Real Dads Program
Be a REAL Dad The mission of REAL Dads is to improve the quality of children's lives by supporting fathers in becoming more Responsible, Empowering, Available and Loving men in the lives of their Children. What will this program provide you? The REAL Dads program provides encouragement and support to dads and provides fathers with resources and information to support their parenting goals. Children NEED fathers and fathers NEED their children. The REAL Dads program helps to strengthen this relationship.
Contact Eddie Harris at 434 882-1026 or 434 296-4119 ext. 227.
Saturday Workshops Schedule
Free workshops for parents of children 0-6 years of age held
at the Gordon Avenue Library, 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville from 10:00 a.m.-noon on the second Saturday of
each month with free child care provided. Topics include: potty training,
positive discipline, parental stress solutions, sleep issues, sibling rivalry,
child developmental research, and many more. Contact Debbie Baber at 296-4118 x 0 for more information on upcoming topics and/or
to enroll.
Six Easy Steps Schedule
A six-week parenting class series held at the CYFS office at 1000 E. High St. on Tuesday evenings
from 6-7:30 p.m. for parents of children 3-12 years of age. Fees are: $75 individual, $100 couple and $125 family for entire series and three optional parent consultation sessions. Free child care is provided by CYFS interns and the Junior League of Charlottesville. Contact Beth Castro at 296-4119 x 224 for more
information and/or to enroll. Flyer
Surviving the Teen Years Schedule
This is a 6 week parenting class series (each class is 1 and ½ hours long) held on Wednesday nights from 6 – 7:30 at CYFS 1000 East High Street. It is a class designed for both parents and their children ages 10 or older. Fees are: $75 individual, $100 couple, and $125 family for the 6 classes and 3 optional private family consultation sessions. Click here for more info. Flyer
TransParenting Schedule
A one time CYFS four hour class held on the second Monday of each month from 4-8pm to provide information about helping children adjust to the changes associated with family transitions and provide tools to parents to work together for the child’s well-being when separation and/or divorce are chosen. $50 fee – sliding scale. Please call Debbie Baber to register at 296-4118 x 0.
ParentingMobile— will be traveling to 3 local neighborhoods on a weekly basis to provide parents easy access to parenting support and resources. A Parent Educator will be available to answer parenting questions, show videos, conduct mini parenting workshops and classes. The three neighborhoods are: Westhaven, Parks Edge and Southwood. However, parents from any neighborhood are welcome to use this resource.
Weekly Montessori Playgroups and The REAL DADS program for fathers are additional programs run through the parentingmobile. For more information please contact Hilary Nagel at 296-4119 ext 238 or visit http://www/cyfs.org/parentingmobile.shtml
