The Parenting of Adolescents Program is a 12 week in-home family counseling program that helps parents to effectively set limits, develop and strengthen their relationship with their adolescent, and increase communication skills. The program also connects the family to other community resources that could be of assistance to them.

Specific issues that the Parenting of Adolescents Program can address are:

• Improving anger management skills
• Reducing truancy, school suspension, and running away
• Creating healthy parent-child relationships
• Improving family coping and stress management skills
• Fostering a strong and mature sense of self in adolescents
• Dealing with adolescent sexuality, crime and drug use issues
• Helping adolescents make healthy peer choices
• Finding other resources in the community

Program Eligibility: Referrals can be made for any juvenile who is, or is at risk of becoming involved in the criminal justice system for any reason. Juveniles must be between the ages of 7 and 17 to qualify for the program.

Program Referrals: Referrals must come from Juvenile Court Counselors or Law Enforcement Officers. Referral forms can be obtained by calling 919.403.8249, Ext 229.

Program Cost: Free to Durham County families.

Parenting of Adolescents also offers the Nurturing Program for Parents and Adolescents involved in Durham's Drug Treatment Courts. All referrals come through court personnel.