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Community Parent Education Program (COPE)

What parents say about COPE:

"I feel calmer and don't get as angry as I used to do"

"I should have taken this course sooner"

"I feel more confident"

"My children get along better at school"

"Getting together with other parents was very helpful"

What is COPE?

FSA's Counselling Service offers a unique parenting program to families living in various communities across the city. COPE, which works with both parents and children, is aimed at helping parents encourage positive behaviour in their children and improving parent-child relations.

The course, based on research into how families develop and nurture healthy relationships, was developed at McMaster University and successfully used in a wide variety of schools and other settings in Canada and the USA.

The program is unique in that two groups are run at the same time, one for parents and one for their children aged 4-10. This promotes a sense of family working together to enrich their relationships. Both groups work on and reinforce skills building such as increasing positive behaviour, cooperation and mutual understanding, avoiding conflicts, healthy communication, problem solving and stress management.

COPE Parenting Groups:

List and schedule of COPE Groups - Spring 2008

Issues you may be facing:

Other resources we recommend:

Books on parenting
The Family Conservancy website: http://www.thefamilyconservancy.org/

Testimonials

Success story at John D. Parker Junior School

For information on other FSA services dealing with parenting issues see our Areas of Expertise: Parenting page.

To arrange for counselling, please call our Service Access Unit, Tel: 416.595.9618