Family Skills Training for Parents and Children
Karol L. Kumpfer and Connie M. Tait
Introduction
History
Purpose
Appropriate Target Populations
Program Description
Parent Skills Training
Children's Skills Training
Family Skills Training
Implementation Manual
Evaluation Research Studies
CSAP Replication Studies
African American SFP Results
Utah Community Youth Activity Project Research
The Strengthening Hawaii Families Program
The Strengthening Hispanic Families Program
The Iowa Strengthening Families Program
Suggestions for Implementation
Conclusion
For Further Information
References
Additional Resources
Karol L. Kumpfer, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). Connie M. Tait, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Education at the University of Utah.
Points of view or opinions expressed in this
document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department
of Justice.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes
the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics,
the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims
of Crime.
Share With Your Colleagues
Unless otherwise noted, OJJDP publications
are not copyright protected. We encourage you to reproduce
this document, share it with your colleagues, and reprint
it in your newsletter or journal. However, if you reprint,
please cite OJJDP and the authors of this Bulletin. We are
also interested in your feedback, such as how you received
a copy, how you intend to use the information, and how OJJDP
materials meet your individual or agency needs. Please direct
your comments and questions to:
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
Publication Reprint/Feedback
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
800-638-8736
301-519-5212 (fax)
E-Mail: askncjrs@ncjrs.org
|
|
Discover JUVJUST and access the latest juvenile
justice information from the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention and the field, including announcements
of newly released publications, grants and funding opportunities,
and upcoming conferences. Announcements are posted by OJJDP
several times a week.
JUVJUST is a free service that is available
to anyone with Internet e-mail. Subscribe now by completing
the following steps:
- Send an e-mail message to listproc@ncjrs.org.
- Leave the subject line blank.
- Type subscribe juvjust and your
name in the body of the message.
|
|
|
From the Administrator
Often juvenile crime and violence are rooted in an array
of interrelated problems, such as child maltreatment and
neglect, drug and alcohol abuse, and youth conflict, that
may originate within the family. As part of its mission
to prevent juvenile delinquency and protect children, the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
is committed to working to enhance the positive influence
of families through proven family-strengthening programs.
This Bulletin, one of OJJDP's Family Strengthening Series,
features the Strengthening Families Program. The program
reflects research that indicates that the most effective
interventions build parent, child, and family skills.
Originally designed as a drug abuse prevention program
to help drug abusing parents and their children, the Strengthening
Families Program has developed into a family-change program
that has served the needs of culturally and geographically
diverse families and their children across the Nation.
Several examples of such varied adaptations of the program's
strategy are described in these pages. Suggestions for implementing
the program in communities are also provided, as are additional
resources that should prove useful.
When we strengthen the family, we strengthen the childand
the future of our Nation.
John J. Wilson
Acting Administrator
|
|
|