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Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) Kenya is working with four local non-governmental and faith-based organizations in the western part of Kenya and on the coast to strengthen family based care for children with an aim to prevent child-family separation and increase family-based alternatives for those that are separated.
The support received by families is largely provided by community-level workforce including skilled and trusted volunteers who work directly with families to understand the challenges that they face and the…
Global evidence shows that family strengthening programs increase parent and caregiver knowledge, self-confidence, and competencies around parenting, resulting in improvements for children and families. CTWWC Kenya is supporting families who are at risk of separation and those who have been reunited with their children, by helping parents or primary caregivers access a package of family strengthening support, directly and through referral to existing sources of support.
Positive parenting programs are an important part of this package and are provided together with training in household…
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…
This presentation is by the Children’s Trust Fund Alliance and their colleagues regarding a project they have been working on in partnership with parents to identify alternatives to CPS investigations. Using a participatory action research approach, three foundations (Annie E. Casey, Stand Together, and Aviv Foundation) supported a project to engage with parents as planners, recruiters, and interviewers to reach out to 100 parents across the U.S. who have experienced an initial visit from their local child welfare system.
Ten parents interviewed 100 parents to help better understand their…
As part of the project ‘Humanitarian Response to the Protection Needs of Migrant Girls, Boys and Teenagers on the Northern Border of Mexico’, financed by the Basque Government’s Cooperation and Development Aid Fund (FOCAD) (August 2020 to November 2022), SC Spain alongside SC Mexico have developed a series of workshops. These workshops, based on the methodology ”Parenting with tenderness” (It is a tool to strengthen the bond between fathers, mothers and sons and daughters based on love and respect) and “Parenting on the Move”, are aimed at mothers, fathers and caregivers, with the goal of…
This World Bank report provides a first comprehensive review of global data for young people who were under the age of 25 during the pandemic. It shows that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted human capital accumulation at critical moments in the life cycle, derailing development for millions of children and young people in low- and middle-income countries.
COVID-19 dealt the biggest setback to global poverty-reduction efforts in decades – 70 million more people pushed back into extreme poverty. But it also caused a hidden but massive collapse in the…
This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on parenting interventions for parents and caregivers of children aged 0–17 years that are designed to reduce child maltreatment and harsh parenting, enhance the parent–child relationship, and prevent poor mental health among parents and emotional and behavioural problems among children.
Background:
Child maltreatment is a global public health problem. It can have detrimental and long-lasting effects on the development and health of children. Preventing child maltreatment has the potential to ensure that hundreds of…
This case study documents the story of Mary, one of thousands of children in Kenya who were sent to family care suddenly without any preparation when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Mary's story highlights the need for family assistance to see a reunification through to successful reintegration.
This document has been produced as part of the regional learning platform on care in Eastern and Southern Africa. The platform and its corresponding documentation were planned and conceptualised by UNICEF Eastern and Southern African Regional Office (ESARO) and Changing the Way We CareSM (CTWWC).…