Helping Other Parents Everyday

Some of the best support comes directly from other Parents who have "been there, done that" and know exactly what types of struggles parents go through. These parents, called Parent Support Providers, can help in many areas including: home life, school, community, juvenile court, and mental health child & family team.

A Common Voice provides several different support groups. There are many daytime groups and a Wednesday evening group.
To see upcoming meetings, browse our calendar.

In addition to regularly scheduled Parent support groups, A Common Voice provides for Parents, relevant and tailored, educational workshops and trainings.
You can look for these on the calendar.

ACV’s Parent Support Providers empowers Parents with skills and strategies:

• Parenting tips for oppositional behaviors
• Coping with the 24/7 stress on the family
• Saying less in the “chaos”
• Shifting from blame to solutions
• Discerning learnt behavior vs. diagnoses and its related behaviors
• Increasing the number of “protective factors” in our children’s lives
• Realizing, practicing, and accepting realistic expectations of ourselves and others
• Finding the pearl in the oyster (strengths)

Parents often feel isolated in their situation and do not know where to go to find help, ACV can help you get connected to the resources you need by:

• Partnering with schools for your child’s success
• Exploring court petitions for “pseudo” parent control
• Providing a means to network with other parents via our parent support groups

You can find more help by checking out some of our other resources.

Care plans are comprised of these 10 basic principles:

• Family driven/youth guided plans
• Team based
• Natural supports
• Collaboration
• Community based
• Cultural competent
• Individualized
• Strength based
• Persistent
• Outcome based