Parent & Caregiver Support

Raising children is hard work. Team Up is hosting events, developing tools and compiling resources to make it easier.

Parent/Caregiver Skill-building Workshops

Team Up offers free in-person and digital workshops across Southwest Colorado to connect caregivers with one other and build skills to support our children, youth and adolescents. Workshops include free dinner and childcare and are tailored to help parents and caregivers understand how to navigate challenging topics and situations around youth mental health.

While we just wrapped up our Fall Workshop Series, our teams are hoping to provide offerings in Ignacio, in Spanish, and virtually in the Spring. Join our mailing list or follow our Facebook page to stay in the loop!

In the meantime, keep scrolling for virtual parenting resources you can access on your own time.

Team Up offers families this growing library of parent and caregiver resources on topics that parents, teachers, counselors, and youth themselves have identified needing support with.

Key topics include:

Communication

Internet and Social Media Safety

Bullying and Peer Pressure

Youth Mental Health

Parenting Resources

Communication and Conflict

  • Much of our household conflict between caregivers and children boils down to challenges with communication. We Team Up with Nonviolent Communication Coach Rachel Turiel to dig into topics like navigating challenging conversations, de-escalating conflict, and finding common ground with your youth.

  • Informative handout from Rachel’s workshop on Navigating Challenging Conversations to build trust.

  • Unicef article to help caregivers approach conversations with empathy and understanding.

  • Resources for caregivers to help kids learn coping and resilience-building techniques.

  • Free online course on conflict de-escalation from ParentGuidance.org

Bullying & Peer Pressure

  • Workshop slides from local experts Al Wolfe and Taylar Moorehouse that addresses strategies to recognize bulying and peer pressure and act with intention.

  • Resources for parents and carers to understand bullying and take action to support our youth.

  • Quick guide for adults to help prevent bullying and empower youth to develop advocacy skills.

  • Mountain Youth workshop recording showcasing two local experts who provide tools and resources to parents and their youth on how to talk about consent, the importance of developing positive youth-adult and peer-peer relationships, and how we can work together to create a “consent culture.” 

Technology and Social Media Safety

  • Internet and social media are shaping our society in ways we don’t always understand. As parents who didn’t have this experience growing up, we don’t always know how to support our children with safe and healthy screen and media consumption. We’ve Teamed Up with La Plata Youth Services’ Chris Brown to develop a supportive workshop and gather internet resources so we can learn together how to keep our kiddos safe!

  • View Chris Brown’s Internet Safety and Screen Awareness slide deck here!

  • Family support resources from the National Alliance on Mental Illness

  • NY Times article with recommendations for tools to set safety controls on your child’s devices!

  • Workshop recording on sleep and strategies to improve sleep health from Eagle County organization Mountain Youth.

Youth Mental Health

Other Virtual Parenting Resources

  • Find courses on parenting by topic as well as education and therapeutic support to empower and give you hope as you support your child’s mental health.

  • Parent hub for bullying information, laws and policy, and mobile and online safety

  • Sesame Workshop offers a ton of age-appropriate resources on topics important to families.

  • Evidence-based activities to help kids develop emotional intelligence and resist negative peer influence.

Transportation shouldn’t be a barrier to accessing education, resources and opportunities. If transportation gets in the way of you accessing community events like these, check out our resouce page for support!

Transportation Resources

The supports and resources provided by Team Up are made possible by the collaborative work of our Action Teams.

Team Up Action Teams are comprised of people and organizations working toward a common outcome that come together to solve previously ‘unsolvable’ community-identified problems.

Southwest Colorado Action Teams

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We all can face unforeseen financial, living, and caretaking circumstances. Team Up can connect you with the support resources you need when facing an uncertain situation.

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