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CCF Parent Education Program Models Matrix

The Council for Children & Families' Research Advisory Group identified three levels of evidence for child abuse prevention programs at the community level.

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CCF Parent Ed Models Matrix
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Council for Children & Families Awards $1.6 Million in Grants

SEATTLE – July 2, 2009 –  In the most challenging budget year in Washington State history, the legislature stood up for child abuse prevention by preserving the Council for Children & Families, the nation’s first state agency devoted solely to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.  Due to the legislature’s strong support for cost-saving measures such as prevention, CCF w

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09-10 CCF Funded Program Press Release
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Thrive Demonstration Community - East Yakima

Thrive By Five
Nurse Family Partnership

This early childhood intensive home visiting program is an evidence-based model and relies on community collaboration for implementation.  Home visits with an R.N.

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http://www.esd105.wednet.edu/AboutESD/Thrive.htm
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Nooksack Indian Tribe
This program provides a parent support and mentoring through a combination of parenting classes, home visiting, and elder mentors utilizing the Positive Indian Parenting curriculum. Services are targeted to low income, tribal, single parents.
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http://www.nooksack-tribe.org/House_of_Children.htm
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Parent Child Interaction Therapy, Expansion

Encompass
This is an expansion of the Parent Child interactive Training including strategies designed to target high risk low income and Latino families who have children with special needs. The program offers parent education and training as well as parent support and mentoring.
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http://www.encompassnw.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=36
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Cool Tips for Parents: Keeping Kids Safe During Summer Heat

With temperatures soaring into the upper 80’s and 90’s across the state, the Council for Children & Families (CCF) would like to offer a few simple parent tips to help keep kids safe and cool during this unusually warm weather.

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Department of Geosciences at San Francisco State University
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Safe Kids USA: Never Leave Your Child Alone in a Car
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CCF Car Safety Press Release
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Practical Parenting Information from Seattle Children's

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A list of current classes and events for parents, teens and kids from Seattle Children's.

Events and classes include car seat checks, infant CPR, babysitting classes, children with special needs, meal support training for parents, and more.

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Seattle Children's Practical Parenting Education
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Tip Sheet: 12 Alternatives to Lashing Out at Your Child

A tip sheet from Prevent Child Abuse America:

The next time everyday pressures build up to the point where you feel like lashing out -- STOP!

Try any of these simple alternatives. You'll feel better... and so will your child.

 

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More Tips for Parents
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twelve_alternatives.pdf
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Effective Discipline: Advice for Parents

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Effective discipline - Advice for parents

Learn about the four main principles of positive and effective discipline in these documents, authored by Elizabeth T. Gershoff, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Center for Effective Discipline
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brochure.pdf
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