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Parenting Matters: Parent Education for Court-Mandated and Department of Social Services (DSS) Referred Parents

Parenting Matters: Parent Education for Court-Mandated and Department of Social Services (DSS) Referred Parents. M. Jean Baldwin, Ph.D. North Carolina A&T State University Gwendolyn Johnson, M.S. Tuskegee University. All social, economic and ethnic groups

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Parenting Matters: Parent Education for Court-Mandated and Department of Social Services (DSS) Referred Parents

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  1. Parenting Matters: Parent Education for Court-Mandated and Department of Social Services (DSS) Referred Parents M. Jean Baldwin, Ph.D. North Carolina A&T State University Gwendolyn Johnson, M.S. Tuskegee University

  2. All social, economic and ethnic groups Larger percentage of lower socioeconomic families Almost all criminals abused as children Biological parent most responsible Parents abused as children six times more likely to be abusive Justification/Description

  3. Justification/Description, cont. • $94 billion/indirect costs (special education, juvenile delinquency, lost productivity, and adult criminality) • $24 billion/direct costs (hospitalization, mental health needs, and the child welfare and judicial systems)

  4. Abuse parenting styles are learned Parents using force see it as only means, have no alternatives Education & support needed break the cycle of abuse Justification/Description, cont.

  5. Parenting Matters developed 2003, to fill the need for parenting training for court-mandated DSS/other agency referrals Referred due to abuse or neglect or high risk of doing so Justification/Description, cont.

  6. Goal • To reduce or eliminate instances of child maltreatment by providing educational learning experiences that increase the use of positive parenting practices by participating parents

  7. Parenting MattersObjectives • To help parents identify and use ways they can: 1. Be a positive influence in their children’s lives. 2. Take better care of themselves. 3. Communicate effectively and improve their relationship with their children.

  8. Parenting MattersObjectives cont. • To help parents identify and use ways they can: 4. Discipline appropriately. 5. Manage stress effectively. 6. Build a stronger support system.

  9. Experiential Learning Model • 8 sessions; 1 ½ - 2 hours each session • Uses experiential learning model • Experience • Share reactions • Process, analyze, discuss experience • Generalize • Apply

  10. National Extension Parent Education Model (NPEM) • Care of Self • Understand • Guide • Nurture • Motivate • Advocate www.cyfernet.org/parenting_practices/preface.html

  11. Evaluation Tools • Closing go-around • Checking your pulse • Follow-through Activities • Pre- & Post Assessments • Follow-up telephone survey • Information from social workers

  12. Parenting Matters Training • Background information about child abuse in NC • Risk Factors in child maltreatment • Connecting with the audience • Attendance and participation record

  13. Results and Conclusions • 2002-2003 PM pilot in three NC counties • (2004) 12 agents from NC and two from Alabama (Tuskegee) participated in two-day training • Diverse group of parents (race/gender)

  14. Partnerships established (DSS; DHR, Head Start, local Health Departments, Juvenile Court System, Housing Authority, etc). Results and Conclusions, cont.

  15. THANK YOU! M. Jean Baldwin, Ph.D. Family Life & Human Development Specialist Email: jeanb@ncat.edu Phone: (336) 334-7956, ext. 2113 NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC The Cooperative Extension Program

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