PARENTING EDUCATION PROGRAM | MARIE WILKINSON CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Provides low-income parents with informational services pertaining to raising healthy and productive children. Programs works to strengthening the care-giving family environment.
Works to improve parent knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions by:
- Increasing parenting self-efficacy
- Improving attitudes toward parents
- Increasing knowledge of child development
Works to improve parenting skills and behaviors by:
- Preventing child abuse and neglect
- Improving disciplinary practices
- Increasing caregivers' involvement with child's care and education
- Improving caregivers' ability to cope with care-giving and life stress
- Improving the quality of the home environment
- Strengthening relationships
Works to strengthen parent-child relationships by:
- Improving parent-child relationship quality
- Improving parent-child attachment
- Increasing time spent together
Services
Date of Last Formal Update
05/19/2025
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211 Nebraska
Physical Address
1144 East Galena Boulevard, Aurora, IL 60506
Hours
Mon-Fri 6:30 am-5:30 pm
Voice
Application process
By phone, email, or website
Fee
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Required documents
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Eligibility
Low-income families, Resident of area served
Languages
English
Service area
Batavia, Illinois
Aurora, Illinois
Montgomery, Illinois
Agency info
MARIE WILKINSON CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Assists low-income children and families reach their full potential by offering social. emotional, charitable, educational and cognitive support services.