The Parent Institute.
A Practical Partner for Family Engagement
The Family Institute helps schools engage parents and caregivers as active partners in student success. Through practical workshops and family-centered programming, we give families tools to better understand their children, support emotional wellness, improve communication, and strengthen learning beyond the school day.
Our workshops are designed for elementary, middle, and high school communities, with topics that meet families where they are and support the real challenges students face at each stage of development.
What We Offer
LERU support students and families through:
Connected Parent Workshop Series
Parent workshops that help parents understand child and teen development, strengthen communication, build positive relationships, and support healthier behavior at home.
Behavioral Challenges
Practical strategies that help families support emotional regulation, resilience, empathy, confidence, stress management, and healthy peer relationships.
Mental Health & Wellness
Workshops that help parents recognize signs of mental health concerns, reduce stigma, support children through anxiety or depression, and build healthier family wellness habits.
Academic Success & Readiness
Sessions that help families support homework routines, study habits, learning styles, literacy, college readiness, financial aid, career planning, and future preparation.
Special Needs & Family Advocacy
Support for parents navigating IEPs, 504 Plans, accommodations, autism, learning differences, legal rights, and school-based services.
Fathers & Personal Development
Focused workshops that support fathers, caregivers, and parents in communication, emotional wellness, leadership, resilience, financial growth, and stronger family relationships.
Why Family Engagement Matters
Student success is shaped by more than what happens in the classroom. Families play a critical role in helping students manage emotions, build confidence, stay motivated, navigate challenges, and prepare for the future.
The Family Institute helps schools create stronger connections between home and school so families feel informed, equipped, and supported.
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