Parenting with Purpose: A Skills-Based Series for Raising Emotionally Healthy Children
🧭 Program Overview
Parenting with Purpose is a 6-part, skills-based workshop series designed for caregivers of children and adolescents who are navigating emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges.
This series integrates principles from evidence-based approaches, including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Parent Management Training, to equip caregivers with practical tools, a deeper understanding, and a supportive community.
Participants will gain insight into their child’s emotional world while learning how to teach needed skills, set appropriate limits, and respond with clarity, compassion, and confidence.
This is an educational and supportive experience (not therapy) designed to empower caregivers with tools they can apply immediately at home.
Details
Parenting a child with emotional or behavioral needs can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to do it alone. This series offers guidance, tools, and connection to help you show up with clarity, compassion, and confidence.
🕰️ Series Structure (Total: 8 Hours)
- In-Person Session 1 (2 hours) – Foundation + Understanding Your Child – Learn how your child’s emotions and behaviors develop and how your responses can shape patterns at home.
- Virtual Sessions 2–5 (1 hour each) – Skill-building and application – Topics will include: Build simple mindfulness skills to stay calm, present, and thoughtful in challenging parenting moments. Strengthen your connection with your child by learning how to validate their feelings while still setting limits. Gain practical tools to help your child (and yourself) manage big emotions and navigate stressful situations. Learn effective behavior management strategies that are clear, consistent, and compassionate.
- In-Person Session 6 (2 hours) – Integration, advocacy, and sustainability – Bring it all together by learning how to advocate for your child and create a sustainable plan for your family moving forward.
Objectives
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💰 Cost Structure
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$320 per family (up to 2 caregivers)
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+$80 for each additional caregiver
- Equivalent to $40 per family, nightly ($10/hour for each additional caregiver nightly)
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About Us
Arkansas Families First is a multidisciplinary behavioral health care group that offers a variety of health services for children, teens and families in Central Arkansas. Our group of independently practicing providers strive to provide the best, most comprehensive care that modern psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and other disciplines have to offer.
Mission
Arkansas Families First is devoted to unlocking the full potential of children and families. We utilize the latest research and the most skilled providers in the service of improving people’s lives. We strive to empower parents and to integrate multiple disciplines in the building of strong families and healthy children.
Our Promise
We take a strengths-based approach utilizing the latest evidence-based treatments and include parents in all aspects of treatment and assessment. We’ll find the service and the provider that best fits your family. With our growing list of clinicians, if you are not satisfied with your provider or services will help you make the necessary changes.
