The Parent Education Program (P.E.P.) is designed to support and educate parents of at-risk children and families in crisis. The goal of this program is to provide parents with new skills and tools so they can parent their children with love, commitment and safety.

P.E.P uses an evidence-based "best practice" called Triple P (for Positive Parenting Program). Triple P is an internationally recognized, bi-lingual, culturally adaptable curriculum.

This curriculum includes:

• Understanding the responsibility of parenting
• Learning communication and listening skills
• Learning safe and effective discipline methods
• Finding ways to encourage and build self-esteem
• Understanding the stages of child development
• Learning how to resolve problems with respect
  and care
• Stress management
• Understanding child abuse and how it affects children

Classes are free, thanks to grant funding from the Mental Health Services Act.

P.E.P. is a collaboration between Community Human Services, Salinas Adult School, Alisal Community Healthy Start, Soledad Unified School District and North Monterey County Unified School District. Classes are offered throughout the year in Salinas, Seaside, Soledad and Castroville.

Classes typically take place over 10 weeks, meeting once per week for 2 hours per session, or 20 hours total to complete the program.

Class times vary. Contact us for more information.

Community Human Services
accepts donations on behalf of P.E.P.

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