The Staying Connected with Your Teen® program works!
Proven Results
The Staying Connected with Your Teen program is a newly revised and updated version of the Parents Who Care® program, which was recognized as a "Model Program" by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. In a controlled study of the Parents Who Care program, participant families showed statistically significant improvement in:
- family discipline practices
- family supervision skills
- family bonding
- reduction of family attitudes favorable to antisocial behavior
-- four areas considered critical in preventing substance abuse and other problem behaviors among teens.
Research has shown the self-administered version of the program to be effective in reaching families who are unlikely to attend regularly scheduled group meetings due to busy schedules or reluctance to discuss family issues in public.*
Recognition
The Staying Connected with Your Teen program (formerly known as Parents Who Care) has been recognized as a:
- Title V Exemplary Program, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- Model Program, Strengthening America's Families.
*Haggerty, K., et al. (2006). Participation in 'Parents Who Care': Predicting program initiation and exposure in two different program formats. Journal of Primary Prevention 27(1): 47-65.
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