Parenting Programs

For contact information and to register for classes, visit Common Sense Parenting Partners.

If you are the parent of a toddler, preschooler, school age or teenage child and want to improve your parenting skills, the Boys Town Common Sense Parenting classes offered through the Department of Social Services' Division of Child Protection Services can assist you. The Common Sense Parenting Program is a product of years of research compiled by Boys Town. The Program’s easy-to-learn techniques address issues a parent may have with of communication, discipline, decision-making, relationships, and self-control when parenting. To find out more about the Common Sense Parenting Program, visit the Boys Town website.

InsideOut Dad® is a fatherhood program designed to support dads who face the unique challenges of incarceration. It’s helpful for any father, parent or caregiver who is currently incarcerated, as well as those who want to learn more about fatherhood and healthy family relationships.

InsideOut Dad® is developed by the National Fatherhood Initiative. A limited number of our parenting education partners are offering this class as we begin rolling out the program.

Current providers include:

• Parent Resource Network
• Parenting Class Invoice | Instructions
• Reporting Form Survey
• Survey Data Guidance | Instruction Video
• Parenting Education Survey
  • Pre Class | Post Class

Positive Indian Parenting is an eight-week course that focuses on traditional and cultural parenting practices and values. During this course, individuals will learn to teach skills and traditions, as well as apply knowledge to the challenges and skill opportunities in modern parenting.

Positive Indian Parenting was developed by the National Indian Child Welfare Association for American Indian and Alaska Native parents.

For More Information About Becoming a Trainer contact 605.773.3612

Visit https://www.nicwa.org/ to learn more about Positive Indian Parenting.

The Division of Economic Assistance offers parenting education classes, as well, focused on children aged birth to three years. To learn more visit Responsive Parenting Training and Class Information.