FALL 2024 ENROLLMENT HAPPENING SOON

COURSES WILL BE HELD REMOTELY VIA ZOOM

This course is open to the public and free of charge. Join us as we explore the ins and outs of being a family. This course is designed specifically for children ages 7-17 and their caregivers.

We strive to offer an inclusive and safe space for ALL families.

As a team, we have served hundreds of parents, caregivers, children, and teens by working with them to strengthen their skills and helping them work together to build strong, resilient families.

Our mission is to empower families.

At Delta Prevention, we believe that the family is the heart of a child's life - guiding, molding, and sustaining them. We understand the challenges families can face - pressure, stress, communication issues, school and behavioral problems. That's why we're here to support parents and kids alike in navigating life's stressors together.

Introducing the Strengthening Families Program- an evidence-based, 11-session workshop designed for all families. Participate together on Zoom each week to boost parenting, children's social, and family life skills. Enjoy free mailed curriculum, paid dinners, celebrations, and more! Our expert family coaches are here to support your journey to stronger family bonds.

Let's build a resilient and loving foundation for your family.

WE CAN PROVIDE SPANISH HANDOUTS UPON REQUEST

Families long for peace and love in their homes. The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a 11-week skills training course that parents and youth attend together that offers that -- and more.  SFP teaches parenting skills, youth life skills, and family relationship skills in a 2-hour class that families attend together.  SFP was originally developed in 1982 under a grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse by Dr. Karol Kumpfer.  The grant assignment was to research and prove which parenting skills were necessary to keep youth from falling into addiction.

SFP has been tested in 12 Randomized Control Trials – four with independent researchers – and found that only a family-centered approach produced long-term positive outcomes.  When parents and kids attend the classes together and practice the skills, SFP has been proven to reduce teen alcohol and drug use, delinquency and depression – all major risk-factors for school failure and teen suicide -- and create stronger, more loving families, which improves children’s mental health, personal resilience, and school performance. 

SFP is not specifically a drug and alcohol prevention program – it is a family relationship skills class for all types of families – not just those in trouble.  Lessons teach skills that help create family Bonding, like looking for and complimenting the good in each other, positive communication; Boundaries, like setting up family routines and clear family rules against alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; and Monitoring children’s and teen’s activities, to see that they always stay in an alcohol and drug-free social environment.  In addition, families learn skills like problem solving, and teaching and praising the behaviors they want – an effective form of positive discipline.  SFP is recommended for all types of families.