The ACT Parents Raising Safe Kids Parenting Program, created by the American Psychological Association, is a national research-based initiative designed to educate communities and families to create safe, healthy environments that protect children and youth from violence.
Key components of the program
- Partnerships with community-based organizations, agencies, coalitions, colleges, hospitals, and churches.
- Train the trainer model to prepare professionals to disseminate research-based knowledge and skills to adults.
- Sensitivity to different cultures and backgrounds.
- Importance of evaluation as a tool to assess the impact of the program on the parents and to guide program improvement as well.
PVFF staff members can provide both the two-day facilitator training for professionals, empowering them to deliver evidence-based programming to their constituents or present the eight-week parent program within the Allen County area. Within the eight-week parent program, information will be shared on:
Early childhood social and emotional growth:
- How children learn violence
- The importance of appropriate role modeling of anger management and social problem solving
- Media violence
- Effective discipline
For more information on how to bring ACT into your community, email Donna at ddickman@pvff.org or call 419-549-8530.
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