Parents often feel controlled by their children's misbehavior because they do not know how to set
limits effectively. They may pay so much attention when their children mess up that they forget to
notice the cooperative and peaceful times.
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CICC's Confident Parenting Program teaches parents how to pay attention to, and how to increase
the times when their children are behaving appropriately. It also teaches effective limit-setting
procedures so that parents will not feel victimized by their child's misbehavior.
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The program provides parents effective skills to manage such child behaviors as:
- Disruptiveness
- Fears
- Shyness
- Tantrums
- Bedwetting
- Restlessness
- Disobedience
- Laziness
- Aggressiveness
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The Confident Parenting Program has been used for over two decades within community mental health
agencies, and it was selected to represent the social learning or behavioral approach to parent
training as part of the continuing education program sponsored by the National Institute of Mental
Health.
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Its versatility and utility is reflected in the fact that is has also been used extensively in
child abuse programs, regular and special education settings, Head Start agencies, private practices
and in churches and temples. Its value-free application of child management skills has allowed for
its successful use with a wide variety of ethnic minority groups.
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The program is conducted for small groups of parents in ten two-hour sessions. It is best suited for
parents of children aged 2 through 12, though it has been shown to be helpful with parents of all
aged children.
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Field test results indicate the CICC's Confident Parenting Program reduces the need for additional
family or child services, significantly diminishes a variety of child behavior problems, improves
overall family relations and provides useful alternatives to corporal punishment. Thus, it can
provide a community with an intervention to promote child mental health and prevent child abuse
and school failure. By so doing, the program also aids in preventing drug abuse, delinquency and
gang involvement.
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Extensive Program Description
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A detailed description of the program's content, history and evaluation research studies is also
available on this Website. The detailed description is written for professionals, agencies and
school districts that are interested in writing grant proposals to generate funds that will
enable them to bring the Confident Parenting program to the families they serve.
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Go To Detailed Description of the Confident Parenting Program
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It is also possible to obtain the complete Instructor's Kit for this program independent of
enrolling in an instructor training workshop. However, those who enroll in the workshop receive
the complete kit.
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Obtain Instructors Kit
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Enroll in Instructor Workshop
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