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Background:
Parental difficulties, including mental ill health, substance misuse, domestic violence and learning disability have been associated with children entering out-of-home care. There is also evidence that these issues may co-occur within families. Understanding how the co-occurrence of these difficulties is associated with care entry is complex because they may co-occur in the same or different household members and have different impacts on the likelihood of care entry when they occur in mothers, fathers or in single parent households.
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This ECDAN webinar discussed the current state of parenting support in crisis, efforts to deliver parenting interventions, and recommendations for delivery.
This Parenting Month, the global community is calling for accessible parenting support for every family. The Global Parenting Initiative and the Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP)* is convening implementers, researchers, policymakers and donors to catalyze and scale parenting support through collective action. GISP hosted a Special Panel Discussion exploring the current state of parenting support in crisis, ongoing efforts to…
The Families Together parenting program builds upon the Skilful Parenting Curriculum and Program, an evidence-based positive parenting approach of Investing in Children and Their Societies (ICS-SP).
It aims to promote positive parenting practices and family relationships, with the ultimate goal of promoting children’s positive development, preventing violence against children, and strengthening families. The Families Together program is designed to support all caregivers with children aged 0-17 years.
This facilitator’s manual provides the detailed content for each session and should…
This guide is part of the Families Together parenting curriculum for families who have a child reintegrating into the home.
Families Together has eight parenting sessions provided by skilled facilitators and delivered through parent peer groups of around 18-24 parents and caregivers. Families Together has been adapted for use during individual home visits by case workers who are supporting families to prepare for or who have already undergone reintegration. The home visit program has the following modules.
- Module 1. Family Relationships
- Module 2. Child…
Families Together is a positive parenting program for use with families at risk of separation and families undergoing reintegration of children from residential care. It should be delivered by facilitators who have been trained in Families Together and are working within a structured care reform or parenting program. The information in the flipbook should be used together with the Home Visit Facilitator Guide. The Guide provides guidance on delivering Families Together during home visits and additional information on the parenting topics addressed in this program. It is important to read the…
Summary
This report presents the findings from a mixed-methods evaluation of peer parental advocacy (PPA) in the London Borough of Camden. PPA is a form of peer advocacy whereby parents with lived experience of child protection support other parents to navigate and engage with the process. Research evidence suggests that parents can find the child protection system to be difficult, stigmatising and authoritarian. Proponents of PPA suggest that it has the potential to promote shared decision-making, improve relationships between social services professionals and families, and enable…
This report examines trends in adolescent childbearing using techniques that focus on the most vulnerable girls, such as child mothers, girls with repeat adolescent childbearing, and births that occur in dangerously quick succession. In using these new measures, it uncovers the untold story of more than 50 years of adolescent childbearing in the world’s low- and middle-income countries. The new measures reveal that the issue is not just about whether or not a girl gives birth in adolescence but if, when and how many births she experiences. That is, adolescent childbearing comprises three…
Parenting is critical in supporting and shaping children’s developmental outcomes. Parenting programs and resources help to support caregivers’ own growth and well-being as well. The importance of parenting is documented in a large body of research detailing how parenting of children, particularly that which is safe and nurturing, is related to subsequent cognitive, behavioral and socioemotional development, and directly influences how caregivers interact with other major socializing forces to promote children’s optimal development. Family strengthening approaches such as parenting skills…
This report is based on consultations with parents and allies in England carried out by Parent Families and Allies Network; Love Barrow Families; New Beginnings; Parent and Carer Alliance; and Southwark Family Council and Parent to Parent Peer Advocacy. It sets out ideas on making the care system more supportive, humane and inclusive, and ensuring families’ needs are met early, with advocacy as a core feature. It also argues for immediate changes, led by parents and children with lived experience of social care. The report is based on the experiences of some of these parents, with input…
Children of female sex workers (CFSWs) are a highly vulnerable group of children due to their exposure to a combination of health, social, and economic risk factors. These children often live in extreme poverty, experience food insecurity, have poor access to essential services, and are at increased risk of HIV infection, as well as physical, emotional, and sexual violence, and school dropout. Many of these risks are the result of stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion due to their mothers’ sex work.
The purpose of this training curriculum is to strengthen the capacity of program…