SPARC has contracted with The Family Nurturing Center of Georgia to provide parenting programs based on the Nurturing Philosophy.  Classes are offered to a variety of groups including faith based, parents of infants and toddlers, fathers, substance abuse recovery, teenage parents and parents of adolescents.
Nurturing Parenting Programs® consist of the following programs:

Nurturing Program for Prenatal Families®
The Prenatal Program® is a nine-session group-based program (each session 2 1/2 hours). Parents learn ways to bond with their baby by examining the adjustments to being pregnant, discussing the physical and emotional changes occurring, strengthening the bonds between the partners, learning ways to nurture oneself, and preparing for parenthood.

Parents also examine their parenting attitudes, learn non-hitting ways of discipline, practice infant massage, and develop their empathic awareness of their needs and their infants' needs.

Nurturing Program for Parents and their Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers®
This is a 24-session group-based program. Parents learn about recognizing and understanding feelings, infant and child massage, nurturing parenting routines, alternatives to hitting, child development, and ways to build self-esteem and self-concept in self and children.

The ABC's of Parenting - A School Based Program for Parents and Children Entering Kindergarten
Revised and updated. This seven-session parenting program for parents and children entering kindergarten offers parents ways to increase their child's self-esteem and self-concept. Parents and children meet in separate groups for two hours, once weekly for seven consecutive weeks.

Nurturing Program for Parents and Their School-Age Children 5-11 Years®
This is a 15-session group-based program. Parents and children increase their empathy, learn nurturing ways to encourage appropriate behaviors, build self-concept and self-esteem, and learn to have fun as a family. This program was validated twice in each of six sites around the country with families identified as abusive and neglecting.

Nurturing Program for Parents and Adolescents®
This is a 12-session group-based program. Families learn nurturing communication strategies, how to recognize each other's needs, how to understand the period of adolescence, and ways to build their own personal power, self-esteem, and self-concept.

Families also discuss pregnancy delay, sex, sexuality, AIDS, suicide, and peer pressure. Parents and teens from throughout the country participated in the validation process.

Nurturing Program for Teen Parents and their Families®
A 26-session group-based program. Teen parents learn about male and female children's brain development, infant and child massage, developmental milestones of growth, how to have fun with their children, nurturing parenting routines, and ways to help children build their self-esteem and self-concept.

Teens also learn ways to delay pregnancy, handle peer pressure, sex, sexuality, and date rape, increase personal power, understand stress, anger, criticism and confrontation, and build their own positive feelings of self. This program was validated by 12 agencies throughout the country providing services to teen parents.

The Nurturing Program for Parents and Their Children with Health Challenges®
The Nurturing Program for Parents and Their Children with Health Challenges® has been designed to offer support to families as they navigate the uncharted waters of parenting when a child is born or diagnosed with a life-altering illness. It is designed to help families explore their hopes and fears, develop effective parenting techniques, enhance communication, develop strategies for facing challenges, and recognize opportunities for celebration. The goal is to develop a foundation of cooperation that will carry families through challenging times and create opportunities for growth regardless of the outcome of the illness.