Parent Support Services Program
Parent Support Services Program (PSSP) provides essential resources and enhanced support services for parents who are receiving Crystal Stairs services, to assist them in building resiliency, strengthening their families, and increasing their potential to achieve their life goals.
We focus on truly enhancing our efforts with parents, by supporting them in the areas of Education, Resources, and Advocacy through community engagement, newsletters, fairs, networking opportunities, workshops and more.
Parent Cafés serve as a platform for promoting self-reflection, fostering family connections, and facilitating meaningful conversations that contribute to overall well-being, effective parenting, and accessing support. These gatherings are centered around the core goal of enhancing resilience and strengthening families by focusing on the 5 Protective Factors.
We invite you to join fellow parents in your community for an engaging 8-week series that revolves around you, the parent, as the central focus. This interactive series aims to cultivate a sense of resilience, positive parenting, mental well-being, and family empowerment.
Start Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Time: 5:30PM-7:30PM
End Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
We will be providing food, child care, and giveaways at each session.
Theme Summary
Module 1: Unlocking/Understanding You/Yourself Through Visualization: Personality development is a journey that starts in childhood and continues throughout our lives. In this creative, hands-on session we’ll discuss personal acceptance, and seeking our aspirations through the power of visualization. Whether it’s career, parenting, or personal milestones, let’s explore your vision for a future that aligns with your values and methods to keep you motivated to achieve your goals.
Date: Jan 31st | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
Module 2: Creating Social Connections that Count:Parents need friends. Having the emotional and moral support of trusted family members and friends can ease feelings of being overwhelmed or being alone. Let’s explore the benefits of friendships and social support systems! In this highly interactive session, we engage in a creative mindfulness activity to model healthy affirmations and learn about growing our gratitude and setting boundaries for cultivating healthier relationships.
Date: Feb 7th | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
Module 3: Exploring Self-Care, Self-Love, & Self-Awareness:For a special St. Valentines Day session, let’s talk about ways to incorporate personally meaningful well-being tips, tricks, and techniques into our everyday lives! You’ll leave with a personalized action plan to support your well-being goals and a special calming activity to soothe the senses.
Date: Feb 14th | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
Module 4: Boost Your Knowledge of Child-Development:Let’s examine in a judgement-free space the social/emotional development of children, personality traits, labeling, and how to help them manage their emotions, express their needs, get along with others, and co-regulation strategies.
Date: Feb 21st | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
Module 5: Exploring Parenting Communication Styles:Being a great parent is part natural and part learned. Let’s explore a new, relationship-based framework of “Nature & Nurture”! We’ll learn key aspects of parent engagement and communication and how it applies to parent’s self-reflection, belief systems and positive parenting principles vs. negative parental expectations.
Date: Feb 28th | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
Module 6: Accessing Support in Times of Need: Everybody needs help sometimes and being able to ask for and receive help is important in keeping our families strong. Asking for help or knowing how to get the help you need Is not easy. We’ll talk about asking for help, connecting to resources, and accessing concrete support in your community during difficult times.
Date: Mar 6th | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
Module 7: Building Parental Resilience:Let’s talk about parenting from a strength-based lens and how being strong and flexible as parents can help us better deal with the stresses of life. We’ll explore identifying our “Glimmers & Triggers”, setting intentions, and problem-solving strategies to help us stay resilient.
Date: Mar 13th | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301
Module 8: Reflect, Restore, and Revitalize/Rise: On the final session of the series, you’ll have a chance to reflect on what’s serving you (and what isn’t), tap into you and your families most fundamental needs, and create a mini plan for how to cultivate these needs going forward.
Date: Mar 20th | Time: 5pm to 7pm | Location: Curtis Tucker Community Health Center 123 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90301