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The Triple P - Positive Parenting
Program
by W.
Rodney Hammond, Ph.D.
Centers For
Disease Control
A
new study, funded by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), shows when parents
have access to proven parenting interventions
designed to address problems all families
face-from tantrums to encouraging good behavior -
key measures of child maltreatment
fall.
Support for
families enrolled in the study came through the
Triple P - Positive Parenting Program. The program
uses a multi-level, parenting, and family support
strategy that aims to prevent behavioral,
emotional and developmental problems in children
by enhancing the knowledge, skills and confidence
of parents. Triple P incorporates a wide range of
support mechanisms for parents including local
media, brief public seminars, and parent
consultation by specially trained providers in
clinics, schools, churches, and community
centers.
Researchers Ronald J. Prinz,
Matthew R. Sanders,
Cheri J. Shapiro,
Daniel J. Whitaker and
John R. Lutzker estimate for an area
containing 100,000 children under age eight that
the results found in the study could translate
annually into 688 fewer cases of child
maltreatment, 240 fewer out-of-home placements,
and 60 fewer children with injuries requiring
hospitalization or emergency room
treatment.
To find out more, click
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How
Do Secure Mother-Child Attachments Predict Good
Relationships?
by Phyllis Picklesimer
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign |
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 Preschool
children who are securely attached to their
mothers form closer friendships in the early
grade-school years for a number of reasons,
according to a new University of Illinois study
published in Child Development.
"In a secure, emotionally open
mother-child relationship, children develop a more
positive, less biased understanding of others,
which then promotes more positive friendships
during the early school years," said Nancy
McElwain, a U of I assistant professor of human
and community development and lead author of the
study.
Scientists have known about the link between
attachment and friendship quality, but they
haven't understood the reasons it exists, she
added.
The study included 1,071 children from the
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth
Development. Researchers assessed mother-child
attachment at age three. They also assessed how
openly mothers and children acknowledged and
communicated about their emotions when the child
was four and a
half.
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New
Grad Nation Guidebook and
Tools
America's
Promise |
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 America's
Promise has announced that the latest version of
Grad Nation, an evidence-based guide to
help increase the high school graduation rate in
communities across the country has been released.
New suggestions and updates from practitioners and
technical assistance providers throughout the
field have been incorporated.
According to announcement from America's
Promise, "One-third of all students and half
of minority youth - a startling 1.2 million kids -
fail to graduate high school each year. Many
of those who do graduate lack the basic skills
needed to succeed in college, work and life.
With this many children at risk, our nation
is at risk." Authored by
Robert Balfanz, Ph.D. and Joanna Honig Fox from
the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins
University, and John M. Bridgeland and Mary
McNaught of Civic Enterprises, Grad
Nation presents a compelling case for a broad
cross-section of all organizations and individuals
to get involved. The guide offers a
variety of resources and solutions that address
the challenge at every level, while recognizing
that there is no silver bullet for reducing the
nation's dropout rate. Grad Nation is the
first 'one stop shop' for anyone who wants to
assemble the best set of approaches that will
impact the problem. To see and download the
newly updated version, click
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Six
Secrets For Converting Website Visitors to Loyal
Clients
by Jody Johnson Pawel,
LSW, CFLE
Parents Toolshop |
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 Statistics show
you must have at least 5-7 contacts with a
potential client, to establish a relationship and
build trust, before they are likely to use your
services. "Conversion" techniques offer these
extra opportunities to connect with, support,
educate and help visitors, so they are more likely
to become clients later.
Here
are the six secrets for using conversion
techniques ethically and
responsibly:
Secret
#1: While visitors are at your site,
start building a relationship with them. Get them
involved, engaged and connected by using
interactive features such as:
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Assessments, surveys, quizzes, contests and
information request forms.
- Allowing visitors
to interact with others, by contributing articles,
reviews, success stories, and ask or answer
questions.
- Solicit experts in your field to
provide articles or
interviews.
Secret
#2: Offer no-risk ways to start a
relationship with you, such as giving away free
resources. Some ideas are: tip sheets, e-courses,
articles, e-books, PowerPoint presentations,
e-newsletters, audio recordings, or free
tele-seminars. An excellent training program
that teaches you how to create these resources and
market your website is "The 90-Day Product
Factory," co-created by Mitch Meyerson and Michael
Port(http://snipurl.com/ProductFactory90day
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To
learn more secrets, click
here. |
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