We foster healthy parenting skills, enrich family relationships, and promote emotional wellness. UT Extension’s Family and Consumer Sciences supports families all across Tennessee with research-based programming aimed at building healthy relationships, cultivating emotional wellness, supporting child and youth development, and providing support during family transitions.
Upcoming Classes:
Join us for Co-Parenting, a research-based educational program from UT Extension designed to support parents during and after separation or divorce. This class provides practical tools and strategies to reduce conflict, improve communication, and keep children’s well-being at the center.
🌟 What You’ll Learn:
- How family changes affect children and ways to minimize stress
- Effective communication techniques with the other parent
- Strategies for creating a positive, stable environment for kids
- Tips for managing emotions and resolving conflicts constructively
The UT Extension Sevier County offers this program as needed. Please call us to schedule a class at 865-453-3695 or kadkin17@utk.edu.
This program costs $55 per person. If you schedule an emergency meeting with little notice, it may result in a price increase. For Program Scholarship inquiries, at least 2-3 weeks’ notice.
✅ Who Should Attend: Parents experiencing separation, divorce, or custody changes who want to strengthen co-parenting skills.
Your children deserve the best from both parents—let’s work together to make that happen.
Are you an organization that serves grandparents or relatives raising children? Partner with us to host Parenting the Second Time Around (PASTA), a UT Extension program designed to provide education and support for kinship caregivers.
🌟 Why Offer PASTA?
- Addresses unique challenges faced by grandparents and relatives raising children
- Provides practical tools for positive parenting and family stability
- Builds community connections and reduces caregiver stress
📚 Topics Include:
- Understanding child development and behavior
- Effective discipline strategies
- Navigating family changes and legal issues
- Self-care for caregivers
📅 Program Details:
- Format: 8-session series (flexible scheduling)
- Audience: Grandparents, relatives, temporary custody guardianship, and kinship caregivers
- Location: Your organization or community site
- Cost: FREE educational materials provided by UT Extension
✅ Benefits for Your Organization:
- Strengthen family engagement programs
- Offer evidence-based education
- Support caregivers in creating healthy, stable homes
If your organization is interested, please contact our office at 865-453-3695 or kadkin17@utk.edu
Designed for parents and caregivers of preschoolers, Little Learners & Me blends early learning fun with positive parenting strategies. Enjoy quality time with your child while discovering new ways to support their development and strengthen your family bond.
Based on Purdue Extension’s Parenting Piece by Piece curriculum, this engaging workshop helps families “put the pieces together” through playful learning, connection, and simple strategies that make parenting a little easier—and a lot more fun.
Together, we’ll explore topics like communication, routines, emotions, and early learning — all through play-based activities, music, crafts, and movement. Parents will gain helpful insights and tools, while kids enjoy quality time and skill-building fun.
Dates and times will be released. We are looking into meeting once a month. Be on the lookout for this amazing new program.
Parenting and Relationship Resources:
Check out our program resources below for you, your family, or the community.
“It’s never too late to start loving better.” – Gary Chapman
By knowing your love language, you will learn more about your needs and how to better connect with others. Whether you are single, dating, or married, knowing your love language can help grow your relationship with others.
Take a test today to find out your love language.
You can click the button below to take a FREE test.
The Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is offered at the Sevier County Health Department.
This program provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age 5 who are found to be at nutritional risk.
Click on the button below to find out if you are eligible and how to apply.
Educational Resources:
Sevier County Resource Guides:
Below is the Sevier County Community Resource Guide provided by one of our community partners. It is provided in English & Spanish. You are welcome to download and print it off for your use.
Below is the Sevier County Food Resource provided by our very own TNCEP Coalition. It is available in English and Spanish. You are welcome to download and print it off for your use.
Click the button below to learn more about our TNCEP program.
Below is the Multi-County Parenting Resource Guide provided by community partners in and out of Sevier County. It is provided in English. You are welcome to download and print it off for your use.
Contact your local FCS agent if you have any questions about these programs.
Interest Form
If you are interested in one of these programs, please fill out the form below!
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