Overview
Lack of time, lack of skills, and every day stressors play a role in creating
barriers to good family communication and involvement in schools. We tackle
these barriers because they exist, because we are optimistic that these
challenges can be overcome, and because we believe families can develop good
communication and be successful.
Metropolitan Family Service provides researched based parent and family services that
strengthen families, help children succeed, and create strong connections to
the community.
MFS Parent and Family Goals
Improve parenting skills
Reduce parent stress and isolation
Encourage parent involvement in
children’s learning
Provide greater access to resources
Improve family communication
Decrease risky behavior in children
MFS Parent and Family Services
Guiding Good Choices Classes and
Workshops that teach parents healthy
communication for their family
Make Parenting A Pleasure Classes
that provide strong parenting techniques
Incredible Infants Parenting Classes
provide parents with information to
give new babies a great start
Parent Education Success
Parents and families struggle with daily issues including good
communication, family conflict and stress, anger management, isolation, and
risky behavior in children.
We recognize the inherent difficulty in parenting and the need to reinforce
support systems. Parenting services also provides concrete ways
to deal with the challenges of raising children, setting the stage for
understanding a
child’s development.
Parent and family education groups are offered in Spanish and English in
several elementary schools and community sites.
MFS engages the energy, resources, and time
of many community partners and volunteers
to provide parent and family services in the Greater Portland region.
Our community partners include nonprofit providers, businesses, schools, and
funders. With these collaborations, MFS provides parent and family services
to more than 30,000 individuals
each year.
Your Support We welcome your support.
For more information contact Parent
Education at 503.232.0007, ext. 250 or parenteducation@metfamily.org
parenteducation@metfamily.org
503.232.0007, ext. 250
Metropolitan Family Service
1808 SE Belmont Street
Portland, Oregon 97214
Jennie
discovered Make Parenting A Pleasure
through her local Headstart program.
As both a mother and foster
mother, Jennie wanted to learn stress management
and positive discipline techniques, and communication skills.
According to Jennie, the
most important thing she has learned is,
"how to be a good model for my
children." One way she's reaching this
goal is by reading more to her kids.
Jennie
really enjoys the ongoing support she
receives from friendships made through
this program.
