Connect© Parenting Group

Have you been having a hard time connecting with your pre-teen or teen? 

Does it seem like, once they became a teenager, they just stopped listening? 

Has there been more conflict between you lately? 

Adoption Network’s Connect© Parenting Group can help! 

What is Connect©? 

Connect© Parenting Groups are 10 weekly, 90-minute sessions designed to help parents and caregivers of pre-teens and teens (ages 8-19) strengthen their relationships. This trauma-informed, evidence-based program emphasizes the importance of attachment—the "shared partnership" between caregiver and child. 

Why Choose Connect©? 

Connect© Parenting Groups help navigate the challenges of adolescence as children seek more independence.  Parents and caregivers learn skills to: 

• Open communication 
• Build trust 
• Promote problem-solving 
• Reduce difficult behaviors 

 Participants report feeling less stressed, more confident, and hopeful after completing the program. 

Who Can Benefit? 

Connect© is available to adoptive parents, foster parents, and kinship caregivers in Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula Counties. For more information about upcoming Connect© classes, please fill out the form below or contact Janelle Poskocil at Janelle.poskocil@adoptionnetwork.org.  

This program is FREE thanks to a grant from the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund.