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Parent Support Circles
What are Parent Support Circles?
Parent Support Circles are free, confidential, anonymous,
weekly meetings of parents who wish to learn new ways
to nurture and protect their children.
Currently Parent Support Services operates about 40
Parent Support Circles in communities throughout BC.
What will happen when I call about a Parent Support
Circle?
When you call, you will speak with an employee of Parent
Support Services, the group that administers Parent
Support Circles all over British Columbia or, if you
call the local number
provided on this website, you may speak with a community-services
or crisis agency.
Whomever you talk to will ask for your first name, how
many children you have, their ages, your home phone
number, and a convenient time for a group facilitator
to call back.
A Circle facilitator will call and tell you more about
the program and ask more about you. The two of you may
arrange to meet and talk further before the next meeting,
or you may simply be invited to the next meeting.
But the most important thing you need to know is that
the person on the other end of the phone will appreciate
the courage it has taken for you to pick up the phone
and say, "I think I need help."
What will happen when I attend a Parent Support Circle?
All Parent Support Circles follow a similar plan but
the details for each meeting vary from one Circle to
another.
Many Circles open with each parent saying how they are
and how their week with their children has been. Participants
discuss parenting concerns in the supportive setting
provided.
One of the most important things about Parent Support
Circles is that they respond to the needs expressed
by the parents who attend them.
What else do I need to know about Parent Support
Circles?
In some communities circles operate in Spanish, Englishm Cantonese, Mandarin and Filipino. There are also support groups for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Parent Support Services Society of BC
ensures that anyone parenting children and teens will be comfortable joining a Parent Support Circle.
Parent Support Services is able to provide a small subsidy to pay for chid
care and transportation, if needed. Our objective is
to remove the financial obstacles that might prevent
a parent from attending a Support Circle.
To Start a Parent Suport Circle (PDF)
Request for Parent Support Circle (PDF)
Information about Filipino Parent Support Circles (PDF)
Information about Spanish-speaking Parent Support Circle (Vancouver) (PDF)
Information about Cantonese/Mandarin Parent Support Circles (PDF)
Information about Thunderbird Mandarin Parent Support Circle (Jan 2012) (PDF)
Information about Burnaby Mandarin Parent Support Circle (PDF)
Information about Killarney School Parent Support Circle (PDF)
Information about Grandparents Support Circle (Delta) (PDF)
Information about Grandparents Support Circle (Langley) (PDF)
Information about Grandparent Support Circle (Vancouver) (PDF)
Information about Parent Support Circle (Burnaby) (PDF)
Information about Parent Support Circle (Maple Ridge) (PDF)
Information about Parent Support Circle (Gibsons) (PDF)
Information about Parent Support Circle (Richmond) (PDF)
Information about Parent Support Circle (Nelson)) (PDF)
Information about Parent Support Circles In Your Area (PDF)
To become a Volunteer Facilitator for Parent Support Circles (PDF)
PSS Brochure (Chinese) (PDF)
PSS Brochure (Japanese) (PDF)
Other Programs
Parent Support
Circles
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support
Parent Education Classes and Community Workshops
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