Some of the classes available through the Family Resource Center are:

Teen Substance Abuse Awareness - This group meets weekly and is open to all teens to come and talk about their problems. Although the group is not involved with the AA/NA organizations, the program is based on the twelve steps of recovery by addressing issues and concerns linked with substance use. This program is also utilized through the Baxter County Juvenile Services office for clients who have been court ordered to attend a susbstance support group. A facilitator manages the meetings and a variety of speakers are scheduled to present.

Active Parenting 1-4 - This course teaches parents how to develop positive characteristics in their children; including courage, responsibility, cooperation and self-esteem. Through "Active Parenting" and "Right From Birth" cirriculums, this class gives parents helpful tools that they can use daily to help with parenting their child. A workbook is distributed to all parents that they can take home to study and use as a reference manual. The instructor gives a weekly homework assignment for the families to be shared at the next session. This course provides participants with viable tools in order to help prevent the deterioration of the family unit.

Active Parenting 5-11 - This six-week class is for parents of children ages 5-11. The class meets one night per week for six weeks. Parents learn skills that help families with communication, recognizing feelings, problem solving, anger management, limit setting and more.

Family Dynamics/Active Parenting 12-17 - The focus of this eight-week program is on training parent and teen to work together, directing family energy into positive communication; improving the at-risk child's overall school performance; empowering the parents to become the leaders in the challenges of helping their child; and in helping increase the self-esteem of both parent and child. Two series are conducted concurrently, each group meeting once weekly.

Adolescent/Adult Anger Management - The focus of these two six-class series (one for adults and one for adolescents) is on providing the attendees with tools and strategies for managing anger issues. Instructors are certified counselors who provide curriculum for these classes from their private practices. The class topics include, among others, triggers of anger and dealing with your anger. The instructor provides materials for the participants to work from and take home. This class also performs psychodrama with interactive learning techniques. The classes meet weekly.

Workshops and Trainings - Efforts to better equip the community with family strengthening tools, knowledge, and skills is demonstrated through the Baxter County Family Resource Center's sponsorship of workshops and trainings. Workshops and trainings are episodic. Workshops or training sessions are planned, as needed, on a variety of subject matters such as, but not limited to, the following topic:

Train the Trainer: "A Promise for Tomorrow" - Ms. Joyce M. Cloud, Business Development Manager at Pinnacle Pointe Hospital of Little Rock, presented this workshop. "A Promise for Tomorrow" (a school-based curriculum) is an educational program aimed at increasing suicide awareness and prevention. The focus is on prevention through peer support and appropriate response to youth in crisis. This workshop was an in-service for all Baxter County Alternative staff and inter-agency members.

Conflict Resolution Through Peer Mediation - Area schools participate in this program. Some schools introduce the program as early as the fifth grade. Students are invited to become peer mediators. Those students that accept the invitation are required to attend 8 hours of instruction. Initial training is provided by Cheryl Green, the Director, and includes a thorough breakdown of the skills required of a mediator and detailed roleplay of the mediation process. Subsequent training is at the respective school sponsors' discretion. Mediator training is usually held in the first quarter of the school year followed up with a Rally in the fourth quarter. A rally is an energetic celebration of the program's success for the year. Activities include team building exercises and fun, competitive games capped off with awards.

Individualized/Specialized Workshops for Area Schools - These include workshops such as Smart Choices/ Better Chances, a volunteer instructor training for school resource officers presented by the Office of the Attorney General, and Aggression Replacement Training, a curriculum that works with aggressive youth and is the core curriculum used at Baxter County Alternative School. The Family Resourse Center also collaborates with the other agencies and civic organizations to provide public forums, workshops and kids days events. The Family Resource Center is an active member of Protect Against Child Trauma (PACT), Unified Communitiy Resource Council, Twin Lakes Literacy Council, Baxter County Hometown Health Improvement Project Health Education and Promotion Committee and Tobacco Control Committee. Funding is currently provided through grants from the Arkansas Children's trust fund and the Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Children and Family Services.

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