PARENTING CLASSES
Raising a child is a remarkable journey, but every parent and caregiver needs a little support and connection sometimes.
At the Early Childhood Hub of Lane County, we want all parents to have access to the knowledge and tools to help them raise happy, healthy kids. We’ve gathered a list of free or low-cost parenting classes for you. Browse or use the filters to sort by age, location, language and more. Please note that classes are sorted by the location in which they are held.
Nurturing Parenting
Nurturing parenting for parents with children ages 2-5 from Pearl Buck Center.
Dads and Partners Meetup
Offered by Nurturely for dads, partners and support people for expectant and postpartum parents.
Baby POP Music
Daisy CHAIN’s Baby POP Music program offers preschool and parenting support through free music and movement classes.
Positive Solutions for Families
The Positive Solutions class from Center for Family Development is focused on supporting parents who are struggling with challenging behaviors at home.
Positive Parenting Group
The Positive Parenting groups focus on themes that include understanding your child's temperament, nurturing, and understanding challenging behaviors.
Pregnancy Group
A 6-week course from the Center for Family Development that begins in the second or third trimester of pregnancy and is for pregnant individuals with a history of depression.
Circle of Security
Circle of Security helps families provide emotional support needed to develop secure attachment, resilience and enhanced school readiness. Offered by several agencies.
Conscious Discipline Parenting Classes
Learn solutions to handle conflict and tough situations. Gain skills to create safe, connected, problem-solving environment for families. Offered in multiple locations in English and Spanish.
Make Parenting a Pleasure
These classes offer skills to increase family resiliency and to develop a loving family environment. The classes meet regularly. They are offered by several agencies across Lane County. See all.
Parent and Community Cafes
Parent and Community Cafes are structured, small group conversations for community building, healing within families, and peer-to-peer connections in Springfield. From 90by30.
Lowell Family Fun Nights
Lowell School District’s Family Fun Nights are held four times a year for fun and to connect families to the Lowell School District’s Family Resource Center. Learn and have fun!
Social-Emotional Skills for Thriving and Relating at School (SSTRS)
This 8-week school readiness curriculum concentrates on self-regulation, social skills, and emotion knowledge. For Junction City School District.
Nursing Nook with Daisy CHAIN
A free drop-in lactation/feeding education and support service in Veneta for parents and emotional support from peers. The goal is to provide peer support, information, guidance and confidence in the parents’ feeding relationship with their infant/toddler, and normalize the nursing experience.
Daisy's Sing & Sign with Daisy CHAIN
This Veneta area program creates opportunities for positive family interaction and gives families support in learning the stress relieving tools of singing and using sign language.
Parents as Teachers, Cottage Grove Area
Expecting parents and families with children ages 0-5 living in rural southern Lane County around Cottage Grove; pregnant and parenting students; immigrant families - specifically Spanish and Mayan speaking