Community-Based Parent Support Programs
PARENTING SKILLSCommunity- based Parent Support ProgramsCarol M. Trivette, PhD, Carl J. Dunst, PhDOrelena Hawks Puckett Institute, USADecember 2014, 3rd Parent Support Programs differ from traditional human services parenting Programs in both form and function1 For the purposes of this review, Parent Support Programs are defined as Community-Based initiatives designed to promote the flow of resources and supports to parents that strengthen functioning and enhance the growth and development of young primary goal of Parent Support Programs is to provide Support and information in ways that help parents become more capable and ,3 Research now indicates that to reach this goal, it is necessary that staff use practices that are family-centered as opposed to professionally-centered, and capacity - building as opposed to dependency ,5,6,7 The key characteristics of family-centered practices include: treating families with dignity and respect; providing individual, flexible and responsive Support ; sharing information so
Several research syntheses examined the ways capacity-building helpgiving practices were related to different aspects of parenting behaviour.26,22,27,5 The measures of parenting behaviour included parenting competence,
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