Linn-Benton Community College

Linn-Benton Community College Parenting Education Department has received a $50,000 renewal grant from the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC). The grant is part of a is part of a multi-year initiative supporting expansion of high-quality parenting education programs and a more coordinated parenting education system statewide. The collaborative, which started in 2010, is comprised of the Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Ford Family Foundation, The Collins Foundation and Oregon State University. LBCC was among the first six programs to participate in the initiative, which has grown to 15 programs. This will be the ninth year LBCC has participated, bringing the total funds awarded to $590,000. LBCC’s project, the Parenting Success Network, supports parenting education classes throughout Linn and Benton counties, and includes numerous public awareness activities and efforts to build collaborative partnerships. Grant funds will be used to support classes, ...

Linn-Benton Community College’s Parenting Education Department recently received a renewal grant of $50,000 from the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative for its Parenting Success Network. The grant covers the 2017-18 school year, and is part of a multi-year initiative supporting expansion of high-quality parenting education programs and a stronger, more coordinated parenting education system statewide. Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative is comprised of the Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Ford Family Foundation, The Collins Foundation and Oregon State University. LBCC was in the first group of six programs to participate in the OPEC initiative, which has grown to 15 programs since 2010. This will be the eighth year LBCC has participated, bringing the total funds awarded to $540,000. LBCC’s Parenting Success Network supports parenting education classes throughout Linn and Benton counties as well as numerous public awareness activities and efforts to buil...

Child development specialist Dr. Tina Bryson will hold a free parenting workshop “No-Drama Discipline” Monday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Corvallis High School Main Stage Theater, 1400 NW Buchanan Ave. Bryson uses stories, compassion and humor to provide solutions for your child’s tantrums, tensions and tears. Learn how to discipline in an effective and loving way, how to communicate effectively with your child, and how to connect with your child through clear and consistent limits. The workshop, held during Oregon Parenting Education Week, will focus on providing strategies to help parents identify discipline philosophies and master the best methods to communicate. Learn the facts on child brain development, what kind of discipline is most appropriate at all ages and stages, tips for navigating your children through the storm, common discipline mistakes, and how to stay focused on the whole-brain parenting techniques. Bryson is a psychotherapist who conducts workshops for pare...

“Ancient Art, Modern Science: A Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference” will be held Saturday, June 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Linn-Benton Community College Benton Center, 757 Polk Avenue, Corvallis. Sessions will be held on breastfeeding, childbirth and parenting for mothers, fathers, families, helpers and professionals. Cost is $15 per family, or $35 for professional CERP credit. LBCC Parenting Education, the Parenting Success Network and La Leche League of Oregon sponsor the conference. For more information or to register, contact Esther Schiedel at 541-753-6889 or ceelf@aol.com .

The Parenting Success Network and Linn-Benton Community College has named Joy Keiser as Parenting Educator of the Year.   Keiser, of Corvallis, received the award during PSN’s Parenting Educator Breakfast held May 19 at Oregon State University. Keiser has provided parenting classes, parent-child classes and home visits for more than 30 years though LBCC, the Old Mill Center, and other organizations. She is known for her ability to develop relationships with clients that enable her to help parents learn ways to nurture children, develop confidence in their parental authority, and set safe boundaries for themselves and their children.  The Parenting Educator of the Year Award was established to honor educators during Oregon Parenting Education Week, which runs May 19-23. The Parenting Educator Breakfast honors parenting educators in the Linn-Benton region. Parenting educators are professionally trained in child development, family relationships, individual coaching and group...

Parenting educators from nine agencies that serve families in Linn and Benton Counties attended a two-day training for the newly released Attentive Parenting curriculum, part of the Incredible Years® training initiative. Taught by Carolyn Webster-Stratton, the developer of The Incredible Years, this was the first training in the United States for Attentive Parenting. Educators who attended the training will be rolling out the Parenting Success Network’s new school readiness initiative, “Ready Together.” The six-session Attentive Parenting program will be taught to parents through schools and other community organizations, with a goal to reach out to families in many settings so all children arrive at school ready to learn. The curriculum teaches parents how to build their child’s academic and social skills to prepare them to succeed in school. Parents learn to coach children in reading readiness skills and strategies to manage their emotions, persist at a task, solve problems and ge...

Success with Support, a breastfeeding and parenting conference, will be held Saturday, August 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Linn-Benton Community College Benton Center, 757 Polk Avenue, Corvallis. Sessions will be held on breastfeeding, childbirth and parenting for mothers, fathers, families and breastfeeding helpers. Breastfeeding help also will be available in Spanish. Sponsored by the LBCC Benton Center, LBCC Parenting Education, the Parenting Success Network and La Leche League of Oregon. Cost is $15 per family. For more information or to register, contact the LBCC Benton Center at 541-757-8944 or register online at www.linnbenton.edu .

Joanne Hunter, left, named Parenting Educator of the Year. Cyrel Gable, Parenting Education, presented the award. The Parenting Success Network and Linn-Benton Community College has named Joanne Hunter as Parenting Educator of the Year. Hunter, from Corvallis, received the award during LBCC’s annual Parenting Educator Celebration held Thursday at the college. Hunter teaches Live and Learn with Your Preschooler classes at LBCC’s Benton Center, and has provided parenting education for more than twenty years. She is known for using a wide variety of techniques to create an environment that meets the needs of diverse families. Hunter says that she works to “awaken a sense of awe and wonder in both parents and children, whereby families can simply ‘be’ and ‘enjoy’ the moment together, and for parents to know that they will always be their primary educator.” There is little formal training available to learn the skills and abilities that make parenting easier and more successful,...