Services & Programs

Educational Services

Parent Education Classes Offered at CHC

The Parent Education Program offers parenting classes that cover a wide variety of topics concerning children ages 0 to 18. Classes are designed to help parents understand the themes and developmental tasks of various stages of childhood and adolescence.

• Styles of Discipline
• Building Emotional Understanding
• Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?
• Anger Management
• Tantrum Training
• Whose Problem Is This?
• Understanding Your Child's Temperament
• You are Your Child's First Teacher
• Help Your Child with Homework & Organization Skills
  

Download the easy-to-use Registration Form

Winter -Spring 2009 Classes

Click here for the New
Winter-Spring 2009
Parent Education Brochure
with a complete listing
of the courses offered
beginning January and
continuing through May.

Registration Information
Register now for Fall classes starting September 9, 2008,
Pre-registration and prepayment are will be accepted until classes are full. If a class is full, we will place you on the waiting list and notify you by telephone.

Cost: Class fees vary. Please refer to the complete schedule of classes for class cost.

Many classes are free (unless otherwise noted).

All classes will be held at the Children's Health Council from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (unless otherwise noted).

Financial Assistance is available for all classes

Cancellation Policy: If you are unable to attend a class, you must notify our
office 3 working days prior to the class session, in order to receive a full refund.
If you cancel after this time, you will receive a full refund, minus a $10.00 administrative fee.

Ways to Register
Phone (650) 617-3806
Fax (completed form with credit card payment) (650) 688-3669
E-Mail: parented@chconline.org
Mail (completed form with payment) Parent Education
Children's Health Council
650 Clark Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304

For more information on the Fall Parent Ed schedule or customized programs, please e-mail sgarber@chconline.org or call 650-617-3845.

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Parent Resource Room

Our Parent Resource Room provides resources and books for parents. We also have a Parent Education coordinator who coordinates classes for parents on a wide variety of topics for normally developing children as well as topics that include issues related to specific diagnostic categories.

The Children's Health Council appreciates partnering with the
The Health Trust to bring the Learning Initiative to Santa Clara County.

The Santa Clara County Learning Initiative, a project of the Children's Health Council initiated and lead challenge funding provided by The Health Trust, focuses on school change in support of children who learn differently. It involves a professional development program for regular teachers called Schools Attuned®  which is 
based on the groundbreaking work of Dr. Mel Levine. Mentoring and coaching
helps sustain and implement this approach which gives educators  a  unique research based neurodevelopmetnal approach to learning that increases their knowledge and power to improve school performance and help all students have greater academic success.

Schools Attuned®

The Schools Attuned® Program from All Kinds of Minds® is a five-day 35-hour course that prepares educators to meet the diverse learning needs of all students
in the classroom. This groundbreaking professional development and service
delivery program for K-12 educators can help teachers understand, identify,
and address differences in learning to help all students achieve success in
the classroom and in life.

Recognizing that teachers, administrators and related service professionals are
in the best position to observe and manage differences in learning, the Program
helps them understand how the brain is “wired,” various ways that students learn, patterns of students’ differences in learning and how students’ passions and strengths can be used to overcome weaknesses within the regular classroom.

This year long program includes 10 hours of practicum after completion of the core course. This equips teachers to make the best instructional decisions to ensure that each student can find academic and social success. When implemented within schools, this program enriches the way all children are educated.

The Children’s Health Council (CHC) is proud to be a Professional Development Provider for the All Kinds of Minds Institute delivering the Schools Attuned Program throughout Northern California. Workshops are conducted at The Children’s Health Council or can be delivered to individual schools and organizations by special request. Educators, nationally prepared by All Kinds of Minds, facilitate this program.

Additional services for Educators (printable flyer)

Information on the Generalist and Subject Specialist Paths
can be found on the All Kinds of Minds website.

2007-2008 Schools Attuned Workshops Open to the Public

Generalist Path at The Children’s Health Council
June 16-20, 2008
June 23-27, 2008
August 4-8, 2008

Subject Specialist Path at The Children’s Health Council
June 16-20, 2008
June 23-27, 2008
August 4-8, 2008

For those who have completed the Schools Attuned Generalist Path course, Practicum Sessions will be held at the Children's Health Council on:
Sessions to be Announced

For more information regarding the Schools Attuned Program,
contact Robin Holt at: rholt@chconline.org
or by phone at: 650.688.3675

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