The Parent Project™
The Parent Project is a novel parent training program, designed using the latest in adult teaching strategies. It is designed to provide parents with the tools they need to intervene at home with their 'strong willed' or out-of-control children and teens. Parents learn how to set and enforce limits, what are appropriate consequences, how to manage arguing and noncompliance, how to deal with school attendance and performance, how to respond to alcohol and other drug use, and ways to manage suicidal and violent behavior

Services
Loving Solutions A parent's guide to raising tough kids (Ages 5 to 11). This is a parenting program designed specifically for parents with difficult or out-of-control children, with special applications to ADD/ ADHD issues. This course is designed to help parents who have already learned and practiced good communication with their children, but have not seen positive behaviour change. This course addresses:

• Parenting "tough kids"
• Ideals, Rules and Tools
• Structuring for Success
• Concrete Solutions for tough kids
• Supporting Success

Changing Destructive Adolescent Behaviour The tougher it gets to be a teen, the tougher it is to be a parent. This is a parenting program designed specifically for parents with difficult or out-of-control teens. In this course you will learn to:

• Reduce family conflict
• Improve school attendance and performance
• Prevent or intervene in alcohol or other drug use
• Stop violence

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Marilyn Wardrop has been teaching children with dyslexia and learning disabilities for twenty years as a therapeutic Orton-Gillingham tutor. Marilyn has been involved in the learning disabilities community in a number of capacitates by serving as president of the Surrey Learning Disabilities Association, International Dyslexia Association B.C., a Founding Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Therapeutic Tutors (Orton-Gillingham), and in 2002 became the third recipient of the International Dyslexia Association Kline Award for outstanding service in the field of dyslexia.
As a parent of four children, Marilyn has first hand knowledge of the strong willed child. Often they are the most challenging to reach as a parent or teacher. They are well worth the effort. Training and support can strengthen the home team and direct the family toward harmony and success.

Susan Garcia is a resident of Vancouver, B.C., a parent of two and a grandmother of three.
Everyone who knows Susan knows her passion for family gatherings and for celebrating her family's multicultural genealogy. Susan Garcia has worked twenty-five years in childcare services; services for persons with special needs and work within various Aboriginal communities. Susan learned the value of parenting support very early in life, and she thanks her elders, her parents and all the generations for the lessons learned, and for the great love of laughter that often gets us through tough times, while keeping us committed to being together.

Tracey Keene is a resident of Surrey, B.C. and the proud mother of one young child. Tracey is a certified facilitator for the Parent Project program and a certified Orton-Gillingham tutor who has tutored children with language based learning disabilities. For many years she has also operated a successful childcare service in her community. Tracey believes that each and every child is a unique and valuable part of our community and through working together we can ensure they realize their potential.