Sanford Health

Responsive Parenting

Responsive Parenting Classes are part of the South Dakota Bright Start Initiative.  These free classes are a six-week series for parents who have children ages birth to three years old.  New classes begin every six weeks and are available in different locations throughout the state.  Responsive Parenting topics include:

  • Encouraging Your Child
  • Parenting is Stressful; So is Growing Up
  • Responding to Your Child's Needs
  • The Parent-Child Dance
  • What and How Your Child Learns
  • Your Unique Child
     

Articles Regarding Infants:

  • Bonding With Your Baby
     
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
     
  • Learning, Play, and Your Newborn

Articles Regarding Toddlers:

  • Toddlers: Learning and Play
     
  • Toddlers At the Table: Avoiding Power Struggles
     
  • Disciplining Your Toddler

 

To register for a class or schedule a series contact us at (605) 333-0698 or email us at  childsrv@sanfordhealth.org

 

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Early Childhood Links

For Parents:

  • KidsHealth
    http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=199&ps=101 
  • Preventive Ounce
    www.preventiveoz.org

  • Birth to three
    www.birthtothree.org
     
  • Behavioral Development Initiatives
    www.temperament.com
     
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    NHTSA Child Safety Seat Information
     
  • American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines
    www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
     
  • Proper use of booster seats
    www.boosterseat.gov
     
  • Auto Safety
    www.kidshealth.org/parent
     
  • Toy Recall Information
    www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/toy.html
     
  • Growing Healthy of Sioux Falls
    www.healthysiouxfalls.org

 

For Child Care Providers:

  • National Child Care Information Center
     www.nccic.org
     
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
    www.naeyc.org
     
  • Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning
    http://csefel.uiuc.edu/
     
  • Program for Infant Toddler Caregivers
    www.pitc.org
     
  • South Dakota Division of Child Care Services
    dss.sd.gov/childcare/
     
  • Zero to Three
    www.zerotothree.org
     
  • Family Child Care Professionals of South Dakota
    www.sdchildcare.org
     
  • South Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children
    http://www.sdaeyc.org/
     
  • National Association for Family Child Care
    www.nafcc.org
     
  • Growing Healthy of Sioux Falls
    www.healthysiouxfalls.org

 

10/21/2009

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