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Research on Parenting
Education
The
following is the results of our research to provide organizations
useful resources. It includes quotations that are excerpts from
reports, initiatives, operational plans, guides, articles, proposals,
etc. These resources may be helpful in the preparation for submitting
grants, Requests For Proposals, or providing information related
to the field of Parenting Education.
Parenting
Education
Early
Learning Left Out: Closing the Investment Gap for America’s
Youngest Children, 2nd Edition, A report by Voices for America’s
Children and the Child and Family Policy Center, page 7.
"Parenting
education and family support. Parents are their child’s
first and most important teachers. The public, policymakers, and
research all point to the quality - or competence and confidence
- of parenting as the single most important determinant of healthy
growth and development."
Best
Practices for Parent Education, Programs Seeking to Prevent
Child Abuse, North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension
Service, page 1.
"Compared
to children who are not abused, these children are at greater
risk for experiencing low self esteem, a lack of self-control,
higher levels of aggression and violence, academic and vocational
problems, depression, alcoholism, interpersonal problems, and
increased likelihood of abusing their own children."
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Early
Childhood Development
Investing
In Children: An Early Learning Strategy for Washington State,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, pages 9 and 15.
"Family
support centers can be very effective in preventing child abuse
and fostering positive parent-child relationships by offering
parenting classes."
"Why
are we optimistic about such a big bet? A growing number of states
have significantly increased investment in early learning. In
addition to California, Illinois, Georgia, and Oklahoma’s
significant increases, other states have proposed major increases:
Hawaii (162 percent); Iowa (177 percent); New Mexico (462 percent);
and Tennessee (250 percent)."
A
Proposal for Achieving High Returns on Early Childhood Development
By Rob Grunewald and Arthur Rolnick, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis,
page 9.
"How
to Invest in Early Childhood Development. Research shows that
high-quality ECD programs, particularly for at-risk children,
produce substantial public and private benefits. In addition,
research reveals the ingredients necessary for healthy development.
For example, high-quality ECD providers with well-trained teachers,
relatively low child-to-teacher ratios, and effective parent education
and involvement are more likely to succeed than providers with
lower levels of quality."
The
NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, Findings
for Children up to Age 41/2 Years, by the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES, National Institutes of Health, National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development (http://www.nichd.nih.gov/),
page 22.
"Features of the family and of children's experiences in
their families proved, in general, to be stronger and more consistent
predictors of child development that did any aspect of child care."
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State/Government
First
5 Sacramento: Implementation/Operational Plan Framework For
Fiscal Years 2007/2008-2009/2010, pages 44 and 45.
"Promising
Practice: (3) Make Parenting A Pleasure. A third recommended
program is Make Parenting A Pleasure. This nationally
recognized program provides for a group parenting curriculum that
was derived from the Birth To Three Program."
"Make
Parenting A Pleasure was named as a national family-strengthening
model by the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention after rigorous review."
Medical
The
Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Health:
Turning Gold into Lead. Vincent J Felitti, MD, page 1.
"The
ACE Study reveals a powerful relationship between our emotional
experiences as children and our physical and mental health as
adults, as well as the major causes of adult mortality in the
United States."
Workplace
Family-Focused
Workplace Guide: Serve SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education,
page 12.
"It
makes good business sense to support employees as parents as they
make important decisions in this area. Worksite parenting programs
enable parents to make wise use of limited time in becoming more
knowledgeable in their parenting role. These programs offer business
a high return on their investment."
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