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Parent Education and Support - Useful Websites
Adventures in Parenting - A new booklet released by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development that incorporate three decades of research on effective parenting techniques and healthy child development. Available free of charge by calling 1-800-370-2943 or online at their website.
Building a Successful Prevention Program: Western Regional Center for the Application of Prevention - Technical assistance in gauging existing programs´ efficacy and in designing new programs in accordance with your community´s needs.
Cyfernet: National Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Initiative - 1000s of links to articles on various topics including family-child relationships, family dynamics and couple relationships.
Dr. Spock - Advice on a variety of topics from noted pediatricians
Family Support America - Identifying and connecting individuals and organizations that have contact with families; provides technical assistance, training and education, conferences and publications.
Fathering - Information for fathers including an online library and resource center.
Highlights from the Parent Education and Support Research Literature
Measuring the Fit with Best Practices: A Guide for Program Planners, Program Implementers and Proposal Writers - Mom´s Refuge - Advice for working mothers.
National Children, Youth & Families at Risk Initiative - Links to many parent education resources including publications, providers, program development and planning.
National Extension Parent Education Model - Outline of a model parent education program that provides common ground for extension professionals.
National Network for Family Resiliency-- Parenting Database - Building strengths to meet life´s challenges.
National Parent Information Network (NPIN) - Committed to advancing the field of parenting education.
National Parent Information Network (NPIN) Clearinghouse on Urban Education - Providing access to research-based information about the process of parenting and about family involvement in education.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Family Skills Training for Parents and Children - Study on the efficacy of the Strengthening Families Program.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Research Studies and Results - Study on the efficacy of the Incredible Years Program.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: The Nurturing Parenting Program - Study on the efficacy of the Nurturing Parent Program.
Parent Education and Support Programs by Douglas Powell - ERIC digest article; a broad overview describing the effects of parent education and support and the dimensions of high-quality programs.
Parent Soup - Lots of parenting advice for parents of toddlers to teens.
Parent Teacher Association - Largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States.
Strengthening America´s Families: Effective Family Programs for Prevention of Delinquency - Summaries of family-focused programs that have been proven effective.
Parenting the First Year Newsletter - Not quite a newsletter, Parenting the First Year is a series which may be mailed directly to parents. Parents receive a monthly "newsletter" which include age-specific and research-based information about infant and toddler development, social skills, nutritional needs and health and safety. It is available in both Spanish and English.
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