Child Development Center

Parent Training Class

Thank you for your interest in the Parent Training Classes at the University of California Irvine Child Development Center. The class is designed to empower parents to be proactive in addressing parent-child problems through the use of skills learned in the class.

Course Objectives: Parents are the primary agents of change for their child's behavior. In this course, parents learn to increase the frequency of desirable behaviors in their children and to reduce the likelihood of undesirable behaviors. The purpose of the Parent Training Class at the Child Development Center is to train parents in the use of specific behavior modification techniques to improve the child's behavior and to enhance the quality of parent-child interactions. The class is designed for parents with children ages 3 to 12 years old.

Course Structure: The course is 6 weeks in length and meets once a week on Tuesday evening from 6:30 until 8:30 pm. The class meets in a group setting at the CDC School. During the meetings, participants are introduced to concepts of behavior management through viewing videotapes, discussions, role-playing and weekly home practice assignments. During the course parents are contacted and offered assistance with practice assignments. By the end of the course parents will have designed a home behavior program to improve their child's behavior.

Cost: The total cost of the course is $480.00 and covers two parents/caregivers.

Enrollment: The course is designed to address problems typically found in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related behavior and learning problems, however the course is appropriate for all children and does not require a diagnosis of ADHD.

To enroll in the course, please download, print, and fill out the confidential patient registration form. Then, mail the registration form along with a non-refundable $50 deposit, in the form of a check made out to "UC Regents," to the CDC School, 19262 Jamboree Rd, Irvine, CA, 92612. Please write "Parent Training" on the registration form and memo line of your check. The deposit will be taken out of the total cost of the course leaving the balance to be paid at the first session of the class. Please contact Ibby Gerner at (949) 824-8736 or egerner@uci.edu for payment plan inquiries.

If you would like to register for Social Skills as well, you need only submit one registration form per child; we will use the information on your child's registration form to enroll you in Parent Training. The non-refundable $50 deposit applies per child for the Social Skills Class and per couple for the Parent Training class. You may submit a single check for the total amount of the deposits. Please write both "Parent Training" and "Social Skills" on the registration form and memo line of your check.

If you have any further questions regarding the course, please call (949) UCI-ADHD (824-2343) or email cdc@uci.edu.

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