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Parent Education
Issue Brief

Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway

Year Published:  2008

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Issue briefs include a review of research and policies to bring together current information with examples of promising practices.

Parent education is designed to strengthen and support families and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as reauthorized by the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003, identifies parent education as a core prevention service. A significant number of Community-Based Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention (CBCAP) grants are funding parent education programs as stand-alone efforts or as part of more comprehensive strategies.

Successful parent education programs help parents acquire and internalize parenting and problem-solving skills necessary to build a healthy family. Research has shown that effective parent training and family interventions promote protective factors and lead to positive outcomes for both parents and children (Lundahl & Harris, 2006). Protective factors include nurturing and attachment, knowledge of parenting and of child and youth development, parental resilience, social connections, and concrete supports for parents (Child Welfare Information Gateway, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Children's Bureau, & FRIENDS National Resource Center For Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, 2008).

This issue brief provides an overview of research regarding some key characteristics and training strategies of successful parent education programs. Information about selected evidence-based and evidence-informed parent education programs, including a list of registries that cite the program, also is provided.

Table of Contents

1. What the Research Shows
2. Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed Programs
3. Additional Resources
4. References

This issue brief was developed in partnership with the FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention.

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Updated on October 9, 2009