Parent Education to Strengthen Families and Reduce the Risk of Maltreatment
- Topics: Basic information about the implementation of parent education programs
- Description: "Provides an overview of research regarding some key characteristics and training strategies of successful parent education programs for strengthening families and preventing child maltreatment."
- Resource Type: Research Guide
- Length: 14 pages
- Agency/Author: Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Year Published: 2013
Family Engagement: Partnering With Families to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes
- Topics: Family partnerships, child welfare, best practice
- Description: This bulletin provides an overview of the foundational elements of the family engagement approach, followed by strategies and promising practices for implementing this approach at the case level, peer level, and systems level.
- Resource Type: Research Guide
- Length: 14 pages
- Agency/Author: Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Year Published: 2016
Engaging Families in Child Welfare Services: An Evidence-Based Approach to Best Practice
- Topics: Family Engagement
- Description: This article discusses effective engagement strategies for families involved in the child welfare system.
- Resource Type: Journal Article
- Length: 27 pages
- Agency/Author: Marianne Berry and Kari Dawson / Child Welfare
- Year Published: 2002
Engaging Families Affected by Substance Abuse Disorders
- Topics: Family, Substance Abuse, Case Management
- Description: A PowerPoint with helpful overview of summary statistics citing need for treatment and engaging the family while providing some guidance as well.
- Resource Type: PowerPoint Slides
- Length: 24 pages
- Agency/Author: Children and Family Futures
- Year Published: 2015
Nurturing Parenting Programs & Strengthening Families
- Topics: Family-centered, trauma-informed, nurturing parenting skills
- Description: The Nurturing Parenting Programs (NPP) are family-based programs for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. The programs were developed to help families who have been identified by child welfare agencies for past child abuse and neglect or who are at high risk for child abuse and neglect. This document explores how six protective factors can be established in a family which increase the likelihood that child abuse and neglect diminishes.
- Resource Type: Guidance Document
- Length: 24 pages
- Agency/Author: Nurturing Parenting
- Year Published: 2012