Create a Competency Based Nurturing Parenting Program from 80 Individual Lessons that meets the Specific Parenting Needs of Families.
In the Nurturing Skills for Families™ Program, professionals have the flexibility of tailoring a specific Nurturing Program to meet the assessed parenting needs of families while maintaining the fidelity of the philosophy and model of Nurturing Parenting.
- Nurturing Skills for Families™ is an innovative approach designed to empower parents and parent educators in creating customized, competency based parenting programs to meet the specific needs of families.
- Nurturing Skills for Families consists of 80 lessons, each lasting between sixty to ninety minutes lessons from the evidenced-based Nurturing Parenting Programs for Parents and Their Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers®, and Parents and Their School Age Children®.
- Parents comp0lete the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2) and the Nurturing Skills Competency Scale (NSCS) to measure parenting beliefs, knowledge and skills.
- Based on the assessed needs of the family, parents and parent educators work together and select competency based lessons from the curriculum to form a parenting program that is customized to meet the specific needs of the families.
- Lessons can be taught in a home setting, in a group setting, or in a combination group and home setting.
- The Family Nurturing Plan (FNP) promotes a partnership between parents and professionals to work together in creating a parenting program that meets the specific needs of the family.
- Parents need to demonstrate competence in the Core Lessons that form the foundation of Nurturing Parenting.
- Tailor-made parenting programs increase parental commitment in attending and participating in learning nurturing parenting beliefs, knowledge and skills.
80 Lessons presented in 18 Nurturing Parenting Skill Areas:
- Assessing Parenting Competencies
- Nurturing Parenting Philosophy
- Cultural Parenting Traditions
- Developing Spirituality in Parenting
- Making Good Choices: Smoking, Alcohol, Sex, STDs, AIDS and Violent Relationships
- Growth and Development of Children
- The Importance of Touch
- Developing Empathy
- Managing and Communicating Feelings
- Managing Stress and Anger
- Understanding Discipline
- Rewards and Punishments
- Alternatives to Spanking
- Developing Nurturing Routines
- Celebrating Changes
- Prenatal Parenting
- Foster & Adoptive Parents
- Working with Developmentally Disabled and Special Learning Needs Parents
80 Lessons also Presented by the Five AAPI-2 Parenting Constructs
80 Lessons are also presented by each of the five parenting constructs of the AAPI-2:
- Inappropriate Expectations
- Lack of Empathy
- Belief in Corporal Punishment
- Family Role Reversal
- Suppressing Power and Independence
Administer the AAPI-2 and use the results to create a tailor made program.
Nurturing Skills for Families includes:
Program materials included Lesson Guide for Parents; Lesson Guide for Children; Parent Handbook; Instructional DVDs; Assessment Inventories.
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