Nurturing Program The Nurturing Program of Buckner Children and Family Services offers a wide variety of opportunities for families, children, professionals, churches, schools, agencies and staff development.  Listed below are a few of the options we have available to families and communities. Nurturing Parenting Program The ABC curriculum used in the Nurturing program provides a systematic approach to integrations of the entire family into the education process, equipping parents with effective strategies for: • Discipline • Safety • Problem Solving • School Success • Communication • Drugs, alcohol, and stress management • Anger Management • Personal Power and Choices Parenting Programs address issues related to: • Parents and their infants, toddlers and preschoolers • Parents and their school-age children • Parents and Adolescents • Teenage parents and their families • Foster and Adoptive Parents • Parents with Special Learning Needs • Nurturing God’s Way The Nurturing Parenting Programs are recognized by: • CSAP- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention • OJJDP- Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention • SAMSHA- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Association Family Foundations Program Family Foundations provides training, classes and workshops in all of the above-mentioned areas as well as other timely topics of concern for families and their communities.  A solid foundation is the most important key to success in our lives.  The Family Foundations program provides an in-depth look at issues affecting today’s families such as: • Morals and Values • Communication • Nurturing • Family/Commitment • Discipline • Relationships • Choices   Opportunities include: • Parenting Workshops • Facilitator Trainings • Training of Trainers • Weekly Parenting and Family Classes • Staff Development Training   For more information, call (806) 795-7151