The Parent Mentor Program is an accredited and nationally recognized home visitation, parenting and family strengthening program. We use the National Exchange Club’s Parent Aide Model that is evidence-based and grounded in research, aimed at improving parent’s skills and reducing family stress. The National Exchange Club (NEC) recently expanded our program service guidelines from families with children 12 years old and younger to children up to 17 years of age, allowing us to address a larger number of families with more diverse, and often more complex, issues. The NEC accredits Project HELP to ensure program fidelity, quality of services, and consistent and effective services to families. In 2019, Project HELP earned the highest Accreditation ranking from the NEC.
Parents in our Parent Education Workshops benefit by learning strategies to help them communicate effectively, discipline appropriately, implement structure and routines, reduce stress, and eliminate family conflict. We use the research based Active Parenting Curriculum that instructs parents on developmental stages and milestones to foster realistic, age-appropriate expectations for behavior. In addition, we provide a wide range of specific topic workshops to support parents and their children. A combination of data, parent guide books, activities and real-world examples are used to ensure families leave with skills they can apply in their family interactions.
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