API Support Group Leaders are making progress with community outreach activities that educate parents and professionals who are not familiar with Attachment Parenting (AP).
Lisa oversees the application process for people interested in becoming
API Support Group Leaders.
Please contact Lisa if you have questions about the application process or if you would like to begin the process of becoming
an API Support Group Leader.
Not exact matches
You brought the number of
API Leaders and
leader applicants to 248 and local
support groups to 80, with several new countries represented.
Nashville, TN — May, 2014 — Attachment Parenting International (
API), a non-profit global network of parenting
support groups with more than 70 locations around the world, announces its newest Board of Directors member, community
leader and advocate for children and families, Margaret Feierabend.
Print copies are provided to
API Leaders and their local
API Support Groups.
If you have questions about these Principles or how to apply them to your family situation, please visit an
API parent
Support Group or contact an
API leader, or post your comments and questions to
API's Forum.
If you would like to discuss a special offer or promotion for
API Leaders and / or
Support Groups, please contact our Advertising Team or our
Leader Liaison.
Local
support group leaders have been instructed to refer all national media contacts to
API headquarters.
Through the Leadership process
API promises to provide the information and
support to each
Leader so that they can offer it to the parents who attend
support groups.
I attended the local
API support group as a member for about 2 years, and then got certified as a
leader when ours retired.
A chance to share your passion; opportunity to become an
API leader, start a new
support group, or donate your skills to the
API Headquarters Team
API needs more
support groups — become a
leader of your own
support group.
This month please welcome Naomi Davidson, of
API of Port Angeles, Washington, and Rebecca Sanjabi, of San Francisco
API, as new
Leaders, as well as new
Leader Megan Tyers, and her new
Support Group,
API of Wangaratta, Australia!
Attachment Parenting International (
API) is directly involved in building resilience in communities across the nation and around the world through its local
API Support Groups and accredited
API Leaders by
supporting secure parent - child attachments.
A couple months later, I noticed I could do a little more, so I decided to enter the
API Leader Application Program in order to start an
API support group here in Brazil.
Local AP chapter meetings, telephone
leader support, online forums, social media
groups...
API has places you can turn for help, advice or just to vent.
Many
API leaders have started
groups in their hometowns precisely because they are the ones looking for
support!
While
API's local
leaders and parent
support groups are not specific to breastfeeding
support, we provide a holistic look at breastfeeding and the mother - infant relationship.
Programs:
API trains and accredits
Leaders around the world, hosts regular
support groups, online forums, and parent
support, conducts advocacy, research, and outreach programs, publishes a magazine, The Attached Family, and several enewletters, as well as an annual Journal of research, teleseminars, book club, AP Month in October, and many other programs.
Kendra Godfrey, MS, is the
API of Iowa City
support group leader.
If you have questions about applying the Eight Principles in your family, please contact an
API Parent
Support Group Leader near you or
API Headquarters.
Starting and leading a
support group can be intimidating to a new
API Leader, or someone interested in leadership but who hasn't made the commitment by applying for leadership.
Attachment Parenting International (
API) encourages all mothers to consider hiring a doula, to be in frequent contact with a breastfeeding specialist and to connect with their local
API Leaders and
API Support Groups.
Many communities now have NVC practice
groups, and I encourage all API Support Groups to look into inviting an NVC - trained group leader to visit and perhaps lead a practice session at a me
groups, and I encourage all
API Support Groups to look into inviting an NVC - trained group leader to visit and perhaps lead a practice session at a me
Groups to look into inviting an NVC - trained
group leader to visit and perhaps lead a practice session at a meeting.
It made so much sense to me that it inspired me to not only become an
API Leader and create an
API Support Group here in Brazil —
API Rio — but also to write and speak about Attachment Parenting.
I am also currently an
API Leader Applicant, preparing myself to start the first
API support group in Brazil:
API Rio.
Contact your local
API Support Group to speak with an API Leader, or if you're not located near a parenting group, submit your question through the API Warm
Group to speak with an
API Leader, or if you're not located near a parenting
group, submit your question through the API Warm
group, submit your question through the
API Warmline.
All parents are encouraged to seek out
support from their local API Leader and API Support
support from their local
API Leader and
API SupportSupport Group.
When parents who are firm in Attachment Parenting have a question about whether a child - rearing practice leads to a secure parent - child attachment bond, they feel certain that they can turn to
API resources, specifically
API's Eight Principles of Parenting, the cofounders» book Attached at the Heart, or local
API Support Groups and
API Leaders.
All
API Support Groups are led by accredited
API Leaders, trained by
API in theory, research and application of Attachment Parenting as well as compassionate peer counseling techniques and Nonviolent Communication.
That's why
API established the Reedy Hickey Scholarship Fund during
API's 20th Anniversary Celebration — to
support parent applicants dedicating themselves to voluntarily lead
groups who can not afford to pay application fees,
leader dues or
support group dues.
* NOTE: While not required for becoming an
API Parenting Educator, advantages of becoming an
API Leader would be the ability to form and facilitate local
support group meetings, network with
API Leaders all over the world, share meeting ideas, receive continued
support and information from
API and the
Leaders Forum.
As an
API Leader, the most common question I'm asked is, if dads are allowed at
API Support Groups.
* NOTE: While not required for becoming an
API Parenting Educator, advantages of becoming an
API Leader would be the ability to form and facilitate local
support group meetings, network with
API Leaders all over the world, share meeting ideas, receive continued
support and information from
API and the
Leaders Forum.
Print copies are provided to
API Leaders and their local
API Support Groups.
If you have questions about applying the Eight Principles in your family, please contact an
API Parent
Support Group Leader near you or
API Headquarters.
Kendra Godfrey, MS, is the
API of Iowa City
support group leader.
You brought the number of
API Leaders and
leader applicants to 248 and local
support groups to 80, with several new countries represented.
API provides free helpful information and
support via 24/7 online forums, programming and publications, but our most unique organizational feature is our Support Group Leader accreditation p
support via 24/7 online forums, programming and publications, but our most unique organizational feature is our
Support Group Leader accreditation p
Support Group Leader accreditation program.
Through this accreditation program, volunteer
API Leaders are designated and
supported to conduct free, regular parent
support groups in their areas providing face - to - face
support and outreach.