Parent Alliance

This Is Not What I Was Expecting

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If you've ever looked around at other parents and wondered, "How is everyone else making this look easy?" you're in the right place. We're a group of (mostly) moms who get together every other week to talk honestly about what parenting is really like. Not the polished version. The real version. Maybe you're trying to figure out bedtime, screen time, homework, sibling conflicts, or how your child can somehow be starving and refuse every food in the house at the same time. Maybe you're carrying the endless mental load of parenting, the forms, the calendars, the school emails, the appointments, a...

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How Is Your Family Support System? 31.01.2023 31:32

For more information visit us @ https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/ For one on one support at no cost to parents of children with behavior and mental health challenges in PA visit: https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/one-on-one-help Find out more about the PA Parent and Family Alliance and how you can support our work at https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/donation To access a...

How Can We Be Better At Exploring Our Children's Interest? 24.01.2023 37:03

Listen to Melissa, Tracy, Christina, and Brewer chat about their experience with navigating a child's interest. Throughout this episode, our crew gives perspectives from both a parental point of view and from the point of view of being a child themselves. Your child's interests can lead to many opportunities both socially and internally, so why not start your exploration with us? For one on one su...

Let's Chat About Truancy 17.01.2023 30:23

Learn more about your rights as a parent when it comes to your child and truancy. https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/truancy See an example of a Student Attendance Improvement Plan (SAIP) and hear from our friends at the PA Education Law Center about your rights. For one on one support at no cost to parents of children with behavior and mental health challenges in PA visit: https://www.papa...

Utilizing Your Child's Strengths: From Adventures in Navigation to Empathy and Problem-Solving 10.01.2023 31:59

This episode was about Utilizing your children's strengths. I learned that there are many ways to work on weaknesses with our children and it is important to recognize and nurture their strengths. We should focus on what our children are good at and use it to overcome their weaknesses. We should also look for ways to encourage them to use their strengths, such as utilizing interests to help them i...

My Child Needs Therapy, What Should I Expect Next? 03.01.2023 34:27

Christina, Melissa, Tracy, and Brewer discuss the importance of recognizing mental health challenges in children and the difficulty of getting them the help they need. They discuss the stigma of therapy and how parents can help their children view it positively. They also discuss the extended wait times due to the pandemic, and the availability of online therapy. Finally, they discuss how parents...

IEP Bootcamp 31.10.2022 1:56

Interested in joining the ongoing Parent Alliance bootcamp? Visit our Upcoming Events page to sign up. https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/upcoming-events It's free and starts when you're ready! For one on one support at no cost to parents of children with behavior and mental health challenges in PA visit: https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/one-on-one-help Find out more about the PA P...