Parent Support

Parent Skill-Building Resources

Teen Speak offers professionals trusted resources that they can feel confident sharing with parents of tweens, teens and young adults. Translating the communication and behavioral change strategies employed daily by professionals into accessible, practical information for parents – Teen Speak helps parents reduce risks and build even stronger relationships with their teens.

With over twenty-five years of experience working with youth and their families, Dr. Jennifer Salerno recognizes the diverse challenges organizations and professionals face when trying to support parents of tweens and teens. Teen Speak is here to unite parents, professionals and youth.

Parent Skill Building:

Testimonials

“I admit I sometimes think I know so much, having taught parenting, raising four children, teaching adolescents for many years, and now having grandchildren. Yet your research and practical approach was refreshing.”

“The trainers were very knowledgeable and dynamic. I appreciated the first-hand experiences shared as examples during the training.”

"Teen Speak workshops have been a great resource for us to offer parents. And it’s actually made our other program outreach that much more effective."

Parent Skill-Building Resources:

Are You Hearing That Parents…

Find themselves and their teen often talk past each other?
Sometimes feel like they’re speaking a different language?
Worry about their teen and want to establish a stronger connection?
Find it challenging to have meaningful conversations with their teen?

We have created this micro-learning with you in mind, providing a technology-delivered approach to supporting parents in strengthening their relationships with their teens.

Micro-learning modules:

The Teen Speak micro-learning course is designed to help parents understand the unique language and communication style of teens. Parents receive strategies for having meaningful conversations that support small talks and “the talk” with teens. Using Teen Speak communication strategies can help parents create a positive and supportive environment for teens that has them coming to their parents when they need to talk.
Our online micro learning, available through licensing, is a link that can be seamlessly distributed to your parents through email, text or by including it in your newsletters or other communication.

Teen Speak Parent Online Course:

Are you in need of an easy-to-implement, effective and engaging skill building tool to support parents in strengthening their relationship with their tweens or teens? Let Teen Speak take care of this for you!

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Parent Teen Workshop:

The overload of tech + the pressures of school and extracurriculars are leading to many tweens and teens shutting off by the time they get home. Today, parents are feeling less connected and more worried about what the teen years will bring. They are looking for ways to break through these barriers and have real talks again. Support your community with our interactive, live 2-hour workshop providing an opportunity for parents AND their tweens/teens to come together to laugh, connect, and learn new strategies that will set their family on a powerful trajectory they can build on for years to come!

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Professional Training:

Teen Speak Curriculum:

Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills and confidence to provide Teen Speak parent skill building workshops through our exclusive Teen Speak® Training of Educators, based on our Teen Speak curriculum. Parents will walk away with effective, real-world communication strategies to reduce youth risk factors and build strong family relationships.

Teen Speak can be facilitated in many ways to meet the needs of your participants – as workshops, book clubs, lunch and learns, one on one – you choose what works best.

Teen Speak® Training of Educators graduates receive:

Certificate as a Teen Speak facilitator
Step-by-step facilitator guide
Workshop education and resource materials: the workshop presentation on PowerPoint, supporting materials, and videos to use for parent workshops
Discounted Teen Speak books, virtual learning course and workbooks to use when facilitating workshops

Teen Speak Guide Book and Workbook

Protect, Connect and Build Trust with Teen Speak®

Teen Speak Book: A guide to understanding and communicating with your teen

The stronger your relationship with your teen, the greater the opportunity to guide them through any challenges the teen years present. This guide translates the strategies employed by health care professionals into accessible, practical tactics for parents who want to build and strengthen a trusting relationship with their tween or teen that will last through adulthood.

Teen Speak Workbook:

This workbook serves as a practical tool for practicing and refining the communication strategies presented in the Teen Speak Book . The Teen Speak Workbook is filled with a variety of real-world scenarios, role-play suggestions, and thought-provoking questions designed to support individual parenting style and help adults prepare for the important conversations about preventable risks that can improve youth lives.