and caregivers acknowledge their own frustration at the complexities of parenting today.

“We will explore the meaning behind children’s challenging behaviors and discuss how all hurtful behavior from children comes from a source of hurt and pain.  Maybe it is a child’s fear, embarrassment, or shame.  We learn to have compassion for them…and for ourselves.”

For more information or to RSVP, please email Melissa Mendez at mmendez@wheelerclinic.org