For Parents and Caregivers
Parenting can be challenging at times
With support and the right tools, those in the parenting role can successfully overcome parenting challenges and, most importantly, nurture their relationships with the children under their care.
Threshold’s curriculum is strength based and grounded on Protective Factors for building strong families. Through the lens of Cultural Humility, we offer best practices strategies in parenting education that research has found to be consistently associated with positive outcomes for families.
While we do not organize classes, we are available to come to you and present during your family/parent support groups, parenting/caregivers’ clubs, etc.
“A child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.”
— Pablo Casals
Key benefits and best practices of parent education:
§ Improves parental empowerment and competency
§ Increases positive parenting practices
§ Increases social connections
§ Improves the understanding of children behavior
§ Improves parent-child interaction
§ Improves parental mental health and well-being
§ Decreases use of corporal punishment and risk of child abuse
§ Decreases stress
Life Coaching
We believe that having a life that is truly fulfilling is a basic human right.
One -on-one coaching supports the achievement of extraordinary results, based on the goals set by the individual. It is not about receiving advice, but about partnering with someone who has an outsider’s perspective and special training, and can help you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Debora Roca sees the best in people and helps them tap into their innate and powerful wisdom, which will launch them into living a life of meaning that honors what matters most to them.
“You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.”
— Les Brown
If you are ready to tap into your innate skills, unleash your potential, and let go of what no longer serves you, contact Debora to set up a free coaching sample session conducted by phone or online.
Testimonials
“…With Debora’s help, I was able to discover my potential, overcome my fears and became a better decision maker. Debora is wise, professional and easy to talk to…”
Business Owner
“… Debora was able to help me get a better understanding of what aspects of my life were most important and where I felt I needed guidance… I also, encountered many eye-opening key moments where I revisited situations that would bring me satisfaction, such as taking on dancing again. My main goal in seeking life coaching sessions was to work on my financial goals, and I have since been able to understand better why financial independence was so important to me, and use some tools to complete some of these goals. I am very happy I took the jump into life coaching with Debora, as I think her direction was critical in my progress.”
Freelance Interpreter
Trainings for child care providers and educators
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Working with young children can be incredibly rewarding and demanding at the same time. Threshold provides high-quality experiential trainings to support child care providers, educators, and the families they serve.
While we do not organize these trainings, we are available to offer them at your preorganized settings (staff meetings, staff development workshops, etc.) to meet child care providers and educator’s professional development needs.
Topics are tailored according to your needs. Some examples of topics are listed under Topics for Workshops
Trainings for Organizations and Schools
“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.”
– Chinese Proverb
We offer workshops and trainings of any length in a variety of parenting and mental health topics based on your needs and the needs of those you serve. These trainings can also be tailored to be offered to your staff or employees.
Please view our list of trainings or contact us to create a customized format for your agency, program or school.
Topics for workshops
These, and many other topics, can be offered as a series of classes or individually as a one-time workshop. This is not a comprehensive list:
· Stress management and self-care
· Self-care and self-compassion
· Helping children who are experiencing stress
· Parental resilience
· Supporting children through stages of development
· Possible effects of technology in the developing brain
· Styles of parenting and their effect on children behavior
· How understanding temperament can bring families closer
· Strategies to handle sibling rivalry
· Positive discipline strategies (clear expectations, teaching vs punishing, developing responsibility, etc.)
· Positive and assertive communication strategies (roadblocks to communication, the strength of identifying and reflecting children’s feelings, clear expression of feelings and the power of encouragement)
· (Your customized workshop here)