Life Skills Parenting & Education Program

Life Skills & Parenting Impact

New Beginnings’ Life Skills Parenting & Education Program teaches critical hands-on skills, mindfulness strategies, and overall life skills to those who need practical tools to establish and maintain stability in their home environments. In existence for over 20 years, our program has been offered at no cost through community centers and non-profit organizations that serve individuals, young parents, at-risk youth, and low-income families. New Beginnings also support program participants with wraparound services ranging from individual counseling, housing and financial assistance, and guided access to community resources.

Current Groups

If you’re interested in joining a group, please feel free to explore the below followings:

• Anger Management Group: Our Anger Management Psychoeducational Group offers a completion certificate to participants who attend all 12 weeks of the program. This course meets the requirement for court-mandated anger management classes and is open to everyone. Meets once a week via Zoom and runs for 12 weeks.
• Anxiety Skills Group: This group provides a safe space to work on skills to relieve anxiety and stress in today’s environment. Individuals will learn how anxiety is created, skill building to cope and ways to manage. Meets once a week via Zoom and runs every 12 weeks.

Please contact kbarriere@nullsbnbcc.org to learn about the status of our groups or to sign up for a group.

Parenting Classes

Our groups for parents teach hands-on skills that help them define effective parental roles, end destructive behaviors, shift their thinking, and develop new perspectives to improve their lives. We are currently partnering with Transition House and Villa Majella to provide courses in English and Spanish.

Community Partners

Clients are served at both our own agency and at our partner agencies, such as Villa Majella of Santa Barbara, Transition House, St. Vincent’s, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, and the Lou Grant Parent Child Workshop in Carpinteria. Our Life Skills Parenting & Education Program has worked with dozens of agencies throughout our community for more than 20 years.

Contact

To request a group for your community organization, or for more information about our program, please contact:

Kaitlyn Barriere
Program Coordinator
Tel. 805.963.7777 ext. 206
kbarriere@nullsbnbcc.org