Triple P comes to NZ
03/02/09 08:54
Auckland University is initiating a research programme http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10554641 based on a successful positive parenting programme in South Carolina which showed that by providing all families with access to proven parenting information and support, rates of child maltreatment in whole communities could be reduced.
It will take time for this programme to take roots in New Zealand, but while it does, do we need to be thinking about the sort of parenting and community programmes that might be happening as a result of this research in five or ten years' time? Might workers be taking parenting programmes at work, as part of their professional / personal development plans? Might there be new centres for parenting springing up in local communities, or might we find that existing learning facilities, such as schools, are harnessed for this use? What role might current education professionals have such programmes, and in what ways might the availability impact on what young people are taught as their 'schooling' experience?
It will take time for this programme to take roots in New Zealand, but while it does, do we need to be thinking about the sort of parenting and community programmes that might be happening as a result of this research in five or ten years' time? Might workers be taking parenting programmes at work, as part of their professional / personal development plans? Might there be new centres for parenting springing up in local communities, or might we find that existing learning facilities, such as schools, are harnessed for this use? What role might current education professionals have such programmes, and in what ways might the availability impact on what young people are taught as their 'schooling' experience?
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