Nurturing Parenting

The Nurturing Parenting Programs are evidence-based programs that have proven effective in treating and preventing the recurrence of child abuse and neglect. The Programs are designed to be family based with a highly structured series of sequenced lessons. To maximize the potential in achieving the results of years of research with the Nurturing Program, fidelity to the program content, sequence of lessons, program length and manner of implementation should be followed rigorously. The Nurturing Programs work best with families identified as abusive and/or neglecting.

In Nurturing Skills Programs, parenting programs are created by selecting the lessons in the Lesson Guide that meet the needs of the families. The parent educator and parents work together in a cooperative manner in creating a Family Nurturing Plan (FNP) that determines the number and sequence of the lessons, the length of the program, and the delivery of the instruction (home-based, group-based or a combination of both formats). The philosophy behind Nurturing Skills for Families is that instruction is designed to meet the individual parenting needs of families.