Highlights EMBRACE is a program designed to empower parents and help to meet the specific needs of their family. Parents and parent educators’ will work together to develop customized goals unique to their issues. Parents will learn new beliefs, knowledge, and skills that improve their overall level of functioning in nurturing parenting. The program consists of 12 individual sessions lasting 90 minutes. The sessions are designed using the evidenced based Nurturing Parenting Programs for parents and their children. Sessions are established by using a simple assessment tool upon intake. Sessions include Rationale for Corporal Punishment, Empathy, Empowerment, Bonding, Coping with Stress and Anger, Family Morals, Growth and Development, and Disciplinary Methods. The unique ingredient of this program is that it covers various aspects of change, which include working with Adolescent tantrums and difficult behaviors, Domestic violence, substance abuse and unhealthy relationships. Statistics show that many parenting obstacles are derived from past trauma and emotional pain from childhood, which contributes to dysfunctional parenting.
Objectives •Eliminate Abusive and Neglectful Behaviors •Increase Parent- Child Bonding; Increase Empathy and Compassion
•Reduce Child’s Negative Behaviors
•Increase the Nurturing Parenting Philosophy. Parents will obtain knowledge and skills that improve their overall functioning in nurturing parenting.
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