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Designed for families referred for parenting education by Social Services/Mental Health for child abuse and neglect and/or family dysfunction. Intervention-treatment programs are generally referred to as Long Term Programs and are generally 15 to 25 Sessions or Longer depending on assessed needs of the family.

Tertiary Prevention-Treatment




Prevention-Treatment Programs are designed for families referred for parenting education by Social Services/Mental Health for child abuse and neglect and/or family dysfunction. Tertiary level programs "treat" abusive and neglecting parent-child or parent-teen dysfunctional interactions through a process called "re-parenting." In re-parenting, parents increase their understanding of the abuse and neglect they experienced as children and how these parenting beliefs and patterns were passed on to their children.



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Parents & Their Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers - 16 Sessions
Parents & Their School-Age Children 5-11 Years
Young Parents & Their Children - 16 Sessions (Call for Availability)
Parents & Adolescents
Hmong Parents & Adolescents
Families in Substance Abuse Treatment & Recovery

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  Group Home Number/Length of Sessions
Parents & Their Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers - 16 Sessions  > Check 16 Sessions
Each Session 2 1/2 Hrs

with 5-7 Individual Parent Sessions
Each Session 1-1 1/2 Hrs
16 Group-Based Sessions with 5-7 Individual Parent Sessions

Developed, implemented and validated throughout the state of Louisiana, this evidence-based program provides intense group and individual parent sessions to families receiving services from child welfare. Parents attend 16 group sessions each lasting 2 1/2 hours. Families can also receive individual parent sessions between the group sessions to ensure the knowledge and skills presented in the group sessions are being implemented in home.

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Parents & Their School-Age Children 5-11 Years  > Check 15 Sessions
Each Session 2 1/2 Hrs
15 Group-Based Sessions

A 15 session group-based program with over 25 years of research is recognized as one of the top parenting programs in the country designed for the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Parents learn to replace old unwanted abusive parenting patterns for more caring, nurturing ones. Activities Manuals detail activities for parents and children who engage in discussion, role play, expressive art activities, and assessments.

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Young Parents & Their Children - 16 Sessions (Call for Availability)  > Check 16 Sessions
Each Session 2 1/2 Hrs

with 5-7 Individual Parent Sessions
Each Session 1-1 1/2 Hrs
16 Group-Based Sessions with 5-7 Individual Parent Sessions

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Parents & Adolescents  > Check 12 Sessions
Each Session 3 Hrs
12 Group-Based Sessions

This program is designed to repair abusive parent-teen relationships. Parents and their teens attend separate groups concurrently, and then join as one group for 90 minutes. Parents and teens role-play, discuss, draw, and learn how to live with each other, learn how to play together, to communicate respectively, and to be a positive, nurturing family.

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Hmong Parents & Adolescents  > Check 12 Sessions
Each Session 3 Hrs
12 Group-Based Sessions

This program is designed to repair abusive parent-teen relationships. Parents and their teens attend separate groups concurrently, and then join as one group for 90 minutes. Parents and teens role-play, discuss, draw, and learn how to live with each other, learn how to play together, to communicate respectively, and to be a positive, nurturing family.

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Families in Substance Abuse Treatment & Recovery  > Check 17 Sessions
Each Session 1 1/2 Hrs
17 Group-Based Sessions

There are 17 topic areas presented in the program, in addition to three topics focused on men and fathers. Each topic area represents a group-based session of 90 minutes. However, due to the number of activities and the depth of the information presented in each topic area, more than one session may be helpful to adequately increase parents’ knowledge and build their skills.

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