Nurturing Parenting for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
Nurturing Parenting for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.


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Program Information

Nurturing Parenting Program Handout

Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2)

Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2) Handout

Assessing the Parenting Attitudes of Professional Parent Educators

Florida Parenting Assessment Project: Six Year Report

Nurturing Parenting Program Validation Studies

 Research and Validation of the Nurturing Parenting Programs
(This is the most comprehensive document on the Nurturing Parenting Programs.

 Changes in Parenting Attitudes and Knowledge Among Inmates and Other At-Risk Populations After a Family Nurturing Program

Nurturing Parenting Program Validation Studies (updated June 2008)
(Abstracts and Research Reports from 1983. *Useful in grant proposals)

The Florida Study: A Comparative Examination of the Effectiveness of the Nurturing Parenting Programs

Increasing the Nurturing Parenting Skills of Families in Head Start
(Validation of the Nurturing Program for Parents and Children Birth to Five Years Old

Building Nurturing Interactions in Families Experiencing Parent-Adolescent Conflict
(Validation of the Nurturing Program for Parents and Adolescents)

Building Nurturing Parenting Skills in Teenage Parents
(Validation of the Nurturing Program for Teen Parents and Their Families)

The Nurturing Program: A Validated Approach for Reducing Dysfunctional Family Interaction (1983) (1.32 MB)

A Research Proposal: A Quantitative Analysis of Pikes Peak Family Connections (2002) (2.10 MB)

Outcome Evaluation of Family Service of Milwaukee Parenting Education Programs Technical Report #1 (1997) (2.18 MB)

Long-Term Impact of the Nurturing Program: A Comparison of Parenting Attitudfes and Abusive and Neglectful Parents Pre-Program, and at One-Year Post-Program Follow-Up (1991) (1.07 MB)

Boulder County Dept. of Social Services Nurturing Program (1992) (1.84 MB)

Implementation and Evalutation of the Nurturing Skills Curriculum Utica City School District (2002) (2.21 MB)

Abstract: Parenting Education and Child Welfare Recidivism: A Comparative Study of the Nurturing Parenting Program Graduates and Non-Graduates of Fresno County (2001)

Positive Parenting for High-Risk Families (1999)

Effectiveness of a Parent Education Intervention for At-Risk Families (1.49 MB)

Parenting Education and Child Welfare Recidivism - Fresno May 2001 (12.83 mb)

Articles for Parents

The Art and Science of Raising Healthy Children

Infant Massage: Communicating Love Through Touch

Native American Wisdom

Articles for Professionals

The Art and Science of Raising Healthy Children

Changes in Parenting Knowledge Among Inmates and other At-Risk Populations After a Nurturing Program

Characteristics and Competencies of an Effective Trainer

Conceptual Development of the Nurturing Programs

Developing Empathy in Families

Effects of Separation and Loss on Children's Development

Hardwired to Connect: A New Scientific Case for Authoritative Community

Infant Massage: Communicating Love Through Touch

Involving Men in Nurturing

Long-Term Effects of the Failure of Childhood Attachment

Multicultural Parenting Handout

Native American Wisdom

Nurturing Families Affected by Substance Abuse, Mental illness and Trauma

Research Round-Up: Parenting (3.05 MB)

The Role of Experiential Learning in Enhancing Parent Education

Understanding Adoptive Families

Understanding Foster Families

Understanding the Parenting Issues for Adults with Mental Retardation


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