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Nurturing Parenting Program for Parents & Their School Age Children 5 to 11 Years (NPP 5-11) is a group-based program designed for families with children between 5 and 11 years who are referred for parenting education by Social Services/Mental Health for child abuse and neglect and/or family dysfunction. Families attend group-based sessions for two and a half hours weekly for 15 weeks. Group sessions involve activities and discussion that are designed to help parents (1) set appropriate expectations, (2) empathize with their children, (3) reduce their use of harmful punishments, (4) develop positive parent-child roles (i.e., where the parent, not the child, acts as the caregiver), and (5) foster suitable levels of child independence. While parents are in their group sessions, children attend concurrent groups. Two facilitators are needed to implement each of the groups. There is a break in each session where children and parents come together to do a group activity meant to foster positive relationships between parent-child dyads. Facilitators must attend a 3-day training. Additional trainings and supports are also available.
Nurturing Skills™ for Families is a program designed to improve parenting skills and prevent child abuse and neglect in families with children ages 0–19. The program aims to (1) build self-worth; (2) develop empathy and a sense of caring; (3) promote positive, non-violent discipline practices and techniques; (4) have appropriate family role expectations; and (5) help adults and children increase their personal power to positively influence their lives.
On the Way Home® (OTWH) is designed to support families with youth ages 12–18 as youth transition from residential out-of-home care to home, school, and community settings. OTWH supports this transition by empowering families, enhancing family relationships, and supporting academic engagement and success. The program integrates three interventions: Check & Connect , Common Sense Parenting (CSP), and homework support.
Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is a home visiting and case management program for pregnant women and mothers with substance use disorders. PCAP aims to support and maintain recovery from substance use disorders, promote healthy families, and prevent prenatal substance exposure. To meet these aims, PCAP case managers work with clients to build independence and life skills. PCAP is designed to serve clients who are pregnant or have given birth within the past 12 months (or 24 months if program space allows), have self-reported problematic drug or alcohol use during pregnancy, and require assistance connecting to community service providers. PCAP can also serve clients who meet these three criteria: they already have a child with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, are still drinking, and may become pregnant again. Clients cannot be unenrolled due to noncompliance or relapse. Instead, case managers ask clients to learn from mistakes, identify triggers, and implement new behaviors.
Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE) is a parenting program designed to provide brief support to caregivers with children ages 1–10. PC-CARE aims to help caregivers improve relationships with their child and learn new child behavior management strategies. The caregiver and child participate in one pretreatment session, six treatment sessions, and an optional booster session. During the pretreatment session, the provider gathers information about the caregiver and child and shares information about the purpose of PC-CARE. The provider then conducts a behavioral observation while the caregiver and child play. After the observation, the provider gives the caregiver feedback on the interaction.
Parenting Now!TM is an adaptation of Make Parenting a Pleasure® designed for any parents of children ages 0–6. The parenting program aims to help parents build healthy relationships with their children and to help families identify and pursue value-based goals for children to succeed and thrive. The Parenting Now! curriculum teaches child development and parenting skills. Parenting Educators deliver Parenting Now! to groups of parents in 7 sessions. The group format is essential to program delivery so that parents can connect with other parents, normalize their experience, and build a support network. During the sessions, Parenting Educators use discussion and activities to teach parents key concepts such as stress management, communication skills, foundations of discipline, positive discipline strategies, and strategies for addressing challenging behaviors. After each session, parents complete a “home practice assignment” intended to help them apply the knowledge and skills from the session in their own life.
Parenting Wisely – Teen Edition is an interactive computer-based program that aims to improve parenting skills, reduce child behavior problems, and enhance relationships between parents and their children. The self-administered program guides parents through problem scenarios, question and answer sessions, and quizzes. The problem scenarios cover common family issues such as homework compliance, assistance with housework, compliance with house rules, stepparent relationships, sibling conflict, and drug use. Parents watch video enactments related to these problem scenarios. Each video enactment presents multiple possible solutions that have varying levels of effectiveness. The program is designed to help parents evaluate the effectiveness of each solution through an interactive question and answer session. These sessions highlight the parenting skills used in the video enactments and provide further information on beneficial parenting behavior. Parents complete quizzes at the end of each problem scenario and then advance to other problem scenarios.
Parenting Wisely – Young Child Edition is an interactive computer-based program that aims to improve parenting skills, reduce child behavioral problems, and enhance relationships between parents and their children. The self-administered program guides parents through problem scenarios, question and answer sessions, and quizzes. The problem scenarios cover common family issues such as homework compliance, telephone interruptions, morning/bedtime routine, behavior in public, and peer/sibling conflict. Parents watch video enactments related to these problem scenarios. Each video enactment presents multiple possible solutions that have varying levels of effectiveness. The program is designed to help parents evaluate the effectiveness of each solution through an interactive question and answer session. These sessions highlight the parenting skills used in the video enactments and provide further information on beneficial parenting behavior. Parents complete quizzes at the end of each problem scenario and then advance to other problem scenarios.
Parenting with Love and Limits® (PLL) is a family-focused intervention for teenagers (ages 10-18) with severe emotional and behavioral problems (e.g., conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). The program is designed to help families re-establish adult authority through setting consistent limits and reclaiming loving relationships. PLL consists of both multifamily group therapy sessions and individual family therapy coaching sessions.
Parents Anonymous® seeks to enhance family functioning and parent/caregiver resilience to prevent and treat child maltreatment by offering groups for parents/caregivers and their children/youth. Groups are guided by four core principles and therapeutic processes: mutual support, parent leadership, shared leadership®, and personal growth and change. Groups are also linked to six additional strength-based goals: (1) increasing protective factors and reducing risk factors, (2) improving family functioning, (3) mitigating the impact of and preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), (4) preventing and intervening in substance use disorders, (5) preventing and intervening in domestic violence, and (6) enhancing the physical and mental health of parents/caregivers. Both adult and children/youth groups aim to provide safe and caring environments created through trauma-informed practices.