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Supporting and Empowering Families Through Individual and Group Programs in South Mississippi |
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Families First Resource Center Programs |
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Parenting Classes FFRC staff recognizes parenting can be challenging and at times overwhelming. Our staff provides quality up-to-date individual and group parenting classes for teen and adult parents. The focus of the classes is on positive discipline, limit setting and consequences, importance of routines, healthy nutrition and positive self-esteem. Our staff also works with individuals on specific parenting needs. Our parenting programs are approved through the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS). Click here for more on parenting classes. |
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Healthy Relationship Programs The quality of our relationships impacts how well we interact with our parent(s), friends, spouse or co-workers. We are all involved in relationsAugust 21, 2008dDate -->bits of Highly Successful Marriages ©" by John Covey, but don't let the title fool you. This program provides effective techniques for healthy relationships for young adults, single individuals, traditional families, blended families, foster and adoptive families, single parents, and families of children with disabilities. This program provides contact hours for foster parents. |
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Teen Programs
Teenagers today deal with peer pressure and are faced with many challenges and obstacles. FFRC staff work with youth in both school and community settings. We provide a wide range of programs to include self respect, character education, bullying, anger management, conflict resolution, team building exercises, and stress management. FFRC staff also provide programs on abstinence utilizing the "Just Wait" curriculum through the Mississippi Department of Human Services. |
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Anger Management Classes Do you control your anger or does anger control you? FFRC staff assists children, teAugust 21, 2008er, techniques for managing and expressing anger, identifying methods for reducing stress as well as positive self-expression of feelings. Our anger management classes are taught in small group settings in a variety of formats. Click here for more on Anger Management Classes. Fatherhood Initiative Fathers face unique challenges in the 21st century. FFRC staff provides community programs, seminars, and individual training for fathers and their children. Lending Library FFRC has a wide variety of educational books (for children and adults), educational games, toys, and CD-ROMs. All items are available for sign out for a two-week period. Support Groups FFRC staff provides support groups in the community. The Autism Spectrum Support Group is for families with children diagnosed with Asperger's or Autism Spectrum Disorder. The Special Kids Families Network is for families with children with any disability. Both groups meet monthly and childcare is provided.
All of our programs are free of charge to the community.
The Families First Resource Center (FFRC) is a project of the Institute for Disability Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi. FFRC is funded by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services (GR# 525D341). This is primarily accomplished through DFC's administration of funds authorized by Title IV-B Subpart 2 of the Social Security Act. |
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