Full Notification

Nature of Incident: Parent Project Classes



Location: Thousand Oaks Police Station

2101 East Olsen Road

Thousand Oaks, CA 91360



Date & Time: Wednesday April 14, 2010 thru Wednesday June 16, 2010

All classes begin at 6pm



Unit Responsible: Thousand Oaks Crime Prevention Bureau



Narrative: The city of Thousand Oaks and the Thousand Oaks Police Department have a mutual interest with the community in ensuring that children reach their scholastic and personal growth potential. In today’s society, children have several obstacles, bad influences, and distractions. Raising children is not easy. Children sometimes engage in harmful behaviors fueled by negative influences including alcohol, gangs, and peer pressure.



In furtherance of our commitment to the community, the Thousand Oaks Police Department will be offering a parenting class on Wednesdays for ten weeks starting on April 14. Parents with difficult, defiant, or problematic children are encouraged to attend. Our goal is to give parents guidance and to develop more successful children. We are excited to offer these sessions and truly wish to support parents and offer strategies to deal with difficult children.



The course content consists of ways to address drugs, sex, gangs, poor grades, running away and violence. Additional content includes guidance in gaining children’s compliance of house rules, how to never argue with your child again, and how to use other parents for support. Additional information can be reviewed at www.parentproject.com . This course is for Thousand Oaks residents only and is subject to enrollment. Senior Deputies Dennis Sliva and Jim DeSoto of the Thousand Oaks Police Department will be the facilitators. Interested parents are asked to call either Senior Deputy Sliva or DeSoto for further information.

Officer Preparing Release: Senior Deputy Jim DeSoto



Follow-up Contact: Dennis Sliva 805-494-8267

Jim DeSoto 805-371-8362

Approved by: Captain Bill Ayub



Date of Release: April 6, 2010