CUIDAR

Program Services

Parenting Groups
CUIDAR provides FREE, evidence-based parent education groups across San Bernardino County. Group leaders facilitate discussions that help participants develop, practice and strengthen the skills that will allow them to achieve their individual goals for parenting their young children. By the end of the 8 week series of sessions, parents should have the tools they need to help their preschoolers prepare for their school-aged years. It is time well invested as the skills parents learn can greatly enhance their effectiveness as parents. Groups are provided during the evening hours, and dinner and childcare are provided for participating parents.

Child Enrichment Groups
While their parents participate in parent education groups, children are eligible to participate in developmentally-appropriate child enrichment groups that run at the same time as the parenting group. Children's groups are designed to provide children with high quality social experiences and activities that have been shown to improve children's social skills, support their development of language, and that can help children learn to better control and manage their emotions and behavior. The child enrichment groups were crafted by developmental and clinical psychologists at Cal State San Bernardino in order to offer children the best in child development experiences. The child enrichment group staff are typically child development or psychology students recruited from local universities who receive continuous special advanced training.  

Provider Education and Consultation
CUIDAR provides teacher trainings, consultation, and classroom-based child intervention, for preschools and early childhood education centers. Additional parent or provider seminars on a variety of topics (e.g., development, temperament, attachment, etc.) related to early childhood are available as well.

Areas we have provided services:
Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Blue Jay, Colton, Fontana, Hesperia, Ontario, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino, Victorville.