Parenting Education Programs July 2015 - June 2018
For Prenatal Families and Parents with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
These programs utilize the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP) as the primary service delivery coupled with the Matrix Outcomes Model (MOM) and accompanying Family Development Matrix (FDM) for Family Support Services. The models are selected for their potential to assess the family’s needs, reduce the incidence of child abuse, improve parenting, family functioning and create healthy environments for the optimal development of all children.
Nurturing Parenting® is... Worldwide
Effective
Families from all over the world (including the US, England, Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and Canada) have had the opportunity to benefit from the Nurturing philosophy of parenting; and in all branches of the military, families are using the Nurturing Parenting Programs® to improve their parenting skills.
The NPP program utilizes the five parenting constructs of the AAPI to form the foundation of the lessons of the Nurturing Parenting Program®. In this manner, the AAPI provided the level of risk assessment and the Nurturing Parenting Program® provided the treatment. The NIMH study showed remarkable and significant changes in positive family interactions. Findings of the three year project included:
Evidence-Based The Nurturing Programs are evidenced–based programs recognized by National Registry of Evidenced-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency (OJJDP), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and Child Welfare League of America (CWLA).
Vetted The first Nurturing Parenting Program was developed and validated in a multi-site, three year national study from 1983 to 1985. The study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to prevent the recurrence of child abuse and neglect in families with children 0 to 12 years of age with different curricula offered such as Nurturing Skills for Families (22 weeks) and Parents & Their Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers (16 Sessions).
1. A retention rate of 83% of DSS/DCF families completing the 15 session group-based program. 2. Significant post-test gains in positive personality characteristics, family functioning, parenting beliefs and knowledge of proper (non-abusive) parenting strategies. 3. Most importantly, longitudinal follow-up on recidivism rates was 7% of the 95 families completing the program. Important to recognize that in the mid-1980s, no valid or published parenting programs were available for families charged with child maltreatment. The Nurturing Parenting Program® was the first family-based program designed specifically for parents who were identified as abusive and/ or neglecting of their children (treatment) or who were high risk for child maltreatment (prevention/intervention).
Family Development Matrix (FDM) The Matrix Outcomes Model helps transform agency outcomes through custom measures. We offer a collaborative approach from design to implementation. The result is an outcomes model to measure real change with families, agencies and communities. Agencies using the Matrix usually have combinations of these program characteristics: they strive to be accessible, accountable for results, collaborative, community based, comprehensive, culturally sensitive, integrated, family focused, prevention focused, school linked, and tailored to individual, family and community needs, family strengths and outcomes. The Family Development Matrix (FDM) is a comprehensive and strengths-based assessment and practice tool that enhances the community’s commitment to supporting at risk families while tracking family and service outcomes.
The FDM is a prevention and early intervention assessment and case management tool used in partnership with referral agencies to engage families to achieve change. It facilitates family participation in case management providing reliable information from which to plan family goals using existing their strengths, application of best practice interventions and a family empowerment plan. Results track change through family engagement to measure the progress of family outcomes and the effectiveness of interventions. From 2009 through 2015, the Family Development Matrix was funded by the California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention (California Department of Social Services, 2012). The funding provided an integrated family assessment tool with a standard set of 20 core assessment indicators. With a baseline and subsequent assessments the outcome data provides family resource centers their ability to share results across sector programs often with local child welfare agencies.
Nurturing Parenting Programs In 2014-2015
718
parents completed the Nurturing Parenting Program
394
352
Child abuse and neglect can have deep and long lasting effects on physical and emotional health throughout a person’s lifetime1. First 5 San Bernardino invests in critical parent education services to ensure families are safe, healthy, and nurturing. Parents who completed the Nurturing Parents parenting program showed a statistically significant increase in knowledge and behaviors related to positive parenting that help protect against abuse and neglect. parents moved from high to moderate or low risk on one or more subscales of the AAPI-2 by the end of the program, thereby reducing their children’s likelihood of experiencing maltreatment.
parents entered the parent education program scoring in the high risk range on one or more of the five subscales of the AAPI-23
Personal Story
Cost Analysis
The Center for Disease Control estimates that the total lifetime financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment in the United States is estimated to be $124 billion.
Lifetime estimated cost for each surviving victim of child maltreatment
$210,012
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The costs of each death due to child maltreatment are even higher.
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June 11, 2014 “I expected going into the program to learn information about feeding my daughter, time-out, things to help us get through our day,” said Mathew Lomelin, a local father of two from Rancho Cucamonga. “To my surprise, Nurturing Parenting went above and beyond that. I learned through this program that being a parent is more than just having an obedient kid, you’re building someone. It not only helped me be a better parent, but it helped me be a better person.”
Felitti, V. J., & Anda, R. (2009). The relationship of adverse childhood experiences to adult medical disease, psychiatric disorders, and sexual behavior: Implications for healthcare. In R. Lanius, E. Vermetten, & C. Pain (Eds.), The Hidden Epidemic: The impact of early life trauma on health and disease. This estimate includes the costs of child health care, adult medical bills, productivity losses, and child welfare and criminal justice system involvement The AAPI-2 is an inventory designed to assess the parenting and child rearing attitudes of adolescents and adult parents. Responses to the inventory provide an index of risk for practicing behaviors known to be attributable to child abuse and neglect.
For Prenatal Families and Parents with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
HIGH DESERT
Adelanto, Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia
St. Joseph Health-St Mary Medical Center
EAST VALLEY
(760) 946-4241
Highland, Mentone, Redlands, Yucaipa, Victoria Elementary School
Building A Generation
MOUNTAIN
(909) 793-8822
Big Bear Mountain Communities
Bear Valley Community Healthcare District
(909) 878-2326
WestCare Arizona, Inc.
(760) 326-3135
NEEDLES
For Parents with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
HIGH DESERT
Victorville, Apple Valley, Hesperia, Oak Hills, Phelan, Helendale, Lucerne Valley, Wrightwood
Moses House Ministries
(760) 955-1895
HIGH DESERT
Barstow, Adelanto, El Mirage, Trona, Rim Mountain Communities, Pinon Hills, Oro Grande, Phelan
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
MID-DESERT & FONTANA
(909) 884-3735
Yucca Valley, Fontana
Family Service Association
WEST END
(855)-FSA-4-YOU
Chino, South Ontario, Chino Hills
Chino Valley Unified School District
WEST END & MOUNTAIN
(909) 628-1201 x 8960
North Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Montclair, Mount Baldy, Guasti, Lytle Creek, Etiwanda
Reach Out
(909) 982-8641
CENTRAL VALLEY San Bernardino
Parents Anonymous, Inc.
(909) 575-4215
For Young Parents (Ages 13-24) Prenatal Stage or with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
COUNTY WIDE Walden Family Services
(909) 264-6742
For additional First 5 San Bernardino programs in San Bernardino County http://www.first5sanbernardino.org