Parent Encouragement Program

Resources in the Greater Washington DC Area

Website (click below for more information)	Description
	PEP's Professional Member Listing
	Developed by a Maryland mom, this website offers parents tactics and tools for managing and tracking critical information and tasks on kids, schedules and short- and long-term household projects, as well as other innovative parenting tips, skills, plans and resources.
	The Parent Pages.....the family phonebook for metro DC. "A-Z" resources for the new and/or seasoned parent! Camps, Childcare, Schools, Party Services, Activities, Health, and more.....if you have children ages 0-17, check out The Parent Pages.
	PACE (Parent and Community Education) offers groups for new mothers as well as for the second time around moms. Our groups are led by professional mental health educators trained in the fields of infant development, parenting skills, family relationships, and group dynamics.
	All-volunteer non-profit organization provides Rites of Passage Adventure weekend to help boys discover who they really are and want to become. Hosts twice a month meetings of mentors and teens to help them with the many issues in their journey to manhood.
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness, Montgomery County, MD	Provides resources for families dealing with mental illness.
NFRC: National Family Resiliency Center	Helping children and adults preserve a sense of family, foster healthy relationships, and constructively adjust to change, especially during times of individual and family transitions.

Local Family-Friendly Activities

Website	Description
	Andy's Parties is a full-service children's themed event company, which leads parties, camps, enrichment programs, and more.
	Imagination Stage is the largest multi-disciplinary theatre arts organization for young people in the Washington, DC region, offering professional shows for families and classes, performance opportunities, outreach programs and summer camps for ages 1-18.
	A creative arts center that offers visual arts instruction and also helps students to focus and concentrate, make decisions, solve problems, sequence and develop hand-eye coordination. Renaissance Arts offers a peaceful environment where students, children and adults, get to express themselves creatively.
	Onesies provides new moms with the chance to meet other new moms while previewing various Mommy and Me classes and resources throughout the area.
	A pre and post-natal exercise program that allows baby to come along for the ride.
	TotSwap provides an excellent way to buy and sell new and gently used children's and maternity clothing and equipment at great prices!! Events are held throughout the DC and Baltimore areas in the spring and fall.

Parenting Education Outside the Greater Washington DC Area

• Positive Discipline
• Active Parenting Offers video-based parenting education and an online parenting program. If you choose to enroll, please let them know that PEP recommended it.
• Love and Logic
• Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
• Ventura, CA: Positive Parenting
• United Kingdom: The Adlerian Society
• ICASSI: The Rudolf Dreikurs Summer Institute is the world's longest-running and most intensive international summer institute specializing in the psychology and teachings of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs. For more than 40 years, it has brought together professionals, individuals and families from at least 20 different countries. It is the prime educational program of the International Committee of Adlerian Summer Schools and Institutes (ICASSI). Contact the PEP Office if you would like to talk to someone who has attended solo or with their family! The last program was from July 18 - 30, 2010 in Poiana Brasov, Romania. Switzerland will be the host country for ICASSI 2011.

Other Resources for Parents

• Better Marriages: Association for Couples in Marriage Enrichment.
• Raising Happiness: The blog of mostly science-based parenting advice by Christine Carter, Ph.D, a sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
• The Parenting Center at Anne Arundel Community College: provides courses, public service programs, conferences, and instructional materials about parenting and family life to parents and professionals in the community.
• The Family Tree: providing families in Maryland with proven solutions to prevent child abuse and neglect.
• Parenting Press: a publisher of children's and parenting books with a website that offers free content, including weekly parenting tips and a monthly newsletter.

PEP Affiliations