Sentences with phrase «building of protective factors»

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Grantees implement programs which teach parents and early education providers about ways to strengthen families and build protective factors (such as parenting skills and resilience in times of stress; building social connections and a support network; and knowledge of child development) in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect before it begins.

Therapeutic interventions build on existing strengths and protective factors in the child and family, and consider at its heart the welfare of the child and family.

When we focus on building protective factors in families, such as nurturing, knowledge of child development and age - appropriate expectations, parental resilience and concrete family supports, we can reduce or eliminate the risk of maltreatment.

Building protective factors to promote mental health can in turn reduce the likelihood of future health problems and poor adult outcomes (Greenberg, Domitrovich, & Bumbarger, 2001; Weissberg, Kumpfer, & Seligman, 2003).

Scientifically proven programs are utilized by Harford County Public Schools» teachers that promote character education, build self - esteem, provide resiliency and protective factors as well as educate students and parents about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse.

One of the protective factors highlighted in resilience theory is that if a young person has at least one caring adult who knows them, has high expectations for them, communicates a sense of belonging, recognizes their strengths, and gives them opportunities to be themselves, express themselves and their strengths, this builds resilience and the capacity to face challenges with self - awareness and confidence.

A professional with at least 30 hours of training / education on listening to and reporting the views of the child including: 6.5 hours on child development and structured interviews of children, research on children in family justice decision - making, and ethics of interviewing children; 6.5 hours on child interview skills including building rapport, child friendly interview environments, appropriate language usage and questions, and effectively reporting the views of the child; and 17 hours of other relevant education on topics such as the rights of children, research on the inclusion and exclusion of children in family justice decision - making, the impacts of family breakdown or transition on children, risks and protective factors for children in family justice processes, family dynamics of separation and divorce including high conflict family dynamics.

During the rest of the month, they will be using the CAP Month messaging to post more information and positive messages on Facebook about building strong families and understanding the Protective Factors.

Strengthening Families Center for the Study of Social Policy Describes a framework for increasing family strengths and enhancing child development by helping parents build protective factors in their lives and communities.

Circle of Parents — Coordinate and oversee specialized parent support groups to build protective factors in families, current focus areas include: Parents in Recovery and Parents Raising a Child with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Our FASD Parent Support Groups also follow the Circle of Parents model of mutual self - help, building protective factors in families, and are confidential and non-judgmental.

An awareness of the protective factors that are present in children and families can help pediatricians to build on their strengths during health promotion conversations.

Prevention Objective 1.6: Faith - Based and Community - Based Efforts (PDF - 73 KB) Florida Executive Office of the Governor & Florida Faith - Based and Community - Based Council (2011) Discusses procedures the State of Florida will be taking by June 2015 to provide information and resources to promote and build efforts by faith - based and community - based systems to provide family and community supports that build protective factors in families.

While KidsMatter Primary is not specifically designed to help schools prevent and address self - harming behaviour, the four components of KidsMatter Primary help schools to address many of the risk factors related to self - harm and build many of the protective factors that prevent and reduce self - harm.

Reviews and meta - analyses of the prevention of substance abuse (Gottfredson & Wilson, 2003; Lochman & van den Steenhoven, 2002), violence and antisocial behavior (Fagan & Catalano, 2013; Wilson, Lipsey, & Derzon, 2003), poor mental health (Greenberg et al., 2001; Hoagwood et al., 2007), and positive youth development (Catalano, Berglund, Ryan, Lonczak, & Hawkins, 2004) have shown that both universal and targeted prevention programs can substantially reduce the rate of problem behaviors and symptoms, as well as build protective factors that reduce further risk in child and adolescent populations.

Building strong connections to early childhood education and care services, schools, families and community serve as a protective factor for children and assists in developing a strong sense of self and their resilience.

The impacts on the child of both risk and protective factors, including any culturally - specific factors, should be taken into account when developing strategies for building resilience.

If some of these factors in early childhood can be identified early, the effects of risk factors can be moderated by building protective factors that aid children's resilience and development.

The factors found to be protective of children's mental health are therefore critical for helping to build resilience.

Building on a child's internal protective factors, such as them achieving developmental milestones and a positive sense of self, can help them develop resilience - the ability to adjust to changes and secure positive outcomes.

The relationship between risk and protective factors is complicated; however, it is known that reducing risk factors (e.g., parental stress, disappointment with previous help and lack of knowledge about children's mental health difficulties) and building protective factors (e.g., relationships, partnerships and self - esteem) in children and families has a positive effect on their mental health and wellbeing.

Title of Funding Opportunity Announcement: Family Connection Grants: Using Family Group Decision - Making to Build Protective Factors for Children and Families

Substance - Affected Families in Recovery U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau, National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center Describes Meta House, an organization that provides a continuum of care to women and their children that helps strengthen and build family protective factors to increase child well - being, improves permanency, enhances safety of children that have been exposed to substances prenatally, breaks the cycle of substance abuse and family violence, and provides hands - on parent education and coaching.

Based on the evidence supporting the role of self - esteem as a non-specific risk factor and protective factor in the development of mental disorders and social problems, we advocate a generic preventive approach built around the «self».

This presentation explores the effectiveness of the Strong Start Wraparound program designed to help young Colorado families affected by substance use build protective factors to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Colorado's Strong Start Study: Helping Young Families Affected by Substance Use Build Protective Factors to Prevent Maltreatment [Presentation Slides](PDF - 557 KB) University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Technical Assistance (TA) Institute (2013) Highlights the collaborative partnership between the Colorado Department of Human Services» Division of Early Childhood and Division of Behavioral Health to address the increase in substance use by women since the mid-1980s, the rate of prenatal drug exposure, and child maltreatment.

The program is built around the development of six senses that act as protective factors against mental health problems:

Therapeutic interventions build on existing strengths and protective factors in the child and family, and consider at its heart the welfare of the child and family.

The service projects, which include the delivery of at least 95 Be Strong Families Parent Cafes across the city in July and August, seek to reduce violence in communities by building the Strengthening Families ™ Protective Factors (Social Connections, Parental Resilience, Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development, Concrete Support in Times of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence of Children) in families» homes and communities and promoting vitality across Chicago - land.

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The BUILD Initiative developed this assessment tool to help state early childhood system leaders identify where they are in implementing systems of programs, services and practices that incorporate protective factors as an integral part of early childhood systems.

This approach, which is being used in a number of early childhood quality systems, helps child welfare, early education and other programs work with families to build the following protective factors: resilience, social connections, concrete support in times of need, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children.

Building knowledge of risk and protective factors for marital distress and divorce; Development of knowledge on the effectiveness of marriage / relationship education (including knowledge of the internationally known Prevention and Relationships Enhancement Program (PREP); The study of couple development, including a strong focus on commitment dynamics and cohabitation.

Parents as Teachers provides a broad context of parenting education and family support, and building protective factors, especially for those families in vulnerable situations.

The LST program is guided by a comprehensive theoretical framework that addresses multiple risk and protective factors, provides developmentally appropriate information relevant to the target age group and the important life transitions they face, includes comprehensive personal and social skills training to build resilience and help students navigate developmental tasks, and uses interactive teaching methods (e.g., facilitated discussion, structured small group activities, role - playing scenarios) to stimulate participation and promote the acquisition of skills.

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This issue brief builds on the fact sheet below, and includes national and state - level data on the prevalence of ACEs as well as health effects and protective factors that mitigate the effects of trauma.

The Evidence - Based Nurturing Parenting Program builds protective factors in families that, when present, increase the health and well - being of children and families.

Although rigorous randomized controlled trial research shows that the program in its current form appears highly efficacious in altering adolescent substance use outcomes (delaying onset of use, reducing abuse) and building protective factors in the form of youth competencies, the only effects on parents that have been demonstrated are increases in the use of specific parenting behaviors (Spoth and Redmond 2002; Spoth et al. 2002, 2004).