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Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action™ (Families in Action) is an education program that adapts Active Parenting of Teens to be delivered to both teens ages 11–16 and their parents. Families in Action aims to strengthen parenting skills and prevent teen risk-taking behaviors, including drug use, violence, and early sexual activity. In addition to preventing risk-taking behaviors, Families in Action aims to help teens develop communication skills, independence, and responsibility.
Active Parenting of Teens: Teens in Action (Teens in Action) is an education program that adapts Active Parenting: Families in Action (Families in Action) for teens ages 11–16. Teens in Action is delivered in teen-only groups using the content from the teen group sessions of Families in Action with minor modifications in session facilitation. In addition to preventing risk-taking behaviors, Teens in Action aims to help teens develop communication skills, independence, and responsibility.
Active Parenting: First Five Years™ is a parenting education program for parents or caregivers of children ages 5 and younger. Active Parenting: First Five Years is a variant of Active Parenting designed for younger children that aims to provide parents and caregivers with the information and skills necessary to support young children’s growth and development. The program aims to ready parents and caregivers for the demands of caring for young children and help strengthen their relationship with the child.
Addressing Family Violence and Abuse® is an adaptation of Fatherhood Is Sacred®/Motherhood Is Sacred® designed to address domestic violence in Native American families. Addressing Family Violence and Abuse aims to help fathers and mothers understand and overcome the cycle of violence and abuse, while also connecting them with their Native American heritage and the sacred responsibilities of being a parent. Individuals who are not Native American are also welcome to participate. In Addressing Family Violence and Abuse, facilitators lead small group sessions. Facilitators promote a sense of equality, create a supporting environment, and connect fathers and mothers to their heritage and families in a positive way. The facilitator uses storytelling to teach session material and encourages fathers and mothers to share their own feelings and experiences.
Aggression Replacement Training® (ART) is a cognitive-behaviorally-based intervention designed to serve youth who display violent and aggressive behavior. ART consists of three components: social skills training, where youth learn how to replace aggressive behaviors with prosocial behaviors; anger control training, where youth learn how to handle anger-provoking situations; and moral reasoning training, where youth learn how to perspective-take and develop concern for others.
Arizona Kinship Support Services (AKSS) is designed for kinship caregivers. AKSS aims to support kinship families by addressing the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in formal and informal kinship care. All AKSS services are voluntary and based on the needs of the kinship family. Kinship Navigators provide Information, Referral, and Connection (IRC) services to all families, which includes collection of demographics and needs information, and referrals to community services and resources. Depending on the family’s needs, referrals and resources may include food, health services, behavioral health services, clothing and household goods, parenting classes, support groups, employment services, domestic violence support, housing, and specific resources for seniors age 55 and older.
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a community-based service delivery model designed for individuals (termed “consumers”) with severe and persistent mental illness. ACT aims to help consumers mitigate mental illness, meet basic needs, improve social functioning, support employment, and increase their ability to live in community settings. A transdisciplinary team of 10–12 mental health and rehabilitation professionals work collaboratively to deliver comprehensive, individualized, and integrated psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support services. The team delivers services in the places and contexts where they are needed (i.e., “in vivo”). Services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for crisis response.
Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) is a mental health program designed to treat depression in adolescents and young adults. ABFT aims to repair trust between adolescents and their parent(s) and re-establish parents as a source of support for the adolescent. By promoting secure relationships (i.e., attachment) between an adolescent and their parents, ABFT aims to help adolescents regulate emotional distress and promote autonomy.
Autism Parent Navigators (APN) is a peer mentoring adaptation of the Family Foundations (FF) parenting education program designed for couples with a young child recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In APN, Parent Navigators, who also have a child diagnosed with ASD, serve as mentors for the couple. APN aims to help couples develop a team approach to caregiving, become strong advocates for the child, improve consistency in the home, and lower the severity of ASD symptoms. In APN, couples are defined as any two individuals who plan to care for the child together and can include the parent and another individual such as a grandparent or new romantic partner. Couples participate in APN together and typically begin APN classes following their child’s ASD diagnosis.
Being Brave, an adaptation of Coping Cat – Individual, is a cognitive-behavioral approach designed to treat children ages 4–7 who are diagnosed with or at high risk of being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, separation anxiety disorder) and their parents. Treatment is divided into two parts. Part 1 consists of six parent-only sessions where the therapist teaches parents anxiety management strategies and parenting skills. The therapist provides instructions on planning, implementing, and reinforcing the exposure component of the program. Part 2 consists of 8–13 parent-child sessions where the therapist teaches relaxation techniques and creates coping plans with the family to aid in completing exposure activities. In between sessions, the parent completes reading assignments and practice exercises. Being Brave adapts the content and structure of Coping Cat – Individual to include age-appropriate skills and strategies and address the sources of anxiety and social phobias young children may face, with corresponding differences in the exposure tasks.