Nurturing Parenting Programs
NurturingParentingPrograms for the Treatment and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglectand for the Development and Promotion of Empathic, CompassionateIndividuals, Families and CommunitiesFacilitator Training Workbook andProgram Implementation Guide19th EditionJanuary 1, 2018Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D.Denver, ColoradoCreating a Worldwide Culture of NurturingFamily Development Resources, Inc.NurturingParenting.comCode: NPW-19
19th Edition January 2018Copyright by Family Development Resources, Inc. ISBN # 1-57202-215-9Printed in the United States of AmericaAll rights reserved, including translation. No part of this curriculum covered by the copyrighthereon may be reproduced in any form of printing or by any other means, electronic ormechanical including, but not limited to, photocopying, audio-visual recording andtransmission, and portrayal or duplication in any information storage and retrieval system.For more information about the Nurturing Parenting Programs contact:Family Development Resources, Inc.Sales & Customer ServicePhone: 800-688-5822 (Outside U.S. 011-435-649-5822)Email: mily Nurturing Centers Int. Training & ConsultingPhone: 262-652-6501Email: sessment and InventoriesValid and reliable inventories designed to assess parenting practices, beliefs, knowledge, andskills including the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2) and theNurturing Skills Competency Scale (NSCS).AssessingParenting.comResearch and ValidationStudies that support the effectiveness of the Nurturing Parenting Programs.NurturingProgramResearch.com
Table of ContentsAbout the Author . 1Nurturing Parenting Programs Reference by Levels of PreventionEducation-Prevention Programs (Primary Prevention) . 2Prevention-Intervention Programs (Secondary Prevention) . 4Intervention-Treatment Programs (Tertiary Prevention). 6Comprehensive Programs 22 to 55 Sessions . 8Introduction: The Maltreatment of Children . 9Chapter 1: The History of Childhood: Examining Past Parenting Practices . 11Chapter 2: Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect. 15Chapter 3: Understanding Why Child Maltreatment Flourishes in the 21st Century . 17Chapter 4: Identifying and Understanding Abusive & Neglecting Parenting Beliefs andPractices . 21Chapter 5: Identifying and Understanding Positive Nurturing Parenting Beliefs andPractices . 25Chapter 6: Identifying the Human Brain and the Human Mind . 46Chapter 7: Positive and Negative Nurturing and the Development of Four DistinctPersonality Traits. 50Chapter 8: Principles of Nurturing Parenting . 54Chapter 9: Characteristics of the Nurturing Parenting Programs . 56Chapter 10: Chemistry of the Brain . 59Chapter 11: Adult Learning Strategies . 62Chapter 12: Nurturing Programs and the Six Protective Factors . 65Chapter 13: Professionals and Paraprofessionals Who Successfully Implement theNurturing Parenting Programs . 66Chapter 14: Nurturing Program Models and Formats . 69Chapter 15: Description of the Five Parenting Constructs . 77Chapter 16: Development and Validation of the AAPI-2 . 84Chapter 17: Children’s Component . 86AppendicesAppendix A:Appendix B:Appendix C:Appendix D:Appendix E:Finding Your ACE Score. 92“Meeting Our Needs” Activity . 94Sample Lesson – Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers. 97Sample Lesson – Young Parents and Their Families . 101Sample Lesson – Parents & Adolescents . 112
About the AuthorStephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D. is a recognized leader in the fields of child abuse and neglecttreatment and prevention, and parenting education. Born and raised in Chicago, Dr. Bavolek’sprofessional background includes working with emotionally disturbed children and adolescentsin schools and residential settings, and abused children and abusive parents in treatmentprograms. Dr. Bavolek has conducted extensive research in the prevention and treatment ofchild abuse and neglect.He received his doctorate at Utah State University in 1978 and completed a post-doctoralinternship at the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect inDenver, Colorado. He has held university faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin - EauClaire, and the University of Utah. Dr. Bavolek has received numerous international, national,state and local awards for his work, including induction in 1989 into the Royal Guild of theInternational Social Work Round Table in Vienna, Austria, and selection in 1983 by Phi DeltaKappa as one of 75 young educators in the country who represent the best in educationalleadership, research and services.In addition, he was selected by Oxford Who’s Who in 1993 as a member of the elite registry ofextraordinary professionals and in 1998 as a member of the elite registry of extraordinaryCEO’s. Dr. Bavolek was also Mental Health Professional of the Year of Northern Wisconsin in1985 and Child Advocate of the Year in Utah in 1991. In 1980, he was recognized by theMilitary Order of the Purple Heart for outstanding research and services to the handicapped.Dr. Bavolek has conducted thousands of workshops, has appeared on radio and television talkshow programs, and has published numerous books, articles, programs and newsletters. He isthe principal author of the Nurturing Parenting Programs , programs to treat and prevent childabuse and neglect, and the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2), an inventorydesigned to assess high risk parenting attitudes. Dr. Bavolek is President of FamilyDevelopment Resources, Inc. and Executive Director of the Family Nurturing Centers, Int.1Copyright 2018Family Development Resources, Inc.800-688-5822NurturingParenting.com
Nurturing Parenting Programs Reference Table by Levels of PreventionOctober 2016For complete information, visit NurturingParenting.comPrimary PREVENTION-EDUCATION (5 to 12 SESSIONS)Prevention-Education programs are designed to empower individuals and families with new knowledge, beliefs, strategiesand skills to make good and healthy lifestyle choices. The goal of prevention-education is to empower. Programs at thislevel are generally short-term approximately 5 to 12 sessions (dosage) in length.*The Prenatal, ABC’s, and Health Challenges program sessions are sequential and build upon each other. These are closedend programs, meaning parents are asked to participate in all sessions and no new parents can join the program afterSession 2.** Community Based programs that are designed as a series of stand-alone sessions. Parents can select the lessons theywish to attend as mandatory attendance is not required for all sessions.GroupBased* Prenatal Families –Group Based Program* Prenatal Families-Home Based ProgramHomeBasedXX# ofSessionsSessionLength92 ½ hours182 hoursChildren’s Program Curriculum andadditional program notesThere is no corresponding programfor children.Two Models of the Prenatal Program are availablePregnant moms and their partners or other adult familymembers attend 9 sessions. The sessions focus on improving thequality of life for the mom, her partner and the relationship.Parents learn about the dangers of smoking, drinking and use oflegal and illegal drug use while pregnant. Parents also learnabout proper nutrition, fetal growth and development andhealthy brain development.* ABC’s for Parents and Their Children 5 to 8 yearsX72 hoursChildren learn comparable skills atage-appropriate levels throughpuppets, role-play, music, artactivities and leader-led discussions.Children close the session byparading into the parent’s roomproudly displaying their lessonprojects.X122 hoursSchool-age children address issuesunderstanding feelings, self-esteem,building personal power, hope andhealing, and handling and expressingfeelings like anger, stress, worry andhope.X101½ - 2hoursThere is no corresponding children’sprogram.Parents and their children 5 to 8 years attend separate sessionsthat meet concurrently. Parents learn about nurturing parentingskills and ways to promote their children’s success in schools.Discipline, communication, helping children express theirfeelings, strategies for building self-worth and personal powerare included in the program.* Parents and Their Children with Special Needs &Health ChallengesThis group based program is designed to help parents and theirchildren with chronic or life threatening medical conditions,developmental delays, life-altering disorders and disabilities.Parents and their children meet separately for the first 90minutes and meet together for the last 30 minutes, one day aweek for 12 weeks.** Community Based Education: NurturingParentingTen independent lessons offered on power point. Lessonsinclude the philosophy of nurturing parenting, braindevelopment, and discipline, building empathy and self-worth,positive ways to deal anger and stress and alternatives tospanking.2Copyright 2018Family Development Resources, Inc.800-688-5822NurturingParenting.com
** Community Based Education: NurturingParenting in Military FamiliesX71½ - 2hoursThere is no corresponding children’sprogram.X52 hoursThere is no corresponding children’sprogram.X52 hoursThere is no corresponding children’sprogram.X81½ - 2hoursThere is no corresponding children’sprogram.Seven classes offered on power point addressing theuniqueness’s military parents face in raising their children.Lessons include deployment, reuniting, staying connected,keeping the relationship together and PTSD.** Community Based Education: Alcohol and KidsDon’t MixAn innovative, five lesson community based training programdesigned to address the dangers of alcohol addiction, fetalalcohol syndrome, teens and alcohol, prescriptive drug abuse aswell as modeling appropriate adult consumption of alcohol.** Community Based Education: Alcohol, Angerand AbuseAlcohol, Anger and Abuse is an innovative community basedtraining program that explores understanding and preventingthe relationship between alcohol and other drug abuse andchild abuse and neglect, and how they are linked.Community Based Education- Teen PregnancyPreventionThe Community Based Education Teen Pregnancy Prevention iseight independent 60 to 90 minute lessons offered on CD.Lessons educate teens about the consequences of high riskbehavior and give them the tools necessary to make betterchoices.Notes:3Copyright 2018Family Development Resources, Inc.800-688-5822NurturingParenting.com
Secondary PREVENTION-INTERVENTION (12 to 20 SESSIONS)Prevention-Intervention programs are designed for at-risk youth and teen parents, as well as parents and familiesexperiencing mild to moderate levels of individual and family dysfunction. Programs in this range work on stopping thedysfunction and engaging individuals and families in the process of building positive nurturing beliefs, knowledge and skills.Prevention-Intervention programs are referred to as Moderate Term programs and are generally from 12 to 20 sessions(dosage) depending on assessed needs. Individuals and families are required to go through an evaluation/assessment tomatch the assessed needs to the correct program content and dosage.Nurturing Skills for Families ProgramGroupBasedHomeBasedXXNurturing Skills for Families is an innovative model of theNurturing Programs that is designed to provide flexibility tomeet the needs of the families with children ranging in agefrom birth to 11 years old. The Lesson Guide for Parentscontains over 80 individual lessons presented in 16competency areas. Core competency lessons from the basicstructure of the program. Additional supplemental lessonsallow parent educators to tailor the program to the needs ofthe group or family.Nurturing Skills Programs for Latino, Haitian andArabic FamiliesXXThe Nurturing Skills Programs for Latino, Haitian and ArabicFamilies are modeled after the Nurturing Skills for FamiliesProgram. All three culturally adapted programs includeparenting handbooks and assessment inventories in the nativelanguages. Games, parenting DVDs and other instructionalmaterials are available in Spanish only. Other culturaladaptations of the Nurturing Skills Programs are in production.Core competency lessons form the basic structure of theprograms. Group and home-based sessions are provided inLesson Guides for Parents and Children.Nurturing Skills for Teen Parents-ComprehensiveCurricula for Schools & Residential CentersXXNurturing Skills for Teen Parents is a comprehensivecurriculum containing 59 individual lessons that are perfect forclasses offered in high schools, after-school programs, andresidential facilities. The Lesson Guide is easy to use detailingthe content of each lesson. Core lessons are identified thatrepresent the basic skills of teen parenting. Curriculum offersopportunities to educate teens on issues critical toadolescence including pregnancy prevention, date rape, peerpressure, dating, violent relationships and other health relatedskills.Nurturing America’s Military FamiliesXXThe Departments of the Navy and Army have implemented theNurturing Program in the New Parent Support Programs(NPSP) worldwide. The length of the program differs perinstallation as the NPSP program is voluntary. Families canenter and drop out at will. Deployment and relocation back tothe States is common. NPSP is commonly a home visitationprogram although some bases implement the program ingroups. The Lesson Guide stresses nurturing parentingpractices as well as issues related to be a military family. Suchissues include deployment, staying in touch, PTSD, reunification and more.# ofSessionsSessionLengthVariablebased ontheassessedneeds ofthe groupor family.2½ hoursfor groupVariablebased ontheassessedneeds ofthe groupor family.2½ hoursfor groupVariablebased onthe lengthof thesemesterordiscretionof theteacherClasses canrun 50 to90 minutesdependingon theinstitution’sscheduleVariablebased ontheassessedneeds ofthe familyor group90 minutehome visitsChildren’s Program Curriculumand additional notesChildren attend separate groupsessions that meet concurrentlywith the parents. The LessonGuide for Children provideslessons that are complimentaryto the parents.Depending on the age of thechild, home based classes engageparents and child in attachmentactivities.90 minutehome visitsChildren attend separate groupsessions that meet concurrentlywith the parents. The LessonGuide for Children provideslessons that are complimentaryto the parents.Depending on the age of thechild, home based classes engageparents and child in attachmentactivities.Children are encouraged to be apart of the program to enhancepositive teen parent-childattachment. Instructionalbooklets are provided to assistteens in promoting healthy childdevelopment.Adolescents attending teennurturing parenting classesreceive a parent handbook, andengage in role play, discussions,and creative expression throughart.2 ½ hoursfor group90 minutehome visitsChildren attend separate groupsessions that meet concurrentlywith the parents. The LessonGuide for Children provideslessons that are complimentaryto the parents.Depending on the age of thechild, home based classes engageparents and child in attachmentactivities.Program is appropriate for prevention and intervention.4Copyright 2018Family Development Resources, Inc.800-688-5822NurturingParenting.com
Nurturing Father’s ProgramX132 ½ hoursA 13 session group-based program designed to increaseknowledge, understanding and skills associated with malenurturance. Fathers meet weekly to increase theirunderstanding of their own childhood relationship with theirfather or father figure, learn to handle feelings of anger andstress, proper communication, ways to nurture themselvesand more.No corresponding children’sprogram.The Nurturing Fathers Program isan adaptation of the NurturingProgram philosophy and lessonsdesigned and implementedspecifically for dads.Program is appropriate for prevention-intervention.“Nurturing God’s Way” Parenting Program forChristian FamiliesX212 ½ hoursNo corresponding children’sprogram.The Nurturing God’s Wayprogram is an adaptation of theNurturing Program philosophyand lessons designed andimplemented specifically forparents of Christian faith.A 21 session group-based program authored by Sue Laney,Director of the Family Nurturing center of Georgia. Thisprogram is designed for families who embrace the teachings ofthe Bible to guide their parenting beliefs and practices. Thiscultural adaptation of the Nurturing Program incorporates thebasic philosophy of nurturing parenting while assisting parentsin building a nurturing Christian family lifestyle.Program is appropriate to use as an intervention.Family Nurturing Camp Weekend ExperienceXWeekendThe Family Nurturing Camp is a structured therapeuticweekend camp experience designed to help families buildcaring, positive family life interaction patterns. The Camp is astructured model based on the multiple components thatinclude psycho-educational groups, family based interventionand therapeutic, recreational and art activities to address thespecific issues that affect families at risk for maltreatment.WeekendChildren engage in art activities,discussions, hikes, trust buildingexercises, high ropes course andfamily strengthening activities.Program is appropriate to use as an interventionNotes:5Copyright 2018Family Development Resources, Inc.800-688-5822NurturingParenting.com
Tertiary PREVENTION-TREATMENT (15 to 25 SESSIONS)Prevention-Treatment programs (tertiary prevention) are designed for families referred for parenting education by SocialServices/Mental Health for child abuse and neglect and/or family dysfunction. Tertiary level programs “treat” abusive andneglecting parent-child or parent-teen dysfunctional interactions through a process called “re-parenting.” In re-parenting,parents increase their understanding of the abuse and neglect they experienced as children and how these parentingbeliefs and patterns where passed on to their children. Old, hurtful patterns of parenting are replaced with newer,nurturing patterns.Prevention-Treatment programs are generally referred to as Long Term programs and are generally 15 to 25 sessions orlonger depending on assessed needs of the family. Programs listed below are evidence-based programs for parents andtheir c
The Nurturing Skills Programs for Latino, Haitian and Arabic Families are modeled after the Nurturing Skills for Families Program. All three culturally adapted programs include parenting handbooks and assessment inventories in the native languages. Games, parenting DVDs and other instructional materi
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