To increase family communication, cooperation, closeness, and respect.
This is a 15-session group-based program. Parents and children increase their empathy, learn nurturing ways to encourage appropriate behaviors, build self-concept and self-esteem, and learn to have fun as a family. This program was validated twice in each of six sites around the country with families identified as abusive and neglecting.
The program was created by Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D. Dr. Bavolek is recognized for his work in promoting nurturing parenting attitudes and skills for the prevention and treatment of child abuse.
THE NURTURING PARENTING PROGRAM (NPP)
The Nurturing Parenting Program is a validated and extensively field-tested program designed to modify abusive or potentially abusive parent-child interactions by providing training on developmental expectations, empathy, behavior management, and self-awareness. The primary goal of the program is to increase parental knowledge and build skills in positive parenting practices. Practical effective techniques are taught for handling challenging behavior and conflicts. The Nurturing Parenting Program is a 15-week course for parents held in (15) 2½ hour sessions.
ON-GOING PARENTING PROGRAM (Parents Only)
$15.00Handbook + $15.00 per session (Couples $25.00 per session)
· Prevention Services Office, Middlesex County: Tuesdays 6:15 pm to 8:45pm
· Warsaw Counseling Center, Richmond County: Mondays 6:00 pm to 8:30pm
Participants must register before attending program
STRENGTHENING FAMILIES INITIATIVE (Parents & Children)
· Northumberland County (Parents & Children ages 5-11)
Tuesdays, September 14, 2010 to December 21, 2010
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Dinner will be provided.
Location: Northumberland Elementary Schol, 757 Academic Lane, Heathsville, VA 22473
· Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County (Parents & Children ages 3-5)
Thursdays, September 30, 2010 to Jan 13, 2011
10:30 am to 1:00 pm. Lunch will be provided.
Location: St. Marny's Episcopal Church, 3020 leeton Rd., Reedville
· Mathews County (Parents & Children ages 5-11)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 to April 12, 2011
6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Dinner will be provided.
Location: Thomas Hunter Middle School, 387 Church St., Mathews
(*) Participants can only register up until the 2nd session. (CLASSES ARE FREE OF CHARGE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
To register for classes, please call Prevention Services at (804) 758-9398 or 1-888-PREV-550 or email prev-famedu@mpnn.state.va.us.
CHILDREN FIRST PROGRAM
The Prevention Services Division of the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board is offering the Children First co-parenting education program for divorced, separated spouses, and single parents.
This 4-hour program is designed to help parents understand the importance of both parents having an active and involved relationship wth their children, how divorce or separation and continued conflic impact children, how to talk with children about the situation, how to manage confict and emotions constructively, how to take care of children during the changes in the family and how to develop a co-parenting relationship for the sake of your children. The group takes place in a supportive and nurturing atmosphere.
Cost of training: $50.00. Advanced pre-registration is required.
For further information or class schedule please call 1-888-PREV-550 (804-758-9398) or email
prev-famedu@mpnn.state.va.us.
The 'Guiding Good Choices' skill building program consists of six 2-hour sessions. The workshop focuses on preventing drug abuse among youth, developing healthy beliefs and clear standards, learning and practicing refusal skills, how to control and express anger, learning suicide prevention skills, and how to strengthen family bonds. Children attend the third session with their parents. For more information on hosting a workshop, please call Nancy Fisher at 1-888-PREV-550. This workshop is sponsored by the Prevention Services Division of the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board. For additional information about the Guiding Good Choices program, log onto their website at www.channing-bete.com.
National Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Fact Sheet
Beginnings
The Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Project grew out of a response to a second grade teacher’s request for practical suggestions to prevent the sexual victimization of children. In 1978, Women Against Rape in Columbus, Ohio organized a group of concerned citizens that included teachers, parents, and therapists to research sexual assault against children. Their research led to the alarming discovery that one out of every four girls and one out of every six to ten boys are sexually assaulted before the age of eighteen. It became painfully clear that the problem of sexual assault against children needed to be addressed.
What began as a program for the second-grade class quickly evolved into a school project that included workshops for parents, teachers, administrators and school staff as well as children in each classroom. Requests for the program began to come in from other schools; the response to the fledgling Child Assault Prevention Project was overwhelmingly positive.
Women Against Rape began the search for funding to enable them to pilot the program in several elementary schools. Both the Ms. Foundation and the Columbus Foundation awarded the funds necessary to begin the project, and in September 1979, the CAP Project was officially born.
Become a trained facilitator! This three-day training is designed for professionals who work with families and for individuals that are interested in facilitating the Nurturing Parenting Programs.
Participants will learn a hands-on approach to conducting home and group-based Nurturing Programs that includes how to facilitate weekly sessions of children's and parents' program activities. For more information, please contact Sheilah Benjamin, Strengthening Families Project Director at 1-888-PREV-220 or email sbenjamin@mpnn.state.va.us
Typical on-site fees are $3,000 for up to 20 people for the training plus transportation costs (from Saluda, VA), lodging and food.
