Parenting & Family Education Classes
No matter what your situation as a parent, caregiver, or family member, SAFEchild has a program designed just for you. Our goal is to give you the skills, information, and support you need to be positively involved with your children.
- Welcome Baby
- Crianza Con Cariño (Raising Children with Love and Tenderness)
- MENS Program: Men Engaged in Nurturing Strategies
- The MOVE Program: Mothers Overcoming Violence through Education and Empowerment
- The Nurturing Program
- The PLUS Program: Parents Learning, Understanding, Sharing
- Strengthening Families Program
- Circle of Parents
- Funny Tummy Feelings
- The SAFEchild Advocacy Center
We are happy to talk with you about what program(s) may be the best for you and your family. Call us at 919-743-6140. Submit our contact form online, or Program Registration Form and return it to SAFEchild, 864 West Morgan Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Someone from SAFEchild will contact you.
North Carolina Parent Education Network Certifications
SAFEchild, Wake County’s only non profit child abuse prevention agency that provides direct services to families, is pleased to announce that seven of the eight professional program coordinators on staff have earned the highest certification offered by the North Carolina Parent Education Network-the Certified Parent Educator credential (CPE-1) and one coordinator has earned a CPE-111. The North Carolina Parent Education Network (NCPEN) created a multi-level system whereby parenting educators can work toward completing the requirements for one of four levels of a credential that recognizes their experience and education devoted to supporting parents and their quest to raise successful children. SAFEchild’s program coordinators who have achieved NCPEN’s certification are:
- Michelle Putterman, RN, PHN, CPE-1
- Stacey Sullivan, LCSW, MSW, CPE-1
- Ginna Bustle, LCSW, MSW, CPE-1
- Cristin DeRonja, M.Ed., LPC, NCC, CPE-1
- Gemimah Rodriguez, MA, CPE-1
- Ginger Espino, MSW, CPE-1
- Valerie Holland, LSW, CPE-1
