Parent Training

BNP encourages and expects parents to become actively involved in the program. Parent training offers caregivers a certain level of inclusion in the curriculum and rites-of-passage experience.

Before the start of a new principle of living parents are encouraged to attend a parent meeting with the facilitator of the topic who discusses the lesson plan and provides parents the opportunity to ask questions and express concerns. These training sessions have proven invaluable in that caregivers receive the priceless gift of spirited dialogue, where ideas and problem-solving techniques are swapped in a supportive environment. It gives the parent the opportunity to be enlightened by the same knowledge that their youth will receive and provides the opportunity for the family to share in the experience together.

BNP also has an active Parents Association that helps support the program in a number of ways including fundraising, planning weekly lunches, and providing a support network for incoming parents and their families.

Blue Nile of Harlem also includes the following program components:

• Mentoring
  
• Parent Training
  
• Family Mediation
  
• After-School Leadership & Character Development Training

Continuously visit our site for more information on open registration for Blue Nile of Harlem Rights-of Passage 2009-2010 program year.