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| Arts and Culture | Health and Wellness | Help Your Child Learn | Parenting Skills | Personal Growth | |
| Class Name | Class Description |
| Build Your Child's Cultural Literacy | Learn about opportunities to help your child develop appreciation for the arts. |
| Health and Wellness | |
| Class Name | Class Description |
| Parenting for Drug Prevention | Learn ways to recognize the warning signs of drug abuse and strategies to help your child resist drug and alcohol use. |
| Drug-Free Living for Teens | Learn strategies to empower your teenager to live a drug-free life. |
| Parenting for HIV Prevention | Learn ways to educate your child about HIV prevention. |
| Parenting for Violence Prevention | Learn ways to help your child deal with potential violent situations. |
| Violence-Free Living for Teens | Learn strategies to help your teen improve anger management skills, conflict resolution, and communication. |
| Preventing Child Abuse | Learn strategies for coping and managing your stress to avoid crisis situations. |
| Managing Your Stress | Learn techniques for reducing stress. |
| Parenting for Nutrition and Fitness | Learn about eating disorders, their causes, and ways to help your child develop healthy habits. |
| Family Emergency Preparation | Learn techniques for assessing your risk, making a disaster plan, and tips for specific emergencies. |
| Parenting a Child With Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder | Learn strategies for parenting a child with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). |
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| Help Your Child Learn | |
| General: K-12 | |
| Class Name | Class Description |
| M-DCPS: Everything You Want & Need to Know About the School System | Learn about your rights and responsibilities, available resources, channels of communication, and exciting programs. |
| Accessing Resources for Your Exceptional Child | Learn what resources and support are available for your child and your family with special needs. |
| American sign Language (ASL) for Families | Learn how to communicate using the basic sign language vocabulary. |
| Everybody, Everyday: The Importance of School Attendance | Learn how your child's attendance impacts their achievement in school. |
| District Policy Against Bullying and Harassment | Learn about Miami-Dade County Public Schools' anti-bullying policies and strategies to support your child to exhibit positive behaviors in school. |
| Basic Parents Rights Under Special Education Law:IDEA | Learn about your rights as stated by the Special Education Law. |
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| Early Childhood: | |
| Preparing Your Child for Kindergarten | Learn strategies for building the home/school connection. |
| Families Building Better Readers | Learn how to create a home environment that is conducive to learning and support your child develop pre-readiness skills. |
| Intellectual Development: What You Can do to Help |
Learn strategies to help your infant or toddler develop their cognitive skills. |
| Motor Development: What You Need to Know |
Learn strategies to help your infant or toddler develop their physical abilities. |
| Social and Emotional Development: Building the Child's Foundation | Learn strategies to help your infant or toddler develop positive behaviors. |
| Teaching Behavior Skills | Learn strategies for reinforcing your child's positive behavior. |
| Speech and Language Development | Learn about your child's developmental milestones as they boost their vocabulary and oral language development. |
| Helping Your Child Cope with His/her Learning Disability | Learn strategies to support your child as they learn alternative ways to approach their social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development. |
| Raising A Bilingual Child | Learn ways to support your child as they learn more than one language simultaneously. |
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| Elementary: | |
| Involved Parents: The Key to Success in School |
Learn ways to get involved in your child's education. |
| Helping Your Child Prepare For the FCAT | What your child needs to know to pass the FCAT and how you can help. |
| Help Your Child Succeed In Math | Help Your child develop skills to understand math concepts and it's practical applications. |
| Families Building Better Readers | Learn how to help your child develop and improve his or her reading skills. |
| Helping Your Child Succeed In Science | Fun-filled, hands-on science activities that families can work on together. |
| Helping Your Child With Learning Differences | Emphasizes ways in which parents can help children with learning difficulties and areas that impact how they succeed in school. |
| PASSport to Success: Helping Children Prepare for Tests |
Become familiar with strategies for helping your child prepare for tests. |
| PASSport to Success: Homework and Learning Expediters |
Learn about the importance of homework and the role parents play to make it an effective activity. |
| PASSport to Success: Memory Enhancement/Developing Thinking Skills |
Discover how you can help improve your child's memory. Learn useful memory enhancement devices and how to apply them at home. |
| PASSport to Success: Note-Taking Skills |
Learn new skills and techniques to help your child take effective notes and organize information. |
| PASSport to Success: Parent Attitude | Learn how your attitude affects your child's learning, and develop skills to facilitate your child's growth. |
| PASSport to Success: Structuring the Home Environment |
Learn how to convert your home into a place where your child will learn with simple and cost-effective tips. |
| PASSport to Success: Study Skills | Learn about the building blocks to effective learning: concentration, listening, and time-management skills. |
| PASSport to Success: Teaching Reading Skills | Learn how to help improve your child's reading by becoming a reading facilitator. |
| Families Building Better Readers | Learn how to create a home environment that is conducive to learning and help your child enhance their reading ability. |
| Raising a Bilingual Child | Learn strategies for supporting your child as learn multiple languages. |
| Preparing for Parent/Teacher Conferences | Learn about what questions to ask about your child's academic progress and what to look for in a good classroom setting. |
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| Middle: | |
| Involved Parents: The Key to Success in School |
Learn ways to get involved in your child's education. |
| Helping Your Child Prepare For the FCAT | What your child needs to know to pass the FCAT and how you can help. |
| Help Your Child Succeed In Math | Help Your child develop skills to understand math concepts and it's practical applications. |
| Preparing Your Child for Reading | Learn how to help your child develop and improve his or her reading skills. |
| Helping Your Child Succeed In Science | Help your child develop and understand science and it's practical applications. |
| Helping Your Child With Learning Differences |
Emphasizes ways in which parents can help children with learning difficulties and areas that impact how they succeed in school. |
| PASSport to Success: Helping Children Prepare for Tests |
Become familiar with strategies for helping your child prepare for tests. |
| PASSport to Success: Homework and Learning Expediters |
Learn about the importance of homework and the role parents play to make it an effective activity. |
| PASSport to Success: Memory Enhancement/Developing Thinking Skills |
Discover how you can help improve your child's memory. Learn useful memory enhancement devices and how to apply them at home. |
| PASSport to Success: Note-Taking Skills |
Learn new skills and techniques to help your child take effective notes and organize information. |
| PASSport to Success: Parent Attitude | Learn how your attitude affects your child's learning, and develop skills to facilitate your child's growth. |
| PASSport to Success: Structuring the Home Environment |
Learn how to convert your home into a place where your child will learn with simple and cost-effective tips. |
| PASSport to Success: Study Skills | Learn about the building blocks to effective learning: concentration, listening, and time-management skills. |
| PASSport to Success: Teaching Reading Skills | Learn how to help improve your child's reading by becoming a reading facilitator. |
| Transition to Middle School | Learn strategies to help your child cope with the stresses of starting middle school. |
| Families Building Better Readers | Learn how to help your child develop and improve his or her reading skills. |
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| Senior High: | |
| Transition to High School | Learn strategies to help your child cope with the stresses of starting high school. |
| Involved Parents: The Key to Success in School | Learn ways to get involved in your child's education. |
| Helping Your Child Prepare For the FCAT | What your child needs to know to pass the FCAT and how you can help. |
| Helping Your Child With Learning Differences | Emphasizes ways in which parents can help children with learning difficulties and areas that impact how they succeed in school. |
| PASSport to Success: Helping Children Prepare for Tests |
Become familiar with strategies for helping your child prepare for tests. |
| PASSport to Success: Homework and Learning Expediters |
Learn about the importance of homework and the role parents play to make it an effective activity. |
| PASSport to Success: Memory Enhancement/Developing Thinking Skills |
Discover how you can help improve your child's memory. Learn useful memory enhancement devices and how to apply them at home. |
| PASSport to Success: Note-Taking Skills |
Learn new skills and techniques to help your child take effective notes and organize information. |
| PASSport to Success: Parent Attitude | Learn how your attitude affects your child's learning, and develop skills to facilitate your child's growth. |
| PASSport to Success: Structuring the Home Environment | Learn how to convert your home into a place where your child will learn with simple and cost-effective tips. |
| PASSport to Success: Study Skills | Learn about the building blocks to effective learning: concentration, listening, and time-management skills. |
| PASSport to Success: Teaching Reading Skills | Learn how to help improve your child's reading by becoming a reading facilitator. |
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| Parenting Skills | |
| Class Name | Class Description |
| Active Parenting Teen: What 's Your Parenting Style? | Learn about different parenting styles and explore the pros and cons of each. |
| Active Parenting Teen: Active Communication | Learn how to avoid mixed messages and explore effective models of communication. |
| Active Parenting Teen: Effective Discipline | Learn about proven discipline techniques and how to express your wishes using non-confrontational messages. |
| Active Parenting Teen: Sidestepping the Power Struggle |
Explore 5 subconscious goals of teen behavior, power struggle and how to conduct problem-prevention, problem-solving talks with your teen. |
| Active Parenting Teen: Your Teen's Success Cycle | Learn about the "think-feel-do" cycle and how it affects your teen's decision-making process. |
| Active Parenting: Active Communication | Learn communication skills that help strengthen your parent-child relationship. |
| Active Parenting: Building Character, Courage, and Self Esteem | Learn how to impart essential values and encouragement while building on your child's strengths. |
| Active Parenting: Effective Discipline; how to raise a responsible child | Learn proven non-violent discipline techniques that strengthen responsibility. |
| Active Parenting: Side-Stepping the Power struggle. | Identify what a child really wants when he misbehaves, and learn how to diffuse a power struggle. |
| Amber Watch: be Safe | Learn about child predators and how to keep your child safe. |
| Learning Disabilities and Self-Esteem | Learn techniques and strategies to help your child with his or her learning disabilities. |
| Learning Disabilities and Social Skills | Help Improve your child's social skills. |
| Parenting to Prevent Bullying | Learn tips for helping your child develop anger management skills, and conflict resolution strategies. |
| Grandparents: Raising Grandchildren | Learn about available resources to care for your grandchild. |
| Preventing Child Abuse | Learn to recognize warning signs. |
| Caring for You and Your Baby | Learn tips for basic baby care and strategies to strengthen the bond with your baby. |
| Mind in the Making: Conscious Discipline |
Learn strategies to assist your child to develop positive behaviors through the use of praise. |
| Parenting a Child With Special Needs | Learn strategies to cope with the stresses of parenting a child with special needs. |
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| Personal Growth | |
| Adult Education Courses: | |
| Class Name | Class Description |
| Citizenship | Access a free citizenship course through Miami-Dade County Public Schools Adult Education Program. |
| English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) | Access free ESOL classes through Miami-Dade County Public Schools Adult ESOL Program. |
| GED Preparation | Access free GED classes through Miami-Dade County Public Schools Adult Education Program. |
| Workforce Readiness | Access vocational, career and technical classes through Miami-Dade County Public Schools Adult Education Program. |
| Resume Writing and Preparing for Job Interviews |
Learn strategies for marketing yourself successfully to potential employers, increasing the likelihood of obtaining your dream job. |
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| Technology: | |
| Internet Safety for Families | Learn how to communicate openly with your children and understand the internet's dangers. |
| Internet Safety for Teens | Learn strategies for avoiding on-line scams, defeating cyber bullying, and keeping away from on-line predators. |
| Introduction to Computers | Learn the basic concepts and practical applications of computers. |
| The Parent Portal | Learn how to navigate an interactive new computer program that you can use to check your child's grades, attendance, and much more. |
| Destination Success/River Deep | Learn about this free, web-based educational software to reinforce your child's reading, math, and science skills. |
| Sexting: Safeguarding Children from Misuse of Technology |
Learn about ways children use technology to send inappropriate pictures and the consequences they face for this action. |
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| Financial Skills: | |
| Financing Your Child's College Education |
Learn ways you can afford your child's college education. Learn how to apply for and receive financial aid. |
| ABC's of Making and Managing Money for Teens |
Learn ways to assist your teen to make and manage their money. |
| Making the Most of The Money You Earn |
Learn about ways to make your money work for you. |
| Understanding and Repairing Your Credit |
Learn how to use your credit effectively and how to repair damaged credit. |
| Identity Theft | Learn about ways to avoid the likelihood of being targeted by scams that affect your assets and credit. |
| How to Get Out of Debt and Stay Out of Debt |
Learn ways to decrease your debt and avoid the pitfalls of acquiring debt. |
| Buying Your First Home | Learn about programs that are available for first-time home buyers. |
| Investing in an Emergency Fund, 401K's, Mutual Funds, and More |
Learn ways to invest for your retirement. |
| How to Protect Your Life Investments in an Unstable Economy |
Learn innovative ways to invest and manage your money in hard economic times. |
| Estate Planning 101: Life Insurance, Living Wills, Power of Attorney's | Learn ways to protect your beneficiaries and assets in case of sudden illness or death. |
| How to Start, Finance, and Run Your Own Business |
Learn ways to become your own boss. |
| Learn How to Get Business Loans When Banks Are Not Lending | Learn innovative ways to finance your business. |
| How to Market, Grow, and Reduce Your Business Expenses |
Learn ways to improve and expand your business. |
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