Parents in Recovery:
Prevention for the Next Generation

 This 3-hour course  

Goals/Objectives

At the completion of this course you will be able to:

1. demonstrate an understanding of parenting styles and their probable consequences and outcomes;

2. demonstrate an understanding of operant conditioning and its consistent application;

3. develop strategies for working with parents to develop behavior contracts for their children;

4. identify key unresolved recovery issues that are most likely to surface as parenting issues.

Your Course Instructor:
Phyllis Gardner

Dr. Phyllis Gardner, Ph.D., is a sociologist with over 25 years of experience in addiction counseling.    A licensed chemical dependency counselor and clinical supervisor, Dr. Gardner teaches in the Social Sciences Division of Texarkana College, where she has been a professor for 12 years.  Her research interests include the parenting practices of recovering individuals, child and adolescent development and the psychometric issues associated with test development.