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Parenting Teens: The Challenge Continues -- Cancelled
(for parents of children ages 13-18 who have completed Thriving with Teens)

Managing Anger: A Parent's Guide (for all parents)

Talking to Your Teen About Sex and Intimacy (for parents of children ages 13-22)

Limit Setting (for parents of children ages 5-12)


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Parenting Teens: The Challenge Continues

For Parents of Teens Ages 13-18 -- Cancelled

Wednesdays, April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2008

If you've taken PEP's Thriving with Teens and are still working on issues involving discipline, respect, communication -- among others -- you are not alone. Explore teen issues in greater depth and learn about recent research on teens. There will be ample time to problem-solve real-life situations.

Course length: Four weeks

Prerequisite: PEP Thriving with Teens or PEP I

Class Schedule:

# 501 Wednesday 7:30 - 9:30 PM Ÿ Kensington Ÿ Cancelled

Course Fee: Nonmembers: $95/person; $160/couple
PEP members: $85/person; $145/couple




Text: How to Keep Your Teenager Out of Trouble and What to Do If You Can't by Dr. Neil Bernstein
Nonmembers: $15.85 Ÿ PEP Members: $14.27

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Managing Anger: A Parent's Guide

For all parents

#502 Wednesday evenings, April 16, 23, and 30, 2008 in Kensington
#504 Tuesday mornings, April 29, May 6 and 13, 2008 in Kensington
#505 Tuesday evenings, May 6, 13 and 20, 2008 in Reston
#507 Friday mornings, May 9, 16 and 23, 2008 in Vienna

Why do we lose our tempers over some issues and not others? Can we really control our anger and how should we? What are the underlying causes of anger? Join us for this seminar and learn the answers to these questions and more. Learn ways to change what you think, say, and do to express your concerns in more positive, effective ways. This seminar will also focus on how we can help our children learn coping strategies and techniques.

Course length: Three weeks

Maryland Class Schedule:

# 504 Tuesday 9:45 - 11:45 AM Ÿ Kensington Ÿ 4/29/08 - 5/13/08*
* Childcare may be available Tuesday morning in Kensington. Call the PEP Office at 301-929-8824.

# 502 Wednesday 7:30 - 9:30 PM Ÿ Kensington Ÿ 4/16/08 - 4/30/08

Virginia Class Schedule:

# 505 Tuesday 7:00 - 9:00 PM Ÿ Reston Ÿ 5/6/08 - 5/20/08

# 507 Friday 9:30 - 11:30 AM Ÿ Vienna Ÿ 5/9/08 - 5/23/08

Course Fee: Nonmembers: $81/person; $139/couple
PEP members: $70/person; $129/couple




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Talking to Your Teen About Sex and Intimacy

For parents of children ages 13 - 22

Mondays, April 28, May 6 and 13, 2008

Presenter: Deborah Roffman is a nationally known sexuality and family life educator and author of "Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide to Talking Sense About Sex" and "How'd I Get There in the First Place? Talking with Your Young Child About Sex."

Young people today are exposed to fewer and fewer models of sexual behavior which portray the profound connection between sex and human intimacy. The course will focus on ways to talk about the sex/intimacy connection and its crucial importance, in ways that make sense to teens. The course will also explore how gender influences current attitudes, and clarify effective ways to share and reinforce your sexual values. Participants will also have an opportunity to raise other issues or concerns related to communicating with their children about sexual topics.

Course length: Three weeks

Class Schedule:

# 503 Monday 7:30 - 9:30 PM Ÿ Kensington Ÿ 4/28/08 - 5/12/08

Course Fee: Nonmembers: $81/person; $139/couple
PEP members: $70/person; $129/couple




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Limit Setting

For parents of children ages 5 - 12

Wednesdays, May 7, 14 and 21, 2008

Presenter: Steven J. Stein, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor/Marriage & Family Therapist, as well as a Coach for Personal & Professional Success, has over twenty years of Adlerian teaching and clinical experience.

This three-part seminar will underscore the importance of establishing clear boundaries, provide parents with a process for limit setting, and discuss obstacles and difficulties. Parents will learn ways to:

  • Teach their rules and expectations for acceptable behavior
  • Establish boundaries that balance freedom and control
  • Understand their own behaviors that contradict effective limit setting

Course length: Three weeks

Class Schedule:

# 506 Wednesday 7:30 - 9:30 PM Ÿ Kensington Ÿ 5/7/08 - 5/21/08

Course Fee: Nonmembers: $81/person; $139/couple
PEP members: $70/person; $129/couple




Text: Recommended reading before the first class:
Setting Limits by Robert J. MacKenzie, Ed.D.
Nonmembers: $16.91 Ÿ PEP members: $15.23
This text is available at the PEP office, can be found in local bookstores, or can be purchased through PEP's link to Amazon.com by clicking on the image to the right.

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*NOTE: Seminars marked as FULL will take a short waiting list. If someone cancels before the 1st class, we will contact the people on the list, in the order they were added, to see if they would still like to come. Please call the PEP Office at 301 929-8824 if you are interested in being added to a waiting list for a seminar that is full.

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