FR 1-12

09/05

New Resources Family Resiliency

Prepared by: Debbie Richardson

Child Development Assistant Specialist

333 HES, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK 74078

405-744-6231

Email: debbie.richardson@okstateedu

Following are new video and curricula that have been recently purchased. These are available for check-out by contacting Debbie Richardson, 333 HES, Stillwater, (405) 744-6231.

These materials will be added to Program Planning Guide (PPG). In a recent survey, many county FCS Extension Educators expressed a need for more resources on basic parenting and child caregiving skills. These were selected and should be appropriate for those purposes.

Basic Parenting - A comprehensive parent education program by Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service. Focuses on 80 basic fundamentals and skills that form the foundation for effective parenting, based on the National Extension Parent Education Model (NEPEM) six topic pathways: Care for self, understanding of parent knowledge, guiding, nurturing, motivating, and advocating. Audience: Parents who are struggling with child rearing challenges, though all parents are likely to find it useful. Written at about 5th grade level but suitable for audiences at higher reading levels. Comes in a toolbox kit with a comprehensive program leader’s handbook, activity resources, handout masters, a card deck of parenting principles, and more. The format is open and flexible so that the facilitator can design a parenting program and sessions based on need, add other resources, etc., although there is also an established workshop design that can be followed.

I Am Your Child: Building a Healthy Start – A set of six videos, each 25 to 30 minutes long; can be used individually or as a set. Is accompanied by a Parent Educator’s Manual with discussion questions, scenarios of parents and children interacting, hands-on activities (organized by age or topic area), ideas for practicing at home, tips on session planning and facilitating, resource list, and an index of handouts. Also includes CD-ROM of all handouts (need Adobe Acrobat). Audience: Parents in any setting, individually or in groups, or other child caregivers; focuses on infants through preschool age. Appropriate for most diverse backgrounds and literacy levels. Many of the videos can easily be broken down and presented in smaller segments.

· The First Years Last Forever – Importance of the first three years of life and promoting

children’s healthy development.

· Ready to Learn: Essential Tips for Early Literacy – How to help young children develop

language skills through everyday activities.

· Quality Child Care: Making the Right Choice for You and Your Child – Offers tips on

finding high quality child care, what to look for in a caregiver, and how to work with caregivers.

· Discipline: Teaching Limits with Love – Tips on effective and loving ways to teach limits

to young children. Features Dr. T. Berry Brazelton.

· Safe from the Start – Addresses safety issues such as the car seats, bath and kitchen

safety, choking, crib safety, and child proofing.

· To Be a Father – Features men talking about rewards of being close to their children. Includes information on the important impact of fathers on children, starting before as well as after birth, fathering across distance or when not in the home. Hosted by Ray Romano.

· Your Healthy Baby – Importance of establishing healthy habits from the start with

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information on prenatal care, well baby check-ups, immunizations, nutrition, and exercise.

Parenting the Second Time Around – New program curriculum for conducting groups/workshops by Cornell Cooperative Extension (2004). Audience: grandparents, relatives, & others who are parenting again (whether or not they have legal custody). Designed for workshop format, flexibility in length, estimate is 2 hours per workshop. Notebook manual format includes objectives, discussion, activities, facilitating tips, resource lists, handouts for duplication, supplemental materials, and evaluation tools.

Session sections:

· It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This – Identifying and reflecting ambivalent feelings about

changing roles, identifying helpful community sources.

· Getting to Know You – Child development, individual differences, journals.

· Rebuilding a Family – Adult/child interactions, grief and loss, relating to your adult child,

solution-focused problem solving.

· Discipline is Not a Dirty Word, But It May Look Different Today – Characteristics of

effective discipline, establishing a discipline style, addressing high risk behaviors.

· Protecting and Planning for Your Grandchild’s Future – Legal issues including custody,

visitation, and child support.

· Standing up for Grandparents/Grandchildren’s Rights – Advocacy, negotiating systems,

connecting with community programs.

Positive Discipline without Shaking, Shouting, or Spanking – Set of 3 videos each approximately 25 minutes long; can be used individually or as a set. Using real life scenarios, harmful, reactionary parenting is contrasted with more effective, positive-parenting techniques. Accompanied by brief facilitator’s guide with discussion questions, tips, and handouts that can be duplicated. Audience: Parents in any setting, individually or in groups; focuses on infants through preschool age.

Each tape has 4 sections that can easily be presented in shorter segments. Produced by InJoy Videos.

· Volume 1: Babies (Birth to 1) - Responding to crying, redirecting baby’s curiosity, connecting to baby, no spanking. Parents will learn: understanding and meeting baby’s needs, anger management, interacting with baby, enjoying baby’s uniqueness, babyproofing, distraction, consistency, and more.

· Volume 2: Toddlers (Ages 1 and 2) - Setting safe limits, easing mealtime struggles, biting. Parents will learn: prevention, setting and practicing limits, using positive statements, redirection, offering choices, letting child help, creating cooling off periods, and more.

· Volume 3: Preschoolers (Ages 3 to 5) - Easing bedtime battles, responding to aggression, dealing with defiance. Parents will learn: creating routines, giving transition time, using motivation, correct use of time outs, setting limits and rewards, reinforcing appropriate behavior, and more.

Super Babysitting – Two DVD’s: Super Babysitting (1:25 hrs in length) and Ages & Stages (1:15 hours). Audience: Youth who will be or are caring for younger children. Addresses safety, child development, child interaction, handling emergencies, and tips for conducting “business” as a babysitter. The DVD’s are composed primarily of lecture and demonstration and would need to be supplemented with other resources. A brief “Super Babysitter’s Handbook” is included but cannot be reproduced. By New South Media.

The Happiest Baby on The Block – Video, 38 minutes, by pediatrician, Dr. Harvey Karp. Focuses on steps to calm crying, relieve colic symptoms and help baby sleep longer.
Audience: Expectant/new parents or caregivers of babies 0 - 4 months.

Young Men as Fathers – Video, 17 minutes. Audience: Teens & young men. In an MTV style, viewers see the virtues and challenges of fathers. By

KidSafety of America (2001).