Overview

Haga de la Paternidad un Placer has been culturally adapted from our English version of Make Parenting A Pleasure.

The Haga de la Paternidad un Placer program is designed to address the stress, isolation, and lack of adequate parenting information and social support that many parents experience. Haga de la Paternidad un Placer begins by recognizing the importance of parents as individuals. The curriculum focuses first on the need for self-care and personal empowerment, and moves from an adult/adult focus to a parent/child/family emphasis. Its content is adaptable and flexible to a wide range of parent education programs. It contains sufficient material for a several-month program to a year-long program.

The style is positive, encouraging, and, at times, humorous. The program builds on family strengths and helps parents develop a strong support network. The curriculum is interactive and uses discussion and experiential activities in both large and small groups. The material and format used in Haga de la Paternidad un Placer has broad appeal to families from a wide spectrum of socioeconomic, educational, cultural and geographic conditions. The content addresses issues that all families face at one time or another, and can be adapted to most populations.

Professional Parent Educators bring parents together and

• Learn the importance of taking care of themselves so they can better care for their children
• Learn practical stress management and communication skills
• Gain greater understanding of their children
• Learn effective parenting skills and positive approaches to discipline
• Build a support network

This curriculum is built on the following assumptions:

• Parents love their children and want what's best for them
• Parenting is the most important and challenging job there is
• Parents and children are all learners
• Parents are their children's first and most important teachers
• More is expected of parents than children
• There are many positive ways to parent
• Every parent and child is unique

Curriculum Contents

• Facilitator Guide with overview of the curriculum, tips for starting a Hage de la Paternidad un Placer program, and material to help leaders work most effectively with parents in a group setting. Most practitioners can use the curriculum as is, however training is available if desired.
• 13 individual modules that focus on important parenting skills and issues. Each module is easy-to-use and includes goals, agenda, materials list, preparation guide, session content, and addition material that allows you to tailor the session to your parents' needs.
• General Appendix with valuable supplemental materials such as articles, group forms, parenting goals, charts, etc.
• 15 Parent Booklets with class activity sheets, handouts, and recap information for each module.
• Evaluation materials.

Evaluation Summaries of Make Parenting A Pleasure

Authors

 Minalee Saks

 Ellen Hyman

 Linda Reilly

 Juvata Rusch